January 2, 2007 at 5:29 pm
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A record $37 million pollution fine against a well-known fleet of oil tankers is expected to pump $2 million into marine conservation efforts in the Gulf of Maine.
The company paying the fine, meanwhile, says the employees responsible for the pollution violated its policies and were fired.
Overseas Shipholding Group pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges that several of its tankers dumped oily wastes into the ocean during the past five years instead of going through the time and expense of proper disposal, and that crews tried to cover up the violations by falsifying logbooks. Part of the $37 million penalty is intended to be restitution for the environmental damage, and Maine’s share of that is $2.06 million.
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January 2, 2007 at 5:22 pm
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Rutgers University is searching for a few good men and women interested in helping the environment.
Beginning Jan. 15, Rutgers will hold its environmental steward volunteer training program at the Rutgers EcoComplex on Florence-Columbus Road in Mansfield.
Now in its third year, the 60-hour program features one three-hour lecture per week until May and is designed to provide training and experience to those interested in solving environmental problems in New Jersey.
Source:Burlington County Times
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