date:Sep 10, 2013
Grocery retailer Safeway, Inc. will pay $600,000 and has agreed to a nationwide reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from refrigeration equipment at its 659 US stores under terms of a settlement released Wednesday.
The US Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice said the settlement with the Pleasanton, California-based retailer is the largest ozone protection case ever reached under the Clean Air Act. The government says Safeway violated the nation's clear air laws by not prom