Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has agreed to pursue litigation against Shell Oil Co. for contaminating a Carson housing tract. Shell recently discovered elevated levels of methane and benzene ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) - Shell Oil knowingly let developers build homes above three underground tanks that have leaked oil and carcinogenic chemicals into a neighborhood where more than 1,000 people live, ...

The city of Carson has decided to sue Shell Oil more than two years after hundreds of residents brought a suit against the company, alleging health hazards from widespread contamination in their ...

Shell Oil Co.’s new $146 million proposal to remove contaminated soil beneath Carson’s Carousel Tract neighborhood has earned a thumbs-up from city officials, who until now have vigorously fought the ...

People living in the city of Carson have seen a lot of activity on Neptune Avenue this week. Shell Oil company has brought in construction equipment to the residential street to test ways to clean up ...

CARSON (CBS) — Surging levels of potentially toxic chemicals in a Carson neighborhood have prompted city officials to join a lawsuit against Shell Oil. KNX 1070's Vytas Safronikas reports 285 ...

CARSON, Calif.CARSON, Calif. — Hundreds of Carson residents have sued Shell Oil Co., claiming it contaminated a neighborhood with cancer-causing benzene and that at least four residents have died as a ...

A law firm representing 343 residents of a Carson housing tract filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Shell Oil, alleging the company knowingly contaminated the neighborhood more than 40 years ago. The ...

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A law firm representing 343 residents of a Carson housing tract filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Shell Oil, alleging the company knowingly contaminated the neighborhood more than 40 years ago. The ...

CARSON, Calif. (KABC) -- Carson homeowners receiving compensation money from Shell Oil will not have to pay state income taxes on those payments. California Gov. Jerry Brown signed off on a bill ...