New GM Shirks Responsibility for Old Toxic Dumps and Mercury Disposal | Hybrid Cars: "General Motors is working hard to establish itself as a leader in the market for high-tech eco-friendly vehicles, but its actions since coming out of bankruptcy raise doubts about the depth of the company’s environment commitment.
When GM emerged from bankruptcy, it was freed of responsibility for rehabilitating dozens of toxic waste sites in 13 states where it had manufacturing plants. In a ruling that is expected to apply to all communities with former GM sites, Judge Robert E. Gerber sided with GM in a lawsuit filed by New York’s Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne seeking $225 million in cleanup funds.
The Detroit Free Press reported that GM’s 270-acre Massena powertrain plant in New York, near the Canadian border, is probably the worst polluted site among the more than 100 properties shed by the automaker in bankruptcy."
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