And those are the most recent findings from the ongoing environmental disaster cited in a 97-page complaint filed against the Kansas-based company in Saunders County District Court by the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office decisive, desperately needed action.
The complaint is the latest effort to force the recalcitrant company to end the generation of pollutants from the troubled ethanol plant and clean up the land and water contaminated by pesticides from the treated seed corn used there.
The pesticides became infused in the distiller’s grain, an end result of the ethanol-creation process, as well as being captured in the plant’s wastewater runoff and sold for use as treatment on area farmland.
(Office of Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson) Attorney General Doug Peterson filed a complaint in the District Court of Saunders County alleging multiple environmental violations by AltEn, LLC. AltEn is an ethanol plant located near Mead, Nebraska. The complaint alleges violations of the Nebraska Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), violations of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act (ISWMA) and multiple violations of permit conditions and includes violations of an order from the Director of the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE).
The Attorney General was joined in a press conference by Governor Ricketts and Jim Macy, Director of NDEE to discuss the court filing and to answer questions regarding concerns surrounding the Mead plant.
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Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot outside Gascoyne, N.D., in 2014.
Fourteen Republican attorneys general, including Montana’s, are protesting Pres. Joe Biden’s decision to cancel a border crossing permit vital to construction of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen in a letter to the president Tuesday urged Biden to reconsider the permit cancellation.
Knudsen says the president’s choice deprives states and Montana’s rural eastern counties of future tax revenue.
“You’re talking about schools, police, fire departments, and with a stroke of the pen, Pres. Biden says that’s gone. Sorry, thanks for playing, Knudsen says.
By Julia Bertino
Feb 4, 2021
(Undated) Nebraska and Iowa will get payouts from a multi-million dollar settlement from one of the world’s largest consulting firms and their role in helping companies promote their drugs, prompting an opioid crisis.
McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay a $573 million settlement for their role in helping companies sell more opioid painkillers. The money will go to 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Separate deals are expected for Washington, West Virginia, and Nevada.
According to Nebraska’s and Iowa’s Attorney Generals Offices, Iowa will receive $4,677,279 over five years and Nebraska will receive $2,590,561.60 over the next five years.
By Julia Bertino
Feb 4, 2021
(Undated) Nebraska and Iowa will get payouts from a multi-million dollar settlement from one of the world’s largest consulting firms and their role in helping companies promote their drugs, prompting an opioid crisis.
McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay a $573 million settlement for their role in helping companies sell more opioid painkillers. The money will go to 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Separate deals are expected for Washington, West Virginia, and Nevada.
According to Nebraska’s and Iowa’s Attorney Generals Offices, Iowa will receive $4,677,279 over five years and Nebraska will receive $2,590,561.60 over the next five years.