3M Says It'll Pay $285M To End Past, Future NJ PFAS Claims 3M has agreed to shell out $285 million to put to rest environmental claims brought by New Jersey officials over purported PFAS contamination at the Chamber Works manufacturing facility in Salem County as well as statewide claims the Garden State may have in the future, according to an announcement made Monday.
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Calif. Tribe Can't Halt Decision On $700M Casino, Feds Say The U.S. Department of the Interior has urged a D.C. federal court to reject a California tribe's bid to temporarily block the department's decision to rescind gambling eligibility for a $700 million casino project.
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3 Firms Steer $2.1B Pan American's Canadian Silver Co. Buy Silver and gold producer Pan American Silver Corp. has unveiled plans to acquire Canadian mining and exploration company Mag Silver Corp., in a $2.1 billion deal built by three law firms.
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Michigan Denied Exit From Edenville Dam Collapse Litigation Flood victims can press forward with litigation against Michigan over the collapse of a hydroelectric dam, a claims court judge ruled Monday, finding that questions remain about the state's role in the disaster.
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Green Groups Fight Feds' Effort To Rescind Bird Protections Environmental groups on Sunday asked a Texas federal court to reject the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's effort to reverse its decision to protect two populations of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act.
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