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But Who's Responsible for Seafoam Green?
R.I. jury finds paint companies liable for billions in lead cleanup |
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23 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| But Who's Responsible for Seafoam Green? R.I. jury finds paint companies liable for billions in lead cleanup A six-person jury in Rhode Island made history yesterday when it found Sherwin Williams Co., Millennium Holdings, and NL Industries liable for lead paint contamination in hundreds of thousands of homes -- and on the hook for potentially billions of dollars to clean it up. It's the f ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, Rhode Island, toxics (all these topics) |
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Brave Newmont World
Newmont Mining to pay Indonesia $30 million to settle pollution suit |
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17 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Brave Newmont World Newmont Mining to pay Indonesia $30 million to settle pollution suit Colorado-based Newmont Mining Corp. has agreed to pay $30 million to the government of Indonesia to settle a long-running pollution lawsuit, but the parties have agreed to disagree about the pesky question of whether, um, any illegal pollution occurred. Indonesia's civil ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Indonesia, mining and drilling, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Rocky Amountin' High
Landowners awarded $554 million for nuke contamination from Rocky Flats |
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16 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Rocky Amountin' High Landowners awarded $554 million for nuke contamination from Rocky Flats Thousands of Colorado downwinders got some vindication on Tuesday, when a jury ordered Dow Chemical and the former Rockwell International to pay $554 million in damages for plutonium contamination from Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons plant. It's the largest civil ver ... |
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| Topics: Colorado, commercial and industry organizations, Department of Energy, news, nuclear power (all these topics) |
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Crops and Robbers
Archer Daniels Midland blossoms with lots of government help |
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02 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, food and agriculture (all these topics) |
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Exxon Lax
Exxon posts record-breaking profit, tries to evade Exxon Valdez penalty |
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31 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Exxon Lax Exxon posts record-breaking profit, tries to evade Exxon Valdez penalty ExxonMobil has announced that it reaped $36 billion in profits for 2005 -- the largest single-year profit ever by any American corporation. In related news, last week Exxon lawyers asked a federal court to effectively waive $5 billion in punitive damages related to the massive 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, meant to compensat ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, news (all these topics) |
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F'd Troops
Whistle-blower says Halliburton supplied foul water to troops in Iraq |
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24 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| F'd Troops Whistle-blower says Halliburton supplied foul water to troops in Iraq Former employees of a subsidiary of Halliburton, the big military-services contractor once helmed by Vice President Dick Cheney, say the company exposed thousands of American troops and Iraqi civilians to sewage-laced water. Testifying yesterday before Senate Democrats, whistle-blower and water-quality expert ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Iraq, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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It's a Floor Wax and a Dessert Topping!
Algae being harnessed to combat climate change and other eco-woes |
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12 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| It's a Floor Wax and a Dessert Topping! Algae being harnessed to combat climate change and other eco-woes Consider the algae. Three years ago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology rocket scientist Isaac Berzin had an idea: use the slimy plants to clean up emissions from power plants. Today, at a power plant next to MIT, tubes of healthy algae slurp up 40 percent of carbon dioxide and 86 perc ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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So Fresh, So Clean
Whole Foods makes record-setting wind-power purchase |
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11 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| So Fresh, So Clean Whole Foods makes record-setting wind-power purchase Whole Foods Market, mega-purveyor of organic and free-range foodstuffs, plans to purchase a jaw-dropping 458 million kilowatt-hours of wind-energy credits. It will be the largest-ever such purchase in North America, enough to offset the entire company's projected energy use through 2006. The move will keep about 700 mill ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, wind power (all these topics) |
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Stickin' It to the Pan
DuPont to pay $16.5 million for hiding chemical's risks |
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15 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Stickin' It to the Pan DuPont to pay $16.5 million for hiding chemical's risks DuPont will pay $16.5 million in a settlement with the U.S. EPA for failing to report information on health and environmental risks of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used to make Teflon and other plastics. Greenies are ticked that the company won't be forced to admit liability or apologize, and say the fine ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Dismember the Maine
Rural Maine residents divided as spring-water bottler moves in |
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09 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Dismember the Maine Rural Maine residents divided as spring-water bottler moves in An international corporation descending on a rural town, bent on extracting natural resources. Africa? South America? Nope: New England. Nestlé Waters North America Inc., purveyors of Poland Spring water, is prospecting for new sources of "blue gold" in the western Maine wilderness. ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Maine, New England, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Heavy Metal Bummer
U.S.-owned plant contaminating Peruvian communities with heavy metals |
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09 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Heavy Metal Bummer U.S.-owned plant contaminating Peruvian communities with heavy metals There's heavy metal in Peru, but not the mullet-and-fake-satanism kind. Children in a Peruvian Andes mining town have high levels of toxic heavy metals in their bodies -- and the likely source is an 83-year-old smelter owned by the St. Louis-based Doe Run Company. An independent study found that 97 percent of ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, Peru, toxics (all these topics) |
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PVC-ing the Light
Microsoft will be PVC-free by the new year |
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08 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| PVC-ing the Light Microsoft will be PVC-free by the new year Keep up the pressure, letter-writers: In response to customer concern, Microsoft has joined Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and other large corporations in declaring, "No vinyl, that's final!" The software giant announced yesterday that it has eliminated about 361,000 pounds of polyvinyl chloride packaging since July and will phase it o ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Let's Take This Slow on the Road
Campaign by right-wing U.S. group aims to derail E.U. climate policy |
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08 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Let's Take This Slow on the Road Campaign by right-wing U.S. group aims to derail E.U. climate policy American lobbyist Chris Horner is trying to convince major European companies to join a campaign against the Kyoto Protocol and any future such strategies to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases -- but he's not making much headway. Horner is a senior fellow at the Compe ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, European Union, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Come Sale Away
NPS proposal would make corporate donors more visible in parks |
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05 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Come Sale Away NPS proposal would make corporate donors more visible in parks Because a thank-you letter just won't cut it, the National Park Service has proposed putting brass nameplates, markers, or banners in national parks to honor donor corporations. "We are looking to find ways to appropriately recognize the time and dollars contributed" by companies, says an NPS spokesflac ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, National Park Service, news (all these topics) |
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Small Wonder
Sales of some big SUVs drop by half |
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02 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Small Wonder Sales of some big SUVs drop by half It's an early Christmahanukwanzakah present for the planet, and a chunk of coal in the stocking of Detroit's Big Three automakers: The American love affair with huge SUVs seems finally to be on the wane. Really this time! Sales of once-hot vehicles like the Ford Explorer and Chevrolet Suburban are about half what they were a year ago. Auto-industry wa ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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The Chemical Druthers
New Jersey becomes first state to require stronger chemical security |
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02 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Chemical Druthers New Jersey becomes first state to require stronger chemical security New Jersey has become the first state in the nation to require security assessments for chemical plants -- assessments blocked at the federal level by industry and Republican lawmakers. The new rules call for the state's 140-odd chemical plants to evaluate potential security risks and report plans for ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, New Jersey, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Bye Catch
Over a fifth of all fish caught are killed and discarded, study finds |
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02 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Bye Catch Over a fifth of all fish caught are killed and discarded, study finds The first comprehensive study of "bycatch" -- unwanted fish caught and discarded by commercial fishing operations -- has confirmed the worst fears of conservationists: Over a fifth of all fish caught by U.S. commercial fishers, around 1.1 million tons, are tossed out every year. Commis ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, Gulf of Mexico, marine life, news (all these topics) |
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Let It BP
BP making big boost to clean-energy spending |
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30 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Let It BP BP making big boost to clean-energy spending Oil giant BP plans to invest up to $8 billion of its oil-and-gas profits into clean energy technologies and greenhouse-gas abatement projects over the next 10 years. An $8 billion investment would represent an eightfold increase over the company's clean-energy outlay in the past decade, says CEO John Browne. BP expects an eve ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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The Revolution Will Not Be Discounted
New Wal-Mart documentary may be a sign of upheavals to come |
Ken Eisen |
22 Nov 2005 |
Arts and Minds |
| Last week's release of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price -- not, for the most part, in movie theaters, but rather in "churches, family businesses, schools, living rooms, community centers, and parking lots," as the film's website puts it -- marks a high-water moment in leftist media-based organizing. Image: walmartmovie.com. Director/producer Robert Greenwald ad ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, green living, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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A Good Switch or a Bad Switch?
Wal-Mart's eco-announcements generate a clash among activists |
Liza Featherstone |
22 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| The mother ship. Photo: Wal-Mart. It was easy for Wal-Mart's critics to laugh this past spring when CEO Lee Scott proudly announced that he drove a Lexus hybrid. For Scott to expect praise for his consumer choices given the abysmal record of his massive company -- which has repeatedly violated the Clean Water Act while contributing to sprawl, air pollution, and a host of ... |
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| Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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General Electric Slide
Leaked memo raises doubts about thoroughness of GE's Hudson cleanup plan |
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21 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| General Electric Slide Leaked memo raises doubts about thoroughness of GE's Hudson cleanup plan Remember the historic settlement announced last month between the U.S. EPA and General Electric? The one that would have GE clean up PCBs in the Hudson River, one of the largest industrial cleanups ever attempted? Yeah, well ... don't get your hopes up. GE intends to cap off much of the pol ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, New York, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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All That's Gold Does Not Glitter
Indonesian judge tosses out pollution suit against mining giant Newmont |
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18 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| All That's Gold Does Not Glitter Indonesian judge tosses out pollution suit against mining giant Newmont This week, an Indonesian judge threw out a $133 million civil suit against Colorado-based Newmont Mining Corp., the world's largest gold miner. Indonesia Environment Minister Rachmat Witular filed the lawsuit in April, charging that a now-closed Newmont gold operation ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Indonesia, mining and drilling, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Don't Just Lie There
Oil industry execs caught fibbing; may lose tax break; still filthy rich |
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16 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Just Lie There Oil industry execs caught fibbing; may lose tax break; still filthy rich Last week, while testifying at a Senate hearing, oil industry executives were asked point blank: "Did your company or any representatives of your companies participate in Vice President Cheney's energy task force in 2001?" The answers? Three No's, an "I don't know," and a &qu ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Flare and Balanced
Nigerian judge orders end to Shell's gas flaring |
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15 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Flare and Balanced Nigerian judge orders end to Shell's gas flaring In a surprising victory for activists, a judge in Nigeria has ruled that the practice of gas flaring, wherein oil companies burn off the natural gas produced in oil drilling, violates the human rights of surrounding residents and must be halted immediately. Nigerian activists say the flaring causes respiratory ill ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, natural gas, news, Nigeria (all these topics) |
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Optical Delusion
Republicans ask oil firms to 'do their part' to ease pain at the pump |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Optical Delusion Republicans ask oil firms to "do their part" to ease pain at the pump Oil companies and their GOP backers in Washington face a somewhat awkward situation: The oil industry is awash in record profits, but Republicans continue to shovel them millions in subsidies. Meanwhile, Americans stagger under the weight of soaring gas prices. This has created some unfavorab ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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