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State sues Pactiv Evergreen over $12 million subsidies for shuttered Canton mill

The company received the $12 million in exchange for job creation in late 2014. To receive the funds, the company was required to employ a minimum of 800 full-time employees for the duration of the 10-year contract.

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Man in custody after standoff on roof of International Paper facility in Wisconsin

The man was exhibiting bizarre and erratic behaviors, severe agitation, and threatened violence toward law enforcement.

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Survivors of deadly PCA DeRidder paper mill explosion win $141 million award in lawsuit

Nine survivors of a deadly 2017 paper mill explosion in DeRidder, Louisiana have won a record $141 million award for the Middle District of Louisiana in a lawsuit filed after the fatal blast at the Packaging Corporation of America mill.

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Appeals court restores portion of lawsuit against former Appvion executives

A Federal Court of Appeals revives a portion of a lawsuit accusing former Appvion officials of inflating the company's value before it went bankrupt. The lawsuit was filed in 2018 by Appvion workers that were involved in the company's Employee Stock Option Plan.

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Visy workplace accident: Company receives heavy fine after Smithfield incident that caused worker's leg to be amputated

Visy Board Pty Limited (Visy) was fined $375,000 after the NSW District Court handed down its findings earlier this month.

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Paper Excellence gives $4.5M back to B.C. after failing to re-start paper mill operations

In early 2023, Paper Excellence announced that it would be investing nearly $50 million to upgrade paper operations at the Catalyst Crofton mill, re-start the paper machine and put employees back to work. That didn't happen, and a year later, the company announced the indefinite curtailment of paper operations in Crofton.

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Judge Approves Historic $12.5 Billion 3M Settlement to Clean America's Water Supplies

Napoli Shkolnik and the other members of the PFAS Settlement Steering Committee praise U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel's decision; Settlement follows $1.18 billion DuPont approval.

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Judge says lawsuit against New-Indy can move forward

People living near New-Indy's paper mill in Catawba, South Carolina, say they've experienced health problems due to the plant's emissions.

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Federal judge dismisses class action lawsuit against Graphic Packaging

A class action lawsuit filed in 2023 that alleged gas emissions from a Kalamazoo paper mill violated the Clean Air Act and civil rights was dismissed by a federal judge on Friday.

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Former Graphic Packaging Employee accused of stealing $1M of company's merchandise

William Thompson was booked into the Cass County Jail after the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) executed a search warrant at his home on Monday, where alleged stolen items from Graphic Packaging were found by law enforcement.

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Florida couple imprisoned for plywood duty evasion, to pay $44 million in fees for seized illegal wood

A Florida couple, Noel and Kelsy Hernandez Quintana, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison each for their role in a scheme to evade approximately $42 million in duties by disguising the Chinese origin of plywood imports worth between $25 million and $65 million.

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Brazil Prosecutors Push to Unwind $3 Billion Paper Deal Over Foreign Land Ownership

Brazilian federal prosecutors are asking a judge to unwind a 2017 deal handing control of pulp and paper company Eldorado from Brazilian firm J&F to Paper Excellence Group, citing restrictions on foreign land ownership.

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Unions Denounce Quebec Government's Disregard of Workers in Key Consultations on Forestry Sector's Future

A coalition of unions is denouncing a lack of consideration for crucial issues facing workers as the Quebec government launches regional consultations on the future of the forestry sector.

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U.S. plans to raise tariffs against Canadian softwood lumber producers

"Canada is extremely disappointed that the U.S. Department of Commerce has signaled its intention to significantly increase its duties on softwood lumber from Canada," International Trade Minister Mary Ng said in a statement.

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New-Indy back in court after claims of continued toxic emissions

Residents claim the plant has continued to release an excessive amount of gas, which they believe is toxic, going against the Clean Air Act.

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Woman Admits Stealing $550K From Cascades: 'A Crime Of Greed'

Years of prison await a woman from the region who confessed to stealing more than a half million dollars from her employer.

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Durbin, Whitehouse, Hawley Call on Supreme Court to Reject Georgia-Pacific's Bankruptcy Maneuver to Evade Accountability to Hundreds of Thousands

Senators: "Bestwall has created a legal stratagem that radically expands the authority of bankruptcy courts and makes a mockery of congressional intent".

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Man dead after allegedly attempting to steal copper at paper mill in Latrobe Valley, Australia

A man is dead after allegedly attempting to steal copper from paper mill in Victoria's east.

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Resolute fined $500K for worker's death in northwestern Ontario

Resolute FP Canada Inc., a producer of wood, pulp, tissue and paper products, operates the Ignace Sawmill. On March 28, 2022, an industrial electrician was attempting to repair a photo-eye on a debarking machine.

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$1 million in equipment losses: Pacific Bell files lawsuit over 2022 Mill Fire in California

Pacific Bell Telephone Co. is suing an Oregon-based timber company, claiming negligence by Roseburg Forest Products Co. sparked the 2022 Mill Fire in Siskiyou County and cost the AT&T subsidiary more than $1 million in equipment losses as the blaze ripped through the community of Weed.

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Massive 3M, DuPont PFAS Class Dismantled by Sixth Circuit

Opinion follows skeptical previous ruling from last year.

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3M, DuPont PFAS settlements called inadequate by cities, other objectors

U.S. cities, towns and water districts have challenged proposed class action settlements worth more than $11 billion with 3M, DuPont de Nemours and others, arguing the deals are too generous to the chemical companies accused of contaminating U.S. water with toxic "forever chemicals."

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OSHA proposes fine after Mativ employee died in mill accident

The owner of a Whiting paper mill faces a fine of more than $55,000 from federal inspectors after an employee's arm got stuck in a machine and he died earlier this year.

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Canada to challenge U.S. softwood lumber duties

Canada will challenge what Ottawa described as "unfair, unjust and illegal" U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber products, the trade ministry said on Tuesday.

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Lawsuit blames Ahlstrom and 3M for PFAS contamination

DNR has yet to identify the source.

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