The fine announced July 2 is a civil penalty for the July 25, 2010, spill of 20,000 barrels of crude oil from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich.
Planning ahead before summer outdoor activities is the right idea, Regional Administrator Beth Freeman said.
Starbucks, the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, and CleanScapes are teaming up to manage the third annual cleanup of Seattle's freshwater lake.
The final allocations are for seven FY2012 Preparedness Grant programs; the total is nearly $1 billion below the FY2011 allocations, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.
Meant to curb drunk driving, the new law requiring every vehicle with four or more wheels in France to have a breathalyzer kit took effect July 1.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security said the 72 iPad kiosks installed at driver service centers statewide allow motorists to pay for new licenses and receive them within minutes.
The American Trucking Associations will host it Nov. 28-30 in Arlington, Va. ATA's CEO promised it "will come to be thought of as an important mile marker on the road to increased natural gas use in trucking."
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Allison Macfarlane as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new chair, replacing the embattled Gregory Jaczko.
The Houston university announced their achievement June 28, and their paper about it was featured in Nature's online journal Scientific Reports that day.
Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu recognized Rockwood Lithium's expanded facility in Kings Mountain, N.C., for increasing the U.S. production.
It is one of two Shell Exploration & Production Co. drilling rigs en route from Seattle to the Arctic waters off Alaska to drill exploratory wells in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
The amendments it proposes for its testing policy would clarify that any approved test method is acceptable, and a weight of evidence analysis suffices for eye irritants or corrosives.
Benefits attorneys from Fisher & Phillips LLP, an employment law firm with offices in 27 U.S. cities, will present the webinar July 2.
Wildfires are raging in the state and have destroyed hundreds of homes in Colorado Springs alone.
That would be a low total in historical terms. The council's predictions have been very accurate in past years.
Leaders from the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Saudi Aramco signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding June 27 to combine their fleets. Bahri would be the fourth-largest owner of very large crude carrier ships.
Judith Hackitt will serve until October 2015 as chair of the Health and Safety Executive.