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Wal-Mart Penalized for Stormwater Violations in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (ENS) - Wal-Mart will pay a civil penalty of $24,000 for not preventing rain water from washing sediments and pollution into waterways at its Supercenter construction site in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, announced Thursday that the Fortune 500 company had failed to comply with the federal Clean Water Act with regard to its activities ...
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EPA`s Clean Water Act Enforcement in High Gear
(New York, NY -- November 16, 2006) Continuing to uphold the water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced settlements with Cue and Lopez Contractors/Vistas de Gurabo, Inc., Wildco., Inc., Rullan Ruiz Group, Inc., and Top Construction Corp. for failing to obtain storm water discharge permits and develop required storm ...
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China Warns of Three Gorges Dam Catastrophe
WUHAN, Hubei, China, September 26, 2007 (ENS) - Chinese officials and experts have admitted the Three Gorges Dam project has caused an array of ecological ills, including more frequent landslides and pollution, and if preventive measures are not taken, there could be an environmental 'catastrophe.' While the dam has served as a barrier against seasonal flooding threatening the lower reaches of ...
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Californians to vote on $7.5 billion water plan
Driven to action by the state's historic drought, California lawmakers on Wednesday voted to place a $7.5 billion water plan before voters in November. The measure marks the largest investment in decades in the state's water infrastructure and is designed to build reservoirs, clean up contaminated groundwater and promote water-saving technologies. It replaces an existing water bond that was ...
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