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Grace to the Bottom
W.R. Grace must pay to clean up asbestos mess in Montana, Supreme Court decides |
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11 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Grace to the Bottom W.R. Grace must pay to clean up asbestos mess in Montana, Supreme Court decides W.R. Grace & Co. must pay $54.5 million to remove asbestos-contaminated soil from the mining town of Libby, Mont., the Supreme Court decided yesterday. The U.S. EPA sued the company five years ago to recover cleanup costs; a lower court ruled in the agency's favor an ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, mining and drilling, Montana, news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Libby, Libby, Libby on the Liable, Liable, Liable
W. R. Grace faces stiff federal charges over asbestos at Montana mine |
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08 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Libby, Libby, Libby on the Liable, Liable, Liable W. R. Grace faces stiff federal charges over asbestos at Montana mine Mining company W. R. Grace & Co. was formally charged yesterday with knowingly exposing mine employees and residents of Libby, Mont., to asbestos and concealing evidence about its potentially dangerous health effects. The indictment marks the closing chapter of what U.S. Attorney Bill Me ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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