Environment
Environmental laws have been put into place by State and Federal ruling and are enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Backed by these laws, individuals or groups can bring attention to environmental problems or violations and take action with the help of lawyers.
Environmental lawyers can evaluate cases involving pollution, chemical spills, toxic waste dumping, wetland destruction, land development, solid waste, natural resource usage, wildlife protection and Indian Rights. Some chemical and environmental hazards can lead to serious consumer illnesses and cancers.
An environmental lawyer can help resolve these injustices. Click on one of the links below to submit your case.
ENVIRONMENT ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS Illinois Freight Train Derailment Potential Threat to the Environment
 Rockford, IL: Compared with other laws and statutes that have been around since the dawn of time, environmental law is a relative newcomer and arrived in step with recent revelations that not protecting the environment is, in the end not very good for you. Thus, the need for environmental law when modern-day environmental issues such as chemical spills threaten citizens and the environment in which they live. [ Read More ]
Is Foodborne Illness Increasing?
 Washington, DC: According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), rates of foodborne illnesses have been holding steady for five years and have even been declining from the mid-1990s until the beginning of this decade, due mainly to improvements in the meat and poultry industry. And one report says that frequent outbreaks of foodborne illness have been increasing the awareness of food safety. So why has the US recently been plagued by food poisoning outbreaks? [ Read More ]
Environment Law Case Seeks Damages, Extended Medical Monitoring
 Mingo County, WV: Plaintiffs concerned about the potential contamination of their ground water launched a series of lawsuits citing environmental issues within environment law. A judge in West Virginia has since consolidated hundreds of the environmental law issues into a single class-action case. [ Read More ]
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JUL-02-09: According to a report in the Baton Rouge Advocate, federal safety regulators want to fine 3 local firms for allegedly failing to provide workers with proper asbestos protection while working on a renovation project at the State National Life Building. The fines would amount to $112,000, and would be levied against Louisiana Health Care Consultants LLC, Dean Building Holdings and Bob Dean Enterprises Inc. [ADVOCATE: BATON ROUGE COMPANIES FACE ASBESTOS FINES]
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JUN-29-09: BP Products North America Inc., has agreed to a court order forcing the petrochemical giant to end what state officials say are illegal emissions at its Texas City refinery. The temporary injunction filed in district court in Austin on Monday ensures BP will follow environmental laws while the state’s pollution lawsuit plays out in court. Under the agreement, BP will review 53 pollution violations cited in the state’s lawsuit and improve air monitoring systems and reporting procedures. One of those violations is tied to a March 2005 explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others. [THE LEGALIZER: BP AGREES TO TEMPORARY INJUNCTION]
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JUN-17-09: The infamous town of Libby, Montana, former home to the WR Grace vermiculite-ore mine, has been declared to be in a state of public emergency by the Environmental Protection Agency. There are no plans currently to evacuate the inhabitants, however, an extensive clean-up is planned, and the provision of improved protection against asbestos, and asbestos related illnesses such as mesothelioma. [MSNBC: LIBBY MONTANA DECLARED ASBESTOS EMERGENCY]
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JUN-15-09: A tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of ethyl alcohol crashed into a guard rail on State Route 91 in Southern California on Monday, causing a massive explosion that has closed the highway in the immediate area. [AP: TANKER EXPLOSION ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY]
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JUN-12-09: Robert G. Swaim of Arkansas, a fabricator, tester and analyzer from 1971 until 1975, claims mesothelioma. Swaim says he was also secondarily exposed to asbestos through his father, who worked as a carman from 1952 until 1961 and at various service stations from the late 1960s through the mid 1980s, and his mother, who worked at AT&T from 1966 until the late 1990s. [ST CLAIR RECORD: ASBESTOS MESOTHELIOMA CASES]
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MAY-26-09: The family of a recently deceased man has filed a lawsuit naming 33 defendant companies as causing Lawrence Baggett's asbestos-related disease, which eventually led to his death. [SE TEXAS : ASBESTOS MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUIT]
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| Jacksonville City $75 million class action settlement awarded to residents exposed to harmful toxic ash produced by municipal trash incinerators. |
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West Dallas power plants
Defendant: ^Environment Law (damages from violations)
Hypertention, heart problems, kidney infections, believed to be cause by toxic and polluted air. Family history shows that family members that lived in the vicinity has two or more of these symptoms.
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