Modesto almond farmer learns the hard way not to ignore environmental laws

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has penalized the owner of a proposed almond orchard for destroying nearly 33 acres of wetlands near Merced, California. Edward Lynn Brown, from Oakdale, California, who does business as California Healthy Harvest, a wholesaler of canned foods and nuts in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, was fined $160,000. According to EPA's press release, he was also ordered to purchase and endow a conservation easement worth $1 million as part of the settlement.

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America Recycles Day event at Bakersfield's Rabobank Arena this Saturday

Bakersfield residents looking for a way to recycle household items no longer of use to them should head to the Rabobank Arena in downtown Bakersfield this Saturday, November 15, 2014. A free recycling event will be held in the arena's south parking lot between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Rabobank is partnering with America Recycles Day as part of a nationwide effort to help people recycle things they don't need anymore instead of throwing them away in the trash.

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Chevron fined $329,700 by ARB for sales of illegal gasoline

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced today that Chevron Corp. has been fined $329,700 for the sale of illegally reformulated gasoline at its Montebello and Richmond, California terminals. The violations were for exceeding the oxygenate limit of 10 percent specified in state regulations for oxygenated gasoline. From 2010 through 2011, Chevron sold over 4.4 million gallons of the illegal fuel.

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Hyundai and Kia to pay largest fine in Clean Air Act history

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced the largest Clean Air Act settlement in history. Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, and their United States affiliates Hyundai Motor America, Kia Motors America, and Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. will pay over $300 million in fines and other penalties resulting from testing and certification violations of vehicles sold in America. The violations led to incorrect fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission data related to the sale of approximately 1.2 million vehicles.

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