Waste Management News

HELENA, Mont. - A Montana Supreme Court ruling Thursday voids a state water discharge permit for the Rock Creek Mine in northwestern Montana, further delaying the proposed copper and silver mine that would ...

The U.S. Department of Energy plans to issue a $385,000 fine to Bechtel National, the contractor building a nuclear waste treatment plant at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

Jackson County's planning and building staff received bad news Wednesday, when they learned of another round of layoffs The entire department's operating hours will shrink by almost one day a week as ...

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality on Wednesday asked federal regulators to end an objection to a sewer plant permit so construction can begin.

Republic Services and Allied Waste Industries today agreed to sell some assets to proceed with their proposed $4.5 billion merger.

Landauer, Inc.A F4Q08 Earnings Call December 2, 2008 2:00 pmA ET Executives Jonathon M. Singer a ' SVP and CFO William E. Saxelby a ' President and CEO R. Craig Yoder a ' SVP, Marketing & Technology Gerard P. ...

Casella Waste Systems recently laid off all employees who process construction and demolition waste at the town-owned landfill on Barefoot Road.

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has finished cleanup of a five-mile stretch of Silver Bow Creek near Butte, extending from the Port of Montana downstream to Miles Crossing.

Sun sets over smoke-filled sky in Draper. Area weather and the State Department of Environmental Quality permitting, the Forest Service will start burning slash piles on the Salt Lake Ranger District of the ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Dec. 1 NJ-Hudson-repurchase JERSEY CITY, N.J. , Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hudson Holding Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1 ...

The former smog capital of the U.S. is steadily getting cleaner. For the third consecutive year, the Houston area has seen a drop in days with harmful levels of smog brought by the heavy industry, weather and ...

The former smog capital of the U.S. is steadily getting cleaner. For the third consecutive year, the Houston area has seen a drop in days with harmful levels of smog brought by the heavy industry, weather and ...

Waste Management Recycle America announced that its facility has qualified for participation in the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program.

A potentially embarrassing lawsuit for Council President Monica Conyers could go away today, after city lawyers switched course and recommended settling the case for $90,000. - 10/07/2008 Eatery owner testifies ...

Kevan Copelin thought nothing of getting up and out the door before sunup on Thanksgiving Day to make a 74-mile drive to Houston, for strangers.

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. today announced it has received its commercial permit in the U.S. from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 to commercially store and dispose of radioactive ...

Tens of thousands of Houstonians in need are enjoying a traditional Thanksgiving meal, thanks to two massive charity events Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

DES MOINES, Iowa - The parents of a woman who was killed when a garbage truck backed into her in an alley in downtown Des Moines have filed a lawsuit against the truck's owner.

NEW YORK, Nov 26, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices: -- S&P MidCap 400 constituent The Dun & ...

Republic Services, Inc. and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. today announced the remainder of the senior executive team who will lead the company following the completion of the merger of the two companies.