The Justice Department announced that American Smelting and Refining Company, LLC (ASARCO), as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan, will pay $1.79 billion to fund environmental cleanup and restoration at its sites and former sites in 19 states: Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, [...]
Nevada lawmakers voted in June, 2009, to start up a new Nevada renewable energy agency. That set the stage for the Governor to appoint a Commissioner to head the agency in its work.
The agency’s purpose is to study science and technology and to develop ideas to conserve energy use. It will also focus on ways [...]
A release of hazardous waste is often a traumatic event, such as a spill from an overturned tanker truck or a cloud of toxic gas rising from a railroad car. Sometimes, the release is quiet and it is not noticed for a period of time. For example, an unaware purchaser of real estate might unluckily [...]
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