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’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…
Mirant Corporation’s subsidiary, on July 2, 2008, entered a Consent Order with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, resolving two notices of violations related to alleged breaches of Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Law and regulations.
On March 23, 2007, the Virginia…
Mirant Corporation’s subsidiaries are engaged in disputes over alleged Clean Water Act violations at the Faulkner Fly Ash Facility in Maryland.
By letter dated April 2, 2008, the Environmental Integrity Project and the Potomac Riverkeeper notified the Company and various…
Mirant Corporation’s subsidiary, Mirant Lovett, LLC., is engaged in disputes with the staff of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) on alleged various violations of New York’s Environmental Conservation Law at the Lovett generating facility.
On April 16,…
The Southern Company is awaiting ruling on motions to dismiss a lawsuit, asserting global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions, filed on Feb. 26, 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by the Native Village…
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, on July 24, 2008, granted partial summary judgment in favor of The Southern Company’s subsidiary Alabama Power Co. regarding the proper legal test for determining whether projects at certain coal-fired…
The Southern Company reports that subsidiary Gulf Power Company’s environmental remediation liability includes estimated costs of environmental remediation projects of about US$67.1 million as of June 30, 2008.
The estimated costs relate to site closure criteria by the Florida Department of…
The Southern Company continues to face complaints alleging that the Company’s carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming.
In July 2004, attorneys general from eight states, each outside of Southern Company’s service territory, and the corporation counsel for New York City…