Toxic Waste That Set Off Global Outcry Seized by Albania’s Prosecutors October 30, 2024 By K. Oanh Ha Albanian prosecutors ordered that containers filled with suspected hazardous industrial waste be seized after the cargo was forced to return...
Federal Agency Resumes Sending Hazardous Waste to Michigan From Ohio October 1, 2024 VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A federal agency said it has resumed sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill...
Toxic Waste Bound for Thailand on Maersk, MSC Cargo Vessels to Return to Europe August 16, 2024 By K. Oanh Ha Shipping containers bound for Thailand allegedly filled with tons of hazardous industrial waste from Albania are now slated to return...
Thailand Races to Stop Toxic Waste Cargo on MSC, Maersk Ships August 13, 2024 By K. Oanh Ha Thai authorities are racing to stop about 100 shipping containers allegedly filled with hazardous industrial waste from Albania reaching the...
President Biden Visits East Palestine, Ohio to Assess Cleanup After Train Derailment February 20, 2024 By Josh Boak and Darlene Superville EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than...
Communities Can’t Recycle or Trash E-Cigarettes. So What Happens to Them? October 20, 2023 By Matthew Perrone With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely...
Locals Unhappy Over State Settlement With Superfund Site Owner BASF January 30, 2023 By Wayne Parry TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — In hindsight, it’s clear that something was very wrong in this suburban town at the...
Massachusetts Firm Charged with Illegal Dumping of Contaminated Fill in Providence January 20, 2023 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of...
California Attorney Suing Walmart for Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Waste December 21, 2021 California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a statewide lawsuit against Walmart for the illegal disposal of hazardous waste. Bonta was...
Supreme Court Justices Question Landowners’ Claims in Montana Superfund Cleanup December 4, 2019 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to shield a unit of British oil major BP Plc from claims...