Waste Management News

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has fined three wastewater utility companies owned by Jeff Pruett of West Monroe a total of $374,470. Companies fined include Louisiana Land and Water Co., Grace Utilities and Utility Data Service Corp.

Wyoming environmental officials say an oily residue settled on some Newcastle homes and cars after an accidental release from a refinery.

This article continues my Clean Energy Stocks Shopping List series. So far I've brought you: Kilowatts from Trash As I discussed in my recent article on Advanced Biofuels , I expect that advanced biofuels are likely to have to compete with electricity generation for feedstock, and electricity generation is likely to take a large part of the pie.

State environmental officials say leakage from a landfill is contaminating Vickery Creek in Marshall County.

Sims Metal Management Limited , the worlda s largest listed metal and electronics recycling company, announced today the acquisition of the assets of Fairless Iron & Metal, LLC in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on the East Coast of the United States.

Rayville is down to one water well. But Mayor Harry Lewis said it will be able to meet demand until a second well, which stopped working Monday, is repaired.

First there was Two Buck Chuck. Now, there's Three Dolla Koala. Fred Franzia, the vintner who shook up the California wine world seven years ago with Charles Shaw wines - nicknamed Two Buck Chuck because they sell for $1.99 in some states - has come up with Down Under, a chardonnay made of imported Australian bulk wine and priced at around $2.99 in ...

The state has fined a Sudan feedlot for letting at least 2,000 dead cattle pile up and decompose, becoming a haven for flies and foul odors.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. , a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced today that it has priced the previously announced offering of $180 million aggregate principal amount of 11.00% senior secured second lien notes due 2014 at an issue price of 97.212% of the principal amount of the Notes.

Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality says a waste hauler has agreed to help clean illegal dumps in eastern New Orleans as community service for using one before Hurricane Katrina.

A former Texas official turned industry lobbyist faces opposition in his bid to become President Barack Obama's top environmental appointee in Texas and four adjacent states.

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has declared Ozone Alerts in Tulsa for Monday and Tuesday.

City councilwoman Monica Conyers resigned from office Monday, days after admitting in court that she accepted bribes from a company in exchange for her vote on a lucrative city sludge-treatment contract.Conyers, the wife of powerful Democratic congressman John Conyers who was voted into office in 2005 largely on his name, submitted her resignation ...

BP Products North America, Inc. today agreed to refrain from unlawfully emitting pollutants into the air at its Texas City refinery.

Federal regulations enacted in recent years have resulted in fewer than half the number of landfills Oklahoma had 20 years ago.

A case of mistaken identity? Environmentalists surprised that A&M scientist named to board has sided with industry June 28, 2009, 9:57PM Bryan Shaw, who was recently confirmed by the Texas Senate as a commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, is skeptical of the scientific view that human activity is the primary cause of global ...

A Detroit councilwoman married to Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit bribery, the latest batch of bad news for a city already shaken by scandals and financial peril.

Originally published June 25, 2009 at 6:18 p.m., updated June 25, 2009 at 6:20 p.m. Plant expansion timeline International Power applied for a state air quality permit in January 2008 The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a draft air permit for Coleto Creek Unit 2 in November 2008.

Monica Conyers, President Pro Tem of the Detroit City Council, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit bribery, a charge which could land her in jail for up to five years.

Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers has been convicted of conspiring to commit bribery, various sources report.