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The goal of Environmental Crime Media Update is to provide current news on
a weekly basis on environmental crime. With the exception of items written
by UNEP and occasional contributions solicited from other organizations, the
news is sourced from on-line newspapers, journals and websites.
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 | JP Morgan Chase Accused of Tire Dumping in Atlanta |
| TransWorldNews (press release), , 25th February 2010 |
| JP Morgan and Chase Chief Executive, James Dimon is wanted for illegal tire dumping in Atlanta according to reports on CBS Atlanta. Dimon, who is perhaps the least abhorred of Wall Street CEOs and has won particular favor with the White House is now suspected of allegedly dumping tires at a location in Atlanta reported as 1... |
 | Can e-waste be turned to gold? |
| CNN, 24th February 2010 |
| Picture: The gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver contain 1.52 percent gold recovered from e-waste.
(CNN) -- The champions at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver can stand on the podium proud of their achievements, but the eco-minded among them can be extra proud that their medals are made with traces of ... |
| Logan fined $10,000 for dumping polluted water |
| Salt Lake Tribune, 24th February 2010 |
| A federal magistrate has ordered Logan City to pay a $10,000 fine for dumping water polluted with ammonia into a ditch that drains into a Cache County reservoir.
Magistrate Brooke Wells imposed the punishment on Tuesday after the city, through an attorney, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of negligently discharging a... |
| Illegal dumping alleged |
| Moultrie Observer, 24th February 2010 |
| EPD, EPA get complaints of toxic wastes buried at park
MOULTRIE — The Moultrie Observer has confirmed that a complaint about illegal dumping of possibly toxic chemicals at Reed Bingham State Park has been filed with both federal and state environmental agencies, adding to the controversy that now embroils the facility. A... |
| Gillett man gets jail, fine for waste disposal violations |
| Green Bay Press Gazette, , 24th February 2010 |
| MADISON — Randy M. Soper of Gillett was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined more than $30,000 for illegal disposal of sanitary waste.
Soper was convicted of three counts of illegally disposing of sanitary sludge without obtaining a permit and discharging pollutants into the Oconto River, according to the state attorne... |
| UPS agrees to pay $53,000 to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste laws |
| fox4kc.com, 24th February 2010 |
| KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — United Parcel Service has agreed to pay a civil penalty of about $53,000 to settle alleged hazardous waste violations at a northeast Kansas facility.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that several violations were found during a 2007 inspection of the UPS freight facility in Lenexa.... |
 | World ministers to meet in Bali to dicuss environmental hazards |
| Earthtimes (press release), , 22nd February 2010 |
| Bali Island, Indonesia - Ministers, officials and activists from more than 100 countries meet Indonesia's resort island of Bali this week to discuss the management of hazardous waste, pollution and other environmental issues. The event, organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was to be the largest glob... |
 | UOW conference tackles illicit fishing, logging |
| Illawara Mercury, 21st February 2010 |
| Picture: Associate Professor Gregory Rose from the University of Wollongong’s Faculty of Law. Today UOW will hold an international conference on illegal fishing and logging.
The battle against international environmental crime takes a new turn today at the University of Wollongong.
UOW's Centre for Transnational Crime ... |
| Clean-up firm boss fined – for dumping rubbish |
| The Asian News, 20th February 2010 |
| The boss of a clean-up business has been has been hit with a bill of more than £1,000 for dumping rubbish on a river bank.
Bobby Singh, 31, of Bury Old Road, Broughton, Salford, owns Rep Maintenance Ltd at the Cariocca Business Complex in Manchester, which offers fly-tipping removal services.
But he has now admitted ditc... |
| Garbage hauler jailed, fined for illegal dumping |
| WSAU, 19th February 2010 |
| SHAWANO, Wis. (WSAU) – A Gillett garbage hauler will spend a month a jail and pay $30,000 in fines for dumping raw sewage into the Oconto River without a permit.
Prosecutors proved during a trial in Shawano County this week that Randy Soper and his company created a homemade treatment work hidden in a wooded area where t... |
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