Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has filed a new lawsuit against Volkswagen relating to the “clean diesel” emissions scandal affecting some VW, Audi and Porsche models. According to the lawsuit, filed in Hennepin County District Court, Volkswagen sold or leased more than 11,500 tampered vehicles in Minnesota that emitted smog-producing nitrogen oxide at levels up …
Among continued struggles with algae in the Chesapeake Bay, regulators are cracking down on nutrient contributors. State Attorney General Brian Frosh and Maryland Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles announced late last month that the owners of two Maryland power plants in the Washington suburbs would have to pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit, according to The …
Attorney General Brian Frosh (D). (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) By Fenit Nirappil August 29 at 4:21 PM Follow @FenitN The owners of two Maryland power plants in the Washington suburbs will pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging illegal releases of nitrogen into rivers, a leading cause of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. State Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) and Maryland …