PENALTY TOSSED: The Supreme Court threw out an $18 million penalty against Texas-based Southern Union Co., a natural gas company convicted of violating environmental laws.
AT ISSUE: Southern Union had used a building in Pawtucket, R.I., to store outdated mercury-sealed gas regulators that were removed from customers’ homes. Although the mercury was initially shipped to a recycling center, that eventually stopped and the loose mercury was left to accumulate in bags, containers and jugs inside the building.
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