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A spokesperson for the Washington Department of Ecology confirmed Monday that it plans to issue an Order for Reimbursement to Nippon Dynawave for all necessary state expenses incurred as part of the response to the tank failure, which killed 11 people and injured 8.

The documents, obtained through a public records request, show the Washington Department of Ecology conducted a "dangerous waste compliance evaluation inspection" on April 16, just 40 days before the G Tank collapsed at the Longview pulp mill.

A shareholder initially filed the lawsuit in May against Graphic Packaging International as well as former CEO Mike Doss and former CFO Stephen Scherger. The suit alleges the defendants violated federal securities laws by misleading investors with certain statements, or by failing to make disclosures, about the company's financial health and operations.

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Investigation Update on Fatal January 2026 Toxic Hydrogen Sulfide Release at the Woodland Pulp Mill in Baileyville, Maine

More than 500 people gathered Saturday, July 11, to pay their respects to two brothers who grew up together, graduated from the same technical school, worked together at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, and died there in May in the worst industrial accident in modern state history.

Federal investigators have embarked on the monthslong probe into the fatal disaster at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, interviewing workers and reviewing company records as they seek to answer why a 900,000-gallon tank containing a caustic chemical failed so catastrophically.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown's office has been granted authority to help investigate whether any criminal activity contributed to last month's deadly disaster at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging paper mill in Longview.

The other mills are Smurfit Westrock, which is also in Longview, and Port Townsend Paper Company in Port Townsend.

In the response, Domtar denies that members of the public "have suffered damages or injury due to noxious odors emitted from the facility."

The charges stemmed from a fatal incident on Nov. 18, 2023, when a worker attempted to clear a blockage from a machine using a pike pole. The pole was ejected from the machinery and struck the worker, resulting in death.

A shareholder filed a class action lawsuit against Graphic Packaging International on May 7 alleging the company and certain C-suite executives violated federal securities laws by misleading investors. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Stora Enso must pay back wages to 186 employees at its Oulu mill following strikes in the spring of 2024, according to a district court ruling reported by Yle..

Boise Cascade Company pleaded guilty to a felony violation of the Lacey Act for its role in a timber trafficking scheme that evaded countervailing and anti-dumping duties on plywood imported from China.

Paper manufacturer settles federal lawsuit charging it with sexual harassment at its Inola, Oklahoma plant and firing the woman after she complained.

Investigation underway after fatal shooting at Mondi Richards Bay mill.

The fire destroyed some $500 million in paper products and destroyed the warehouse, valued at $150 million.

Abdulkarim, an employee of a third-party distributor of the Kimberly-Clark paper goods warehouse in Ontario, allegedly filmed himself lighting multiple pallets of toilet paper on fire inside the 1.2 million square foot building. It was destroyed last Tuesday as a result.

Domtar Paper Co. has been sued in federal court over alleged "property damages suffered due to noxious odor emissions" from the company's recycled packaging mill and wastewater treatment operations associated with it.

Ryan Sharpe, a heavy duty mechanic, died March 13, 2024, while servicing a wheel loader at the pulp mill in Slave Lake, about 450 kilometres north of Edmonton.

Lawsuit alleges company failed to give employees breaks and pay wages owed.

Authorities said he defrauded investors of more than $9 million, including more than $1 million from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, after promoting plans for a business called Green Box, which he said would turn solid waste into energy.

The ⁠Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ​a ​May ⁠28 deadline to ​announce ​a ⁠decision from its ⁠phase ​1 investigation.

Van Den Heuvel told investors he planned to start an eco-friendly business called Green Box, which he said would turn solid waste into energy.

A lawsuit filed against ND Paper and several other companies alleges workplace safety violations played a role in 35-year-old Damion Hatcher falling nearly eight stories "into the opening of a chimney while performing cleaning services."

Arctic Paper S.A. disclosed that Nasdaq Stockholm's Disciplinary Committee has levied a SEK 780,000 contractual penalty after finding its late-2024 and early-2025 current reports improperly published in violation of the exchange's rulebook and the EU Market Abuse Regulation.