en.wikipedia.org New criminal code rings alarms for environmental protection in Indonesia Indonesia has passed an overhauled criminal code that experts and activists say will weaken environmental protections and make it easier to persecute environmental defenders.
Politics www.nytimes.com Conviction of Don Blankenship, ex-coal baron, should be overturned, judge recommends A federal magistrate judge said prosecutors should have turned over documents that could have helped Mr. Blankenship’s case.
Causes Auto supplier fined millions in VW diesel emissions fraud IAV GmbH of Berlin agreed to plead guilty and pay $35 million for its role in helping Volkswagen cheat on diesel emissions tests.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals
