Court upholds $28M Pensacola award to smoker’s family

The 1st District Court of Appeal has upheld a $28.3 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a lawsuit filed by the family of…

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Buzz: Remembering Mike Green

Yesterday ECUA officially dedicated the new Central Reclamation Center, which is a truly impressive complex. During the invocation, ECUA board member Lois Benson briefly mentioned…

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The Beast Corps: Watch out for the Valdez crud

By The Beast Corps correspondent Jen Bullock.. Merle Savage moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1988. Three months later, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez crashed onto…

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Don’t touch oil, tarballs

The St. Pete Times warns of the BP oil spill’s toxicity. This s$%# can kill you. I have interviewed workers that were part of the…

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Bama studies cancer in Baldwin Co.

The Alabama Department of Public Health has initiated a “pilot investigation of Baldwin County cancer cases” to figure out whether an unusually high number of…

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