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Stalled Wood River cleanup begs question: What did $30 million buy?
Six years and about $30 million later, questions remain about the integrity of a major environmental clean-up in Wood River. -
Wood River may take legal action against BP
Wood River officials are considering legal action to hasten the clean up of contaminated soil in the city. As pictured during a dedication ceremony in 2002, Deer Park was one area targeted for remediation. WOOD RIVER – City manager Jim Schneider and councilman Bill Redden say Wood River is considering legal action over BP Amoco's slow cleanup of refinery pollution. -
Brownfield cleanup in Wood River collapses
Former Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano prepares to cut ribbon at Deer Park in 2002. WOOD RIVER – Six years after state and local leaders unveiled a plan to clean up 840 acres of refinery pollution and attract all sorts of industry, those in charge of the project have gone away but the pollution has not. -
Mascoutah home owners sue city for sewer backup
A Mascoutah couple claims the city's failure to maintain its sewage system and lift station caused raw sewage to back up into their basement on four separate occasions within six months. -
Holiday Shores cases against chemical makers await ruling
Judge Stack After two years under advisement in Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack's court, six class action lawsuits against major chemical manufacturers await action. -
Judge Jack's nursing background triggered furor over still-active silicosis suits
Judge Janis Jack When U.S. District Judge Janis Jack of Texas exposed 10,000 phony silicosis claims, her history as a nurse triggered a strong reaction to the shoddy practices of attorneys in her court and doctors who served them. -
77 multi-million dollar suits filed against Monsanto
Stuart Calwell WINFIELD, W.Va. – A Charleston, West Virginia attorney has filed more than 70 cancer lawsuits against Monsanto and related companies over its old plant in the town of Nitro. -
Hartford class action hearing blows Judge Stack's stack
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack blew his stack when he heard that big oil companies BP, Sinclair and Shell kicked little Apex Oil out of mediation over the cost of groundwater contamination in Hartford. -
St. Clair County sues ESL over illegal dumping
St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida wants the city of East St. Louis to stop dumping garbage illegally. -
Study: Illinois economy would suffer under atrazine ban
Don Coursey That corn growers' favorite herbicide is a frequent target of "activists" prompted an atrazine industry spokesman to warn that replacing actual science with political science would be disastrous for state agriculture. -
Dueling lawsuit battle is hot potato for high court
SPRINGFIELD-A heated Madison County battle, the case of dueling lawsuits over petroleum vapors in the village of Hartford, has turned into a hot potato for the Illinois Supreme Court. -
Atrazine poses no harm, EPA finds
One of the most thoroughly studied products used in agriculture has received yet another clean bill of health. -
Class action suits and proposed task force could choke out atrazine
Alex Avery If product liability claims against major chemical companies prevail and state legislators attempt to restrict the most commonly applied herbicide used by corn growers, Illinois agriculture is in trouble. -
O'Fallon resident suing city for sewer back flow
Linda Todoroff is suing O’Fallon for raw sewage that backed into her basement at 610 West Adams St. -
Illinois Power settles for $500 million in 'Clean Air' case
Illinois Power Co. will install $500 million in pollution controls at five coal-fired power plants and pay a $9 million fine to settle a federal lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations. -
WWII-era railroad worker sues Illinois Central
William Applegate A man who worked with Illinois Central Railroad in the 1940s is suing the company in St. Clair County Circuit Court, alleging exposure to asbestos and other "toxic" elements has made him sick.