Uranium Mines
A federal judge found that El Paso Natural Gas is responsible for 65% of past and future response costs for the cleanup of 19 uranium mines near Cameron, Ariz., and the federal government is responsible for 35% of it.
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EPA Carve-Out for Recycling Called Out as Hazardous
Since 2008, hazardous materials that can be recycled have been excluded from federal waste-disposal rules. An Earthjustice attorney fought Tuesday to vacate this exemption.
Read moreEU Calls Out Italy on Failure to Redress Dozens of Landfills
Seven years after EU regulators first took issue with 102 the country’s landfills, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that Italy has failed to bring nearly half into compliance.
Read moreRelief and Frustration as EPA Readies Toxin Response Plan
The acting administrator of the EPA came under fire Thursday as he announced a long-demanded plan for national guidelines on a class of seemingly indestructible chemicals known as PFAs.
Read moreImmigrant Detention & Toxic Waste
Five advocacy groups brought a federal complaint Thursday demanding immediate records access related to the toxic waste sites known to exist at the Fort Bliss Army Base, soon to be the home of a detention camp for thousands of immigrant families under the Trump administration.
Read moreSan Francisco OKs Project on Site of Toxic Cleanup Fraud
Despite recent findings of possible widespread fraud in the $1 billion cleanup of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco city officials on Tuesday approved moving forward with plans to build more than 10,000 homes on the potentially contaminated 400-acre site.
Read moreNuclear-Waste Tax Case Battled at 11th Circuit
With nearly $100 million in taxes on the line, the U.S. government urged the 11th Circuit on Wednesday to find that, when it comes to deductions, nuclear-waste disposal is not the same as decommissioning a nuclear plant.
Read moreHome Depot Settles California Waste-Disposal Case for $28M
Home improvement chain Home Depot agreed to pay a $27.8 settlement Thursday to resolve claims it illegally disposed of hazardous waste and customer information at stores and facilities across California.
Read moreCleveland Waste Worker Rails Against Ban on Talking to Press
A heavy equipment operator claims Cleveland is enforcing a media ban that prevents her and other workers from speaking out about sexually harassing behavior and dangerous conditions at a city plant, including the dumping of toxic waste and a raccoon infestation.
Read moreGreece Fined
The European Court of Justice slapped Greece on Thursday with a $6 million fine, which will grow by $4 million every six months, for having failed for nearly 20 years to to adequately treat urban waste in an area west of Athens called Thriasio Pedio.
Read moreLong Islanders Issue Call to Arms on ‘Radioactive Plume’
Long Island is on the brink of “environmental catastrophe,” residents claim in a federal complaint, accusing New York and U.S. authorities of letting radioactive waste spread in the groundwater.
Read moreWaste Management Funded Opposition to Toxic Waste Cleanup
Citizen groups fighting the Environmental Protection Agency’s removal of a toxic waste site from a Houston riverbank were reportedly funded in part by Waste Management, a comprehensive disposal company ordered in October to pay $115 million in clean-up costs.
Read moreSouth Carolina AG Says Feds Using State as Nuke Waste Dumping Ground
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sued the federal government on Monday, claiming it is using the state as a dumping ground for nuclear waste despite promises to eventually take it somewhere else.
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Macy’s Fined $375,000 for Hazardous Waste Violations
Retail giant Macy’s will pay $375,000 to settle claims it violated federal hazardous waste regulations for three years, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.
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$115 Million Toxic Waste Cleanup Ordered in Houston
The Environmental Protection Agency will make two companies pay $115 million to remove toxic waste from a riverbank in Houston submerged under a makeshift cap that was damaged by flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
Read moreDC Circuit Strikes Part of EPA Recycling Rule
A divided D.C. Circuit rejected challenges Friday to a 2015 rule governing the recycling and collection of solid hazardous waste, restoring a prior rule that gives businesses more discretion to decide who will cart off and recycle their waste.
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Judge Trashes California’s $567,000 Medical Waste Fine
A federal judge Tuesday found it a simple call that the California Department of Public Health unlawfully fined a medical-waste disposal company $567,000 for disposing of biohazardous materials out of state.
Read moreRadioactive Waste Still Flooding Columbia River, EPA Says
Groundwater contaminated with radioactive waste from the decommissioned Hanford nuclear facility in Washington state is still “flowing freely” into the Columbia River, a program manager with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said at a meeting of the Hanford Advisory Board.
Read moreDemolition Company Accuses UC Regents of Hiding Radiation
A demolition company sued the University of California in state court for $13 million on Tuesday, claiming the university misled them about the size, scope and presence of hazardous materials at a construction site.
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