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March 30th, 2009
ArcelorMittal drops friendly chats | By Gitte Laasby, Gary Post Trib
For more than 12 years, ArcelorMittal has met regularly with residents and other stakeholders to discuss how the company can improve its environmental performance and address concerns about anything from noise to permits.
But information might be less available as a result of a class-action lawsuit that Crown Point dad Ron Kurth filed March 25 against Lake County’s 11 biggest polluters, including ArcelorMittal. The lawsuit says the pollution causes increased risk of lung cancer, mental disabilities and other illnesses for Lake County students.
You know, I don’t get the perspective here. What, we are supposed to be impressed that a company acted nicely to residents out of noblesse oblige, or something that sounds like that, and tremble when they choose to use information in an extortionist manner (play the game or we withhold information THAT SHOULDN’T BE PROPRIETARY IN THE FIRST PLACE!!).
No. I’m not saying that lawsuits are always the answer, by any means, and working together is a good idea, but I think the perspective of this article is a little skewed.