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March 9, 2011

Wisconsin Attorney General Lautenschlager Announces Settlement of Environmental Lawsuit Against Watertown Tire Recyclers

Source: http://www.envirovaluation.org, June 8, 2006 Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced today that her office has filed a complaint and settlement in an environmental protection enforcement lawsuit against Watertown Tire Recyclers LLC for violations of the state’s solid waste management laws. The Dodge County company will pay $320,000 in penalties and costs for violations at its tire […]

March 9, 2011

Pollution Lawsuits to Be Fought By Steel Plant

Read here about a steel plant in Berkeley, California that was served with two lawsuits alleging the plant made people sick.

March 9, 2011

BP Fined $62 million for Blast and Spill Under Deal with U.S.

Source: http://enr.construction.com, October 31, 2007 In two plea agreements with the U.S. Justice Dept., energy giant BP Products North America Inc. agreed on Oct. 25 to pay a $62-million criminal fine for a 2005 explosion at a Texas refinery that killed 15 people and for petroleum pipeline spills last year on Alaska’s North Slope. BP […]

March 9, 2011

Superfund Snags Canadian Smelter

Source: http://enr.construction.com, August 7, 2006 By: Thomas F. Armistead A smelter in Canada is liable under U.S. Superfund law for the cleanup of pollution flushed across the international border, a federal appeals court has ruled. The July 2 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals adds the force of law to […]

March 9, 2011

Increased Cancer Rate Linked to Textile Site

Read here about how a cluster of cancer cases in Massachusetts has been linked to a former textile site where kids used to play.

March 9, 2011

Chemical Vapor Causes Paint Factory Explosion

Read here about how a build up of chemical vapors was cited as the cause of a pint factory explosion in Massachusetts.

March 9, 2011

Ammonia Leak Sends People to Hospital

Read here about how an ammonia leak in Connecticut sent 12 people to the hospital.

February 18, 2011

AR Poultry Industry Claims Paper Not Valid

Read here about a soon to be published paper regarding supposed pollution by the Arkansas Poultry Industry into the Oklahoma watershed.

February 10, 2011

Second Phase of DuPont Lawsuit Goes to Jury

Read here about the second phase of a DuPont waste site lawsuit going to jury in West Virginia.

February 10, 2011

EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Computer Circuits Superfund Site

Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov, August 13, 2008 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a plan to clean up contamination at the Computer Circuits Superfund site in Hauppauge, New York. The two-acre property, which is bordered by Marcus Boulevard to the west, is home to a facility that formerly manufactured circuit boards. “EPA has been working […]

February 10, 2011

Explosion cleanup begins; Asbestos threat, damage keep hundreds in T.O. from homes

Source: Waterloo Region Record, August 12, 2008 The lingering threat of airborne asbestos and serious damage to half a dozen buildings bordering the site of a massive propane explosion left hundreds of people displaced from their homes yesterday, unsure of when they’ll be able to return. Public health concerns kept some 100 homes behind police […]

February 10, 2011

Fight over who pays stalls river cleanup

Source: Herald News, July 24, 2006 By: Jennifer H. Cunningham In 1989, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s antiquated treatment plant in Newark was dumping toxic pollutants into the lower Passaic River — further fouling one of the dirtiest waterways in the country. Now, 17 years later, no action […]

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