Federal Judge Approves Mercury Pollution Settlement But Won’t Bar Future Suits

Mealey's (August 16, 2022, 8:47 AM EDT) -- BANGOR, Maine — A federal judge in Maine on Aug. 4 conditionally approved a consent decree between a citizen group and a manufacturing company for remediation of the company’s contamination of the Penobscot River with mercury but denied the company’s motion for an order barring all future claims, finding that the company does not need further legal protection....