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Current CasesELF v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, et al. Southern California Gas Company operates a natural gas storage reservoir in the densely populated Playa del Rey region of Los Angeles. Wells from this underground gas storage reservoir are leaking and releasing chemicals that cause cancer and birth defects into the Ballona, Silverado and Gage Aquifers, which are protected sources of drinking water under California’s water quality protection plan. This action seeks, among other remedies, civil penalties and injunctive relief to redress the discharge of BTEX from Defendants’ wells in violation of California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (“Proposition 65"). Details |
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| ELF Protects Communities | ELF Protects Consumers | ELF Protects The Environment | ||
 ELF and others forced Unocal to clean up a huge underground oil spill, in which much of the town of Avila Beach was dug up, cleaned up and replaced. Details |
 ELF and NRDC tested hundreds of bottled waters, finding that 25% had unlawful contamination. When ELF sued the companies with arsenic, every one cleaned up their act. Details |
ELF convinced cruise ship lines to stop dumping foreign ballast water to eliminate the risk of non-native invasive species infiltrating California waterways. Details |
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