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Historic Black town in Maryland seeks justice for stormwater discharge

A Maryland power plant has been releasing stormwater for years into a small Patuxent River town founded in the late 1920s as a vacation resort for Black professionals.

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These 12 B.C. mines pose risks to wildlife, water: report

Provincial rules and regulations continue to permit pollution in important watersheds and allow development without consent from First Nations.

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Teck fined $60 million for water pollution in B.C.’s Elk Valley

The company’s CEO apologized for releases of selenium and calcite from metallurgical coal mines after receiving the largest penalty ever handed down for offences under the federal Fisheries Act

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Yukon hikes Victoria Gold’s reclamation bond by $3.5 million

Increase comes four months after heavy spring freshet caused company to dump 43 million litres of untreated wastewater at its Eagle Gold mine.

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toxic discharge

Historic Black town in Maryland seeks justice for stormwater discharge

These 12 B.C. mines pose risks to wildlife, water: report

Teck fined $60 million for water pollution in B.C.’s Elk Valley

Yukon hikes Victoria Gold’s reclamation bond by $3.5 million

Butterfly populations in the U.S. are plummeting, study finds

Trump officials push for expanded natural gas exports in Louisiana

Fossil fuel companies use lawsuits to stall climate action

Major U.S. banks drop out of climate pledge, raising calls for regulation

EPA urges White House to eliminate key climate rule

UN climate talks face tensions over timing of next major report and U.S. withdrawal

Fossil fuel industry ramps up political spending as investigations stall

EPA reinstates dozens of environmental justice staff