Green Gavel

Michigan court upholds penalty for filling wetland

Couple fined $10,000 and told to remove fill.

A motel manager used an unregistered pesticide to treat bed bugs and is expected to plead guilty to violating the Federal Insecticide Act

Conservation officers had seized deer and elk antlers from the suspects home.

Earlier enforcement action was taken in a 2010 consent decree that included a $6 million penalty.

The chief operator of a municipal wastewater treatment plant pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act.

Attempt to cut costs threatened health, according to U.S. Attorney.

A heroin addict is convicted of an environmental felony for releasing ozone-damaging chemicals during the theft of commercial air conditioners.

He pleaded guilty to defrauding scrap metal brokers by charging them for recycling services that were never provided.

Boasts on Facebook lead to conviction.

Workers uncertified in asbestos removal said they were offered cash to remove the material when a container company refused to dump it.