How can one conserve a wildlife sanctuary better? By flagrantly trespassing on one part of it. Then picking up the tab for planting trees on another in recompense. This is precisely the logic underlying a petition filed by Essar Oil Limited in the Supreme
Individuals and companies in western Australia could soon be asked to cough up US $0.25 million and US $1.25 million, respectively, for concealing or not reporting the discovery of contaminated
South African mineworkers have received about us $60.3 million as compensation for asbestos exposure. The deal marks the first time black mineworkers have won damages from a South African company.
US tobacco giant Philip Morris will have to cough up US $10.1 billion for providing wrong information about its "light' cigarettes. A court in the state of Illinois ruled that consumers had been
Asbestos related litigation in the us runs into billions of dollars today. So much so that the amount is estimated to exceed the combined cost of destruction caused by 9/11 and Hurricane Andrew
Two environmental groups of western Pennsylvania, USA, have sued a company that disposed of toxic wastes at community dumpsites, contaminating wells and hurting property values. The groups are suing