It is expected to prevent the release of more than 23,000 metric tons of toxic chemicals and 185,000 metric tons of marine litter

Some of the chemicals take many years to break down naturally, travel through the environment via, soil and water and are toxic to both humans and wildlife

US environmental groups will be submitting a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to require toxic chemical release reporting for the oil and gas extraction industry. The Environmental Integrity Project said it will join 16 other local and national organisations in Washington to call for extraction process like fracking to be included in […]