Tesoro Corp. agreed to pay a $1.1 million EPA settlement to settle allegations that it failed to comply with Clean Air Act rules at four refineries, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Coffeyville Resources Refining and Marketing agreed to pay a $300,000 settlement with the EPA over allegations that its Coffeyville refinery violated the Clean Air Act, the Wichita Eagle reports.
KUNMING, China (AP) — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted, "Protest! Protest!" in a demonstration Thursday against plans for a petroleum refinery, in one of the country's biggest environmental protests this year.
The city of Richmond, Calif. is set to hire the law firm that represented victims of a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pipeline explosion in its bid to win damages for Chevron's 2012 refinery fire, the San Francisco Business Journal reports.
MORON, Venezuela (AP) — Only the filthy water from broken sewer pipes keeps the dust down in front of Ramon Boet's shop, which sells statues of saints and other religious objects.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill that would alter the sale of helium from the Federal Helium Reserve, Roll Call reports.
A number of environmental and health groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency to force a review of the agency's smog pollution standards, The Hill reports.
Amendments to the House version of a five-year farm bill up for debate would require farmers to follow conservation guidelines to qualify for crop insurance subsidies, E&E reports.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed charging the Tennessee Valley Authority a $70,000 fine for quality violations at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, The Associated Press reports.
Ash Grove Cement Co., based in Kansas, agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty and invest $30 million in air pollution controls to settle EPA air pollution allegations, The Associated Press reports.
Friends of the Earth aired a television advertisement criticizing Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., for supporting the Savannah River MOX facility in his state, The Associated Press reports.
Canadian investment bank Peters & Co. said the United States will need to import crude from Canadian oil sands as the current surge in shale oil will be too expensive to keep up, Bloomberg reports.
