The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by Dominion Energy Inc of a lower court ruling that halted construction on a $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline due to run underneath a section of the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia. A lower court ruling recently found that the U.S. Forest Service...
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Category: Environmental Protection

Deforestation and Overfishing: The Environmental Effects of Foreign Tax Havens
The destructed land left from the acts of deforestation is an eerie sight. A distant treeline, fallen logs, and disrupted vegetation seem both natural and unnatural, and perhaps rightly so. In a recent investigation performed by Victor Galaz and members of the Stockholm Resilience Center, many acts of Amazonian deforestation can be...
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Princess Cruise Lines pays $40 million for illegal dumping of waste in ocean and Violates Probation By Repeatedly Dumping Waste into Ocean and Falsifying Records
Princess Cruise Lines Ltd., a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, may be prevented from docking ships stationed at U.S. ports following accusations by the federal government regarding its violation of probation agreements after disposing of plastic waste into the ocean.
In 2016, Carnival Corp. was accused of illegally disposing of...
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Russia Seeks to Dominate Natural Gas Resources in The Arctic
Home toĀ 22% of the Earthās undiscovered oil and natural gas, Russia has set its sights on the untapped resources of the Arctic. Since the 1960s, over 60 oil and natural gas fields have been discovered in the Arctic. However, freezing temperatures and hostile conditions have left these areas abandoned, leaving a minefield...
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Global Depletion of Sand Used in Concrete, Asphalt, Glass, and Mining Now Affecting Construction and Mining Costs and leading to Potential Theft and International Conflict
While viewed as a seemingly limitless natural resource, the levels of certain kinds of sand have started to steadily decrease as the worldās need for further development increases. The sand that is gathered for building resources has almost caught up to the sand that is naturally made.
Sand is...
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Brave Czech seaman Whistleblower to receive up to $1 Million for reporting German cargo ship, delivering material to Maine, dumping its oil into the ocean
A Czech seaman working aboard a German cargo ship observed an engineer to leak oil into the ocean using extra pipes configured on the boat. When the vessel came into Portlend Maine, he reported this to the authorities which investigated and eventually the U.S. find the German owners $3.5 million for the...
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No Real Action Being Taken On Pharmaceutical Waste dangerous consequences
One of the world's largest drug manufacturing locations is becoming the center of a raging debate about the cost of good jobs versus safe drinking water. Hyderabad, India has become an economic center thanks to drug companies setting up shop. But alarming new reports say the monetary boost for the locals and big pharma...
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Courageous ship engineer whistleblower awarded $1 million for reporting Princess Cruise illegal discharge of ship pollution
The British engineer who reported illegal discharges of oil-contaminated waste from a Princess Cruises ship was awarded $1m related to the line's $40 million dollar pollution penalty.US District Judge Patricia A. Seitz in Miami ordered that $1m go to the engineer who reported the illegal discharges to the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency,...
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Volkswagon refuses cash offer for European car owners just because U.S. laws are stronger
Despite the fact that Volkwagen AG has agreed to pay a record $15 billion to Uncle Sam to settle its emission scandal here, CEO Mathias Muller says Volkswagon will not pay equal compensation to Europeans who bought the faked diesel cars, according to the Wall Street Journal. To boot, he says the reason is...
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New study finds medicines and carcinogenic chemicals and mercury in oysters
A new research study has revealed low levels of numerous medicines including carcinogenic chemicals and mercury in oysters that grow in Oregon bays. Other medicines found include antibiotics, antihistamines and pain relievers. Elise Granek, Associate Professor of environmental science and management at POrtland State University is a coauthor of the study published in the...
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