Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia’s (WALHI) March 2008 appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court is still pending regarding an Indonesian Court’s ruling that WALHI’s claims against Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary on allegations of pollution in Buyat Bay were without merit.
WALHI, an…
Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary in Indonesia is still awaiting a ruling on an appeal by the prosecution, in an action in the Indonesian Supreme Court claiming alleged pollution at the Buyat Bay.
In October 2008, a panel of Supreme Court justices…
Celanese Corporation’s environmental reserves for remediation matters were US$104 million as of Sept. 30, 2008, compared with US$115 million as of Dec. 31, 2007.
Due to its industrial history and through retained contractual and legal obligations, the Company has the obligation…
Celanese Corporation had provisions totaling US$11 million as of Sept. 30, 2008, for the investigation and cleanup of about 50 sites, compared with US$13 million as of Dec. 31, 2007.
The Company has a potential liability under the U.S. Federal Comprehensive…
Sasol Limited’s environmental obligation accrued at June 30, 2008, was ZAR3.460 billion (about US$383 million), compared to ZAR3.355 billion (about US$371 million) in 2007.
The 2008 accrued amount includes about ZAR1.692 billion for costs of remediation of soil and groundwater…
BOSTON — September 22, 2008 — Two seafood processing and freezing companies based in Fall River, Mass., will pay fines to settle chemical reporting violations under federal Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) violations.
In separate but similar actions, EPA alleged…
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, on June 4, 2008, granted a stipulation filed jointly by the Native Village of Kivalina and the City of Kivalina and Mirant Corporation dismissing with prejudice claims against the Company.
On…
Mirant Corporation said in its latest Quarterly Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that no lawsuits have been filed as of Aug. 8, 2008, regarding alleged violations the federal Endangered Species Act through the operation of the subsidiary’s…
Mirant Corporation is still waiting for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the information submitted by the Company regarding the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review.
In January 2001, the EPA issued a request for information to Mirant concerning the…
Mirant Corporation’s subsidiary, Mirant Lovett, LLC, is awaiting a ruling in its motion to dismiss Riverkeeper, Inc.’s suit filed against the subsidiary for alleged violation of a water discharge permit issued in New York.
On March 11, 2005, Riverkeeper filed…