EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

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EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations  Massachusetts and Connecticut companies will pay penalties for reporting violations February 26, 2024 Contact Information James Anderson (anderson.james.r@epa.gov) (617) 918-1401 EPA Region 1 Press Office (R1_Press@epa.gov) BOSTON (Feb.26, 2024) – Three New England-based companies have agreed to pay penalties

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EPA, HUD and HHS announce interagency commitments to more robust collaboration on addressing risks of exposures to lead

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EPA, HUD and HHS announce interagency commitments to more robust collaboration on addressing risks of exposures to lead Agreements solidify agencies’ dedication to a whole of government approach to preventing lead poisoning February 26, 2024 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON – Today, Feb. 2 6 , 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department

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Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3)

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Inspection surge to crack down on water sector pollution

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Fourfold increase in water company inspections to hold companies to account.    Includes up to 500 additional staff for inspections, enforcement and stronger regulation over the next three years, with recruitment already underway. Part of a tougher regime fully funded by government and water company permits. Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down

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Severn Trent Water fined £2 million for ‘reckless’ pollution

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Severn Trent Water has been ordered to pay a fine of £2,072,000 for allowing huge amounts of raw sewage to discharge into the River Trent from Strongford Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, between November 2019 and February 2020.  In a case brought by the Environment Agency at Cannock Magistrates, Stafford, on Monday 19

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