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Ohio Train Derailment Illuminates Waste Disposal Predicament
Apr 12 2023 // When word surfaced that soils and liquids laced with chemicals from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment were being sent to southeastern Michigan for storage, local residents and politicians were livid. “People...
Maryland AG Files Environmental Complaint Against Recycling Firm for Open Dumps
Jan 27 2023 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed a civil complaint, on behalf of the Maryland Department of the Environment, against World Recycling Co. and three related entities (WRC). The complaint, filed in the...
EPA Will Help Extinguish Alabama Landfill Fire
Jan 20 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the state for nearly two months, Gov. Kay Ivey...
Alabama Landfill Still Burning, Triggering Health Concerns, Class Action vs. Owners
Jan 18 2023 // An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors. The monitors...
Alabama Landfill Still Burning After a Month, Shrouding City in Smoke
Dec 27 2022 // An underground fire has been raging at an environmental landfill near Birmingham for almost a month, covering Alabama’s largest metro area with smoke. Now, state officials, local fire departments and county...
Employees Sickened by Substance at California Plastics Recycler
Sep 28 2022 // Authorities say nine people were taken to the hospital this week after being exposed to a caustic substance at a California plastics recycling company. Seven workers had breathing problems or other symptoms while two...
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