A leak in Florida Power & Light's reactors at the Turkey Point nuclear plant has allowed polluted water to enter Biscayne Bay, according to a recent article in The New York Time.
The article ("Nuclear Plant Leak Threatens Drinking Water Wells in Florida"), published March 22, states, "A recent study commissioned by the county concluded that Turkey Point’s old cooling canal system was leaking polluted water into Biscayne Bay," thereby polluting surface water, along with the bay's "fragile ecosystem." It is also allowing "a large saltwater plume" to move towards wells supplying "drinking water to millions of residents in Miami and the Florida Keys."
To read the article in its entirety, click here.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Saturday, January 9, 2016
The Corporate Lawyer Who Became a Corporation's Nightmare
What happens when a lawyer follows his conscience and uses his training to help right a wrong? You'd be surprised. Or, maybe not, if you know a the type of lawyer who gives lawyers a good name.
Wilbur Tennant's cows were dying at an alarming rate, and he was sure he knew who was responsible: the DuPont chemical company, according to The New York Times' Magazine. When he couldn't get local "politicians, journalists, doctors and veterinarians" as well as lawyers to pay attention, he reached out to Rob Bilott, an attorney whose grandmother had lived in Vienna, W.Va., a suburb of Parkersburg, where Tennant lived. Bilott nearly hung up on Tennant, until he realized the connection.
The Times' Magazine's story, "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare", due out in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine, tells how Bilott, an environmental lawyer who defended corporations - including working several times with DuPont's lawyers - decided to take Tennant's case and later became, in the words of the Magazine, "DuPont's worst nightmare.
The article is a must-read for anyone who cares about the environment. To read the article in its entirety, click here.
Wilbur Tennant's cows were dying at an alarming rate, and he was sure he knew who was responsible: the DuPont chemical company, according to The New York Times' Magazine. When he couldn't get local "politicians, journalists, doctors and veterinarians" as well as lawyers to pay attention, he reached out to Rob Bilott, an attorney whose grandmother had lived in Vienna, W.Va., a suburb of Parkersburg, where Tennant lived. Bilott nearly hung up on Tennant, until he realized the connection.
The Times' Magazine's story, "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare", due out in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine, tells how Bilott, an environmental lawyer who defended corporations - including working several times with DuPont's lawyers - decided to take Tennant's case and later became, in the words of the Magazine, "DuPont's worst nightmare.
The article is a must-read for anyone who cares about the environment. To read the article in its entirety, click here.
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