The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the EPA have filed a complaint to compel Denka Performance Elastomer to significantly reduce chloroprene emissions from its neoprene manufacturing plant in an area known as ‘Cancer alley’ in LaPlace, Louisiana. The EPA have long held that the company’s operations are a danger to public health due to the cancer risks associated with chloroprene.
Following a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment process, Blue Gem Wind has been granted a marine licence for a 96MW wind farm in the Celtic Sea about 45km South West of Pembrokeshire. The scheme has been named Erebus after the famous ship built in Pembroke Dock