Chevron ordered to pay $744.6 million over land loss in Louisiana
The multinational oil company headquartered in Houston, Texas, was ordered by a Louisiana jury to pay for damages over years ...
SC could lose 1 million acres of wetlands as federal protections vanish, report says
South Carolina’s wetlands are under assault, like those in other states, as a result of a Supreme Court ruling, a new report ...
Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial
A Louisiana jury has decided that Chevron must pay more than $740 million to restore damage caused to coastal wetlands in a ...
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Environmentalists raise alarm as Wakiso loses 70% of wetlands
According to Ms Rebecca Bukenya Ssabaganzi, the district’s natural resources officer, Wakiso originally had 21,000 hectares ...
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Chevron gets hit with a $740M verdict over Louisiana’s wetlands
Oil company Chevron must pay at least $740 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the ...
Farmers head to court to protect wetlands against suit by Chicago investor and two law firms
Several Iowa farmers have joined the federal government to defend a long-standing Farm Bill provision that protects wetlands ...
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The trajectory of wetland change in China between 1980 and 2020: Hidden loss and restoration effects
In a paper published in Science Bulletin, an international team of scientists examined the extent changes in China’s wetlands ...
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SC could lose 1 million acres of wetlands as floods rise and federal protections vanish
In addition to wetlands loss, the report says the Sackett ruling also jeopardizes streams that dry up for parts of the year. The ruling says a minimum of 2.5 million miles of creeks would not be ...