Environmental

Illinois Reaches Settlement with GM to Fund Recycling of Mercury Switches

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2011.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today said Illinois children and the environment are big winners in a settlement announced between 12 states and the bankruptcy trust established to resolve claims against the former General Motors Corp.

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The settlement will help ensure the safe disposal of mercury-containing switches from automobiles manufactured by GM before it dissolved following bankruptcy. This settlement augments an earlier commitment by the “new” GM to make a similar payment.

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