The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Rex Energy Operating Corp., of State College, $45,000 for numerous environmental violations at the company’s Alder Run natural gas well site ...
On 11 May 2010 Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Germany reported that additional laboratory analyses conducted both in Germany and South Africa on the German tourist who was preliminarily diagnosed with Rift Valley Fever (RVF) following her return from South Africa, was in-fact…
Human rights defenders in Mexico are under increasing threat, a group of independent United Nations experts cautioned today, speaking out against the recent killings of two defenders in the country's southeast.
More than 1,600 municipal recycling programs across Pennsylvania—and the approximately 80,000 jobs the industry supports—will benefit from another decade of guaranteed funding now that Governor ...
A group of independent United Nations experts today expressed their serious concern over a new immigration law enacted in the state of Arizona, questioning whether the legislation is compatible with international human rights treaties which the United States has signed on to.
The Department of Environmental Protection is encouraging water suppliers and local officials to attend a free workshop to learn how to collaborate and better protect drinking water sources. The workshop ...
A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged the Honduran Government to take immediate action to end violence against journalists in the Central American country where, they said, seven media professionals have been killed during the past six weeks, and several others have been…
The Department of Environmental Protection announced today that ConocoPhillips Inc. will pay $96,600 in civil penalties for air quality violations at its refinery in Trainer, Delaware County. “These ...