Oakland A’s Lawsuit Over Toxic Waste Survives
The ruling coming just days after the state ordered a scrap metal facility to clean up the site near where the A’s plan to build their new stadium.
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Europe-Bound Migrants Found Among Recycling Glass, Toxic Ash
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say they have found and rescued 41 migrants who tried to reach continental Europe from
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California reached a $4.1 million settlement with Schnitzer Steel Industries over claims the company violated environmental laws while operating its metal shredding and recycling facility in West Oakland.
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Newly Found Fukushima Plant Contamination May Delay Cleanup
A draft investigation report into the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, adopted by Japanese nuclear regulators Wednesday, says it has detected dangerously high levels of radioactive contamination at two of the three reactors, adding to concerns about decommissioning challenges.
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Facing Widespread Opposition, Feds Withdraw Nuke Waste Plan
Federal regulators are withdrawing a nuclear waste proposal that had prompted an unusually widespread chorus of opposition, including from those who worried the plan could have led to toxic waste being shipped to local landfills across the U.S.
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3D Printers May Be Toxic for Humans
During the Covid-19 pandemic, 3D printers have been widely used to produce face shields, respirators and other personal protective equipment, but the manufacturing device also poses some health hazards for humans, according to new research presented Tuesday.
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Feds Won’t Require Insurance for Pollution Cleanup
Sparking criticism from environmentalists, the outgoing Trump administration said Wednesday it will not require power plants, chemical manufacturers and oil and gas producers to have insurance covering toxic waste cleanups.
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PG&E Must Face Lawsuit Over Century-Old Gas Plant Contamination
Pacific Gas and Electric must face claims that a gas plant operated by its predecessors more than 100 years ago continues to leak harmful toxins into the San Francisco Bay, a federal judge has ruled.
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California Lawmakers Slam Agency Over Snail’s Pace of Battery Plant Cleanup
California lawmakers excoriated the state agency tasked with cleaning up the neighborhoods surrounding a shuttered battery recycling plant, blasting cost overruns and the excruciatingly slow pace of operations.
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Feds Sued for Easing Regulations on Coal Ash
Coal ash, a top polluting waste in the United States second only to household trash, is flowing unchecked from power plants under President Donald Trump, nine conservation groups suing the Environmental Protection Agency claimed Monday.
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California Auditor Slams Expensive and Slow Cleanup of Battery Recycling Plant
Cleaning up the abandoned Exide battery recycling plant in Los Angeles County will cost California taxpayers nearly $400 million dollars in addition to other costs the state has already paid and the regulatory agency in charge is woefully behind schedule, the state auditor found.
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Sea Creatures Die in Far Eastern Russia ‘Ecological Disaster’
A Russian official said Monday that the sea off the remote Kamchatka peninsula may have been contaminated with toxic chemicals as Greenpeace warned of an “ecological disaster” for marine life.
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Southern California Residents Blast NASA Plan to Clean Up Rocket Lab Site
NASA announced plans Friday to clean up a Cold War-era rocket fuel testing site in Southern California — plans that have upset residents who say the space agency and the Trump administration have punted any responsibility for a full cleanup and will leave most of the area contaminated.
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Texas Governor Urges Trump to Oppose Nuclear Waste Plans
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has come out against two rival plans to ship highly radioactive waste from the nation’s nuclear power plants to sites on the Texas-New Mexico border, saying either plan would be unsafe and would threaten the region’s sprawling Permian Basin oilfield.
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Rio Tinto Hit With Human Rights Claims Over Bougainville Mine
Rio Tinto is facing accusations it “side-stepped” responsibility to clean up poisonous waste from a closed mine on Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville island in a complaint filed Tuesday in Australia.
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In Texas, Unlikely Alliance Forms Against Nuke Waste Proposal
Environmental groups, state regulators, a waste company and others oppose a federal plan to let disposal sites that aren’t specifically licensed for radioactive waste request an exception to take in the waste.
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Oakland A’s Sue California Regulator Over Toxins Near Planned Stadium Site
The Oakland A’s baseball team sued California’s toxic waste department Wednesday, claiming it has failed to rein in pollution generated by Schnitzer Steel — a multinational company operating the largest metal-shredding facility in the state next to the team’s proposed future waterfront home.
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CG Roxane, the bottler of Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water, must pay $5 million for illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste created from filtering arsenic out of spring water at its facility in Olancha, California, a federal judge ruled.
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