Last year, six hog farms in the state were the first to get funding from California’s program to offset its emissions from transportation fuels. The operations’ permits already have civil rights complaints against them for the pollution from the process.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
A new report suggests Illinois could be on the hook for plugging and cleaning up thousands of inactive and abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across the state.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said its initial proposal for 15 extra months wasn't enough and instead is giving companies 33 additional months beyond deadlines set by the Biden.
