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Economy & Business

Judge Won't Dismiss Suit Claiming Poland Spring Water Isn't From A Spring

"A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as "spring water."

Source: Reuters, 01/03/2025

Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public

"Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry."

Source: ProPublica, 01/02/2025

Calif. Will Require Insurers To Increase Home Coverage In Fire-Prone Areas

"Insurance companies that stopped providing home coverage to hundreds of thousands of Californians in recent years as wildfires became more destructive will have to again provide policies in fire-prone areas if they want to keep doing business in California under a state regulation announced Monday."

Source: AP, 01/02/2025

Group Says New Jersey Toxic Waste Dumping Caused $1B In Harm, Sues

"Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the corporate successor to the firm that did the polluting."

Source: AP, 12/23/2024

How A Public University Courted The Gas Industry Despite Climate Impacts

"As the liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom gained momentum in southwest Louisiana, one public institution of higher learning, McNeese State University, courted the industry to help launch a new LNG Center of Excellence, hired a director doubling as an LNG industry lobbyist, and approached federal regulators to co-locate their own research center at the university, according to emails obtained via public records requests by DeSmog and The Guardian."

Source: DeSmog/Guardian, 12/20/2024

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