The Erosion & Sedimentation Act is a Georgia law that prescribes various practices to prevent soil erosion and to control sediment pollution throughout the state. One of those requirements is that marshfront properties erect 25-foot protective barriers to prevent...
Month: April 2014
Lawmakers call on EPA to reinvestigate fracking contamination
Water contamination is a big concern in some industries, and corporations engaged in activity that causes pollution to water sources have a social responsibility to clean up their act and reduce their waste and contamination contributions. There are also legal...
Florida-based company sued over water pollution at Georgia plant
Rayonier Inc., a Jacksonville, Florida-based logging company, is reportedly facing litigation in connection with one of its factories in southeast Georgia. According to the complaint, filed in late March by the Altamaha Riverkeeper, the company routinely dumps waste...
Oil company reaches massive settlement over environmental contamination
You don’t have to be a health nut to appreciate that we live in a toxic world. Exposure can come from dangerous work environments, medical products, household chemicals, and many other places. The BP oil spill of 2010 is a particularly clear indication of this,...
Georgia residents sue factory when government fails to respond
Certainly residents of Georgia understand that they are fortunate to have access to certain products that the millions of various kinds of factories around the globe, including here, manufacture. Home state factories are also a gift because they keep jobs in Georgia....