Posted on May 28, 2014
In late April the Environmental Protection Agency released the latest Green Power Partner Rankings, which list the top 100 renewable energy users within the EPA program. Organizations can meet EPA Partnership requirements by using any combination of on-site generation, renewable energy...
Posted on May 27, 2014
Classic Concepts has issued a recall of Aman trunks, sold exclusively at Cost Plus World Market, because the surface coating paint on the interior metal chains contain lead in excess of the federal lead paint standard.
The wooden storage trunk measures 38 inches wide by 18 inches high by 18 inches...
Posted on May 22, 2014
TCG clients Russell Brimer, Dr. Anthony Held, Mark Moorberg, and Paul Wozniak served 25 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday, to companies offering products such as hand tools, bags, and pet tie-out cables for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and...
Posted on May 21, 2014
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world’s largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential contamination stemming primarily from the unauthorized...
Posted on May 21, 2014
Earlier this month the Department of Energy announced the selection of three offshore wind projects to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years. In December 2012, the DOE announced awards for seven offshore wind demonstration projects. Of the seven original projects...
Posted on May 16, 2014
Denmark is leading Europe’s push toward renewable energy with its ambitious new energy goals, reported German broadcaster Deutsche Welles earlier this month. By 2020, Denmark plans to get 70 percent of its energy from renewable sources and to eliminate coal, oil, and gas entirely by...
Posted on May 16, 2014
Discount School Supply has issued a recall of its Excellerations™ magnetic color sorting boards. The magnet in the wand can detach and the plywood backing can crack to release small metal balls. Swallowing a magnet and/or a metal ball poses a serious choking and internal injury...
Posted on May 16, 2014
A lawsuit accusing OneWest Bank FSB, formerly known as IndyMac Bancorp Inc., of knowingly submitting or causing the submission of false claims to a federal mortgage program has been unsealed, Reuters reported. The U.S. government paid out over $200 million as a result of the alleged fraud....
Posted on May 15, 2014
California Assemblyman Brian Jones (R-Santee) has introduced AB-2361, which proposes a 14-day cure period for small businesses that have been served with a 60-Day Notice of Violation of Proposition 65. If the business has fewer than 25 employees, they can avoid a lawsuit so long as they cure...
Posted on May 9, 2014
The United States filed a complaint against for-profit university Stevens-Henager College and its owner, The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, for illegally compensating recruiters, the Department of Justice announced yesterday. Stevens-Henager operates a chain of for-profit colleges...
