#environmental-enforcement

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fromPortland Mercury
2 days ago

Good Morning, News: Portland Can't Regulate on Zenith, Portlanders Can't Get Vaccines, and Jackie and Shadow Face an Old Foe-Developers

IN LOCAL NEWS: In 2002, when the city of Portland initially granted Zenith Energy permission to continue operating its fuel transport and storage facility in Northwest Portland, it did so with a number of conditions-in an attempt to limit further potential for local pollution. Environmental advocates who disagreed with the permit subsequently sued, and now a city attorney has admitted that the city does not believe it can enforce those compromise conditions at all. For the Mercury, Abe Asher has more.
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New York City
fromStreetsblog
3 weeks ago

OPINION: NYC Has Noise Cameras To Catch Loud Cars. Why Aren't We Funding It? - Streetsblog New York City

Expanding automated enforcement of illegal vehicle noise is a feasible way to reduce health harms and unequal noise burdens that current response systems fail to address.
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fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Fly-tipping clampdown sees fines double in Brent

Fly-tipping fines in Brent have more than doubled, with enforcement actions increasing significantly to combat illegal waste dumping.
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