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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Rock, Hudson GE finally agrees to clean up PCBs in Hudson River		07 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Rock, Hudson GE finally agrees to clean up PCBs in Hudson River Are we ecomagining things? General Electric Co. has finally agreed to dredge the PCBs it long ago dumped in the upper Hudson River of New York state, nearly 30 years after the contamination was discovered. With 43 miles of tainted river bottom to tend and total costs estimated at $700 million, it will be one of the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Hudson River, New York, news, toxics (all these topics)

The Sweet Swim of Success Lower Hudson River clean enough for dipping		01 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
The Sweet Swim of Success Lower Hudson River clean enough for dipping A dozen-plus locations along the lower Hudson River in New York state are once again fit for taking a dip, thanks to decades of cleanup efforts. Accounts of swimming in the Hudson date back to colonial times, but by the mid-20th century the river was an unholy stew of industrial waste and raw sewage. Cleanup started in the 1960s, and roughl ...
Topics: Hudson River, New York, news, water pollution (all these topics)

They Brought Bad Things to Life		02 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
They Brought Bad Things to Life Meanwhile, in another legal victory on the other side of the country, a federal court yesterday rejected General Electric's constitutional challenge to the U.S. EPA's power to force the company to clean up the Hudson River. From the 1940s to the 1970s, GE dumped 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the upper Hudson, where 500,000 to 700,00 ...
Topics: business, Hudson River, New York, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

The Dow of Poo		06 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
The Dow of Poo Outgoing Michigan Gov. John Engler (R) is trying to relax the state standard for dioxin pollution, a move that unhappy environmentalists say is designed to minimize Dow Chemical's financial liability for future cleanup efforts. The proposed change, which has also angered Gov.-elect Jennifer Granholm (D) ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental restoration, health, Hudson River, Michigan, New York, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

The Dredge Great-Scott Decision		05 Dec 2001	Daily Grist
The Dredge Great-Scott Decision U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman said yesterday that her agency would order General Electric to spend almost $500 million to dredge PCBs from the upper Hudson River. In doing so, Whitman disregarded a multi-million-dollar P.R. campaign by the giant company claiming that dredging would not improve the river's health. Enviros, who had feare ...
Topics: environmental restoration, Hudson River, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Golly G.E.		01 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
Golly G.E. Environmental groups and officials in New York state are concerned that General Electric may be making headway in its campaign to scuttle a federal plan forcing it to dredge the Hudson River for pollution. U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman announced in August that she would proceed with a $500 million, Clinton-era plan to order G.E. to remove ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Hudson River, New York, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Third Time's the Charm?	Donella H. Meadows	12 Jun 2000	Global Citizen
Three stories have hit the news lately concerning three corporations that have done -- or may have done -- serious environmental harm. They are coping with the situation in very different ways. Taken together, the stories suggest an odd combination of hope and cynicism. There are signs of honesty, good will, real learning. But the damage is great, and the learning is slow. Story No. 1 is the latest development in a decades-long saga in ...
Topics: business, health, Hudson River, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

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