Rhode Island to Get $15M in Pollution Settlement with Energy Companies
“Rhode Island will get $15 million through a settlement with major oil and gas companies that allegedly polluted the state’s soil and groundwater with a gasoline additive, the attorney general announced. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said the case, filed in 2016, alleged that Shell,” reports Insurance Journal in their blog.
“The companies agreed to pay $15 million to resolve the claims. The money will be used to remediate contaminated water supplies. Lawyers for the defendants did not immediately respond to email messages seeking comment Monday. According to court documents, the defendants expressly deny any and all liability associated with the.”