The U.S. Environmental Protection Firm (EPA) mandates that oil production facilities and sites with bulk oil storage capacity must maintain a comprehensive Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan.

Earlier this month, the Texas Supreme Court heard arguments in a dispute between an oil and gas drilling company and a nearby rice farm.

If the retail industry is going to improve its capacity for hazardous waste management, it is going to have to focus on how to better deal with the near-constant change that it faces.

Back in December, the EPA added two sites in North Carolina to the NPL, which means that the firm will encourage stakeholders to perform remediation work at these properties.

When governments and private businesses work together to deal with brownfields, they can bring about numerous benefits for their local communities.

A federal court recently ruled that the owner of a former auto shop in Banning, California is responsible for remediation costs stemming from an oil spill that was caused by a transient who broke into the building after it had been abandoned for years.

The need to repair decaying cast-iron pipes has created common ground for environmental organizations, labor unions and energy industry groups.

The Missouri Clean Water Commission has issued new rules for water compliance that will require many districts to upgrade their facilities.