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Pipeline shut down for underground spill cleanup, investigation underway
An underground gasoline spill discovered in Walnut Creek last month is prompting a cleanup effort and investigation by several agencies. Kinder Morgan, the pipeline operator, is working with the...Read More
Federal appeals court orders EPA to ban dangerous flea pesticide
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action within 90 days on a petition to ban a flea-control pesticide...Read More
AG Becerra, environmental groups sue EPA over salt pond protection
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and four environmental groups filed a pair of lawsuits in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s conclusion...Read More
Federal agencies officially revoke California emissions standards waiver
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao officially announced Thursday that they are revoking California’s authority to set strict auto emission standards. The administration’s...Read More
Bay Area officials, groups unite to oppose salt pond development
A group of elected officials and community organizations from across the Bay Area released a joint statement Tuesday to oppose any housing development project on salt ponds in Redwood...Read More
Auto parts company agrees to pay $25,000 penalty for sale of pollution control bypass devices
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that an automobile parts company in Union City has agreed to pay a $25,000 penalty to settle an administrative claim that it...Read More
EPA and Tesla reach $86,000 settlement for hazardous waste violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced an $86,000 settlement with Tesla Motor Co. over hazardous waste violations at the company’s electric car plant in Fremont. The violations...Read More
SF supes to grill Hunters Point cleanup firm
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will grill executives from Tetra Tech, the firm accused of falsifying results from the $1 billion radiation cleanup at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard,...Read More
Oakland judge orders EPA to release ozone data
A federal judge in Oakland ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today to designate by April 30 whether the smoggiest areas of the nation are meeting the current ozone...Read More
San Francisco rally urges EPA to keep emission rules
San Francisco officials, school kids and environmentalists rallied to convince the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to not repeal a plan that would limit carbon dioxide emissions across the nation.Read More