See the documents, hear a radio show:

• Read the Sierra Club's press release about the bankruptcy loophole:
  English:
  http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2006-04-11.asp
  Spanish:
  http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2006-04-11a.asp

• On April 11, 2006, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) announced plans to close existing loopholes and address lax enforcement that allow polluters like Asarco to manipulate corporate bankruptcy laws, skip cleanup responsibilities, and leave taxpayers with the bill.
  >> Find out more about her legislation.

• Listen to Marketplace's April 11 broadcast about the bankruptcy loophole:
  http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/04/11/PM200604115.html

• Last August, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the results of a two-year study on whether corporate polluters are avoiding their responsibilities under existing law. They are. Read the report: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05658.pdf

• Cantwell requested the GAO report on how corporations cast off their environmental liabilities. She released the report at a press conference last August. Read her comments: http://cantwell.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=243830&

• A 2006 study commissioned by the Sierra Club shows evidence linking the Asarco smelter in El Paso to toxic pollution in Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. Read the study: http://sierraclub.org/environmental_justice/ASARCO_study_13106.pdf

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