Politics
Lockheed Corp. and other defense contractors may recover $3 billion from taxpayers for environmental cleanup during the next decade, according to a new congressional report that calls for better oversight and new regulations to assure that “the American taxpayer is fully protected.”
Dec. 3, 1993
World & Nation
The Defense Department will reimburse the nation’s 15 largest defense contractors for much of the $3.1 billion they expect to pay in environmental cleanup costs--including more than half of Lockheed’s $263-million bill in Burbank--the General Accounting Office reported Thursday.
May 21, 1993
California
The Department of Defense will reimburse the Lockheed Corp. for more than half of the projected $263-million tab for environmental cleanup at its Burbank plant, the General Accounting Office reported Thursday.
American businesses are the most powerful force for economic equality in this country.
Feb. 9, 1994
If there is one business for which the election could make a difference, it’s the environment--the quest for clean air, land and water that in 20 years has become a $120-billion-a-year industry.
Nov. 4, 1992
American taxpayers face an enormous bill--$150 billion or more--to clean up environmental contamination of federal lands caused by government agencies and private companies, a congressional study concluded Thursday.
July 9, 1993
The cost to taxpayers of cleaning up pollution at U.S. military bases, weapons factories and other government facilities is expected to more than triple by the end of the decade, the White House reported Friday.
April 20, 1991
Malibu’s scenic Tuna Canyon remains strewn with trash and debris three months after hair-care giant John Paul Jones De Joria, a high-profile environmental activist, staged a publicized cleanup of his property there.
Oct. 12, 1992
Environmentalists hail a federal jurist’s ruling that a Department of Energy effort to rid the Santa Susana field lab of pollutants is inadequate.
May 3, 2007
Business
In a move that is expected to draw the ire of environmentalists, lending officials on Thursday will renew their call for reform of the federal Superfund Act and urge Congress to limit their liability for the cleanup of polluted property they acquire through foreclosure.
April 10, 1991