AM General produced vehicles for industrial, military, and government use, including the Humvee, which was the heavy-duty military replacement for the jeep. The vehicle later became available in a civilian version sold under the Hummer brand name.
AM General sold the rights to the Hummer name for civilian use to General Motors in but built the H2 vehicles for GM until it was discontinued in Renco was fortunate that the Gulf War dramatically increased demand for the military Humvees at a time when many of Renco's other subsidiaries were struggling.
Rennert was awarded the The Awful Truth Man of Year Award in by filmmaker Michael Moore, based on a EPA Report which lists Magnesium Corporation of America as the top single polluting industrial facility in the United States and a second EPA report from the same year which lists Renco Group as the top most polluting parent company based on total on-site and off-site releases. Doe Run Peru continues to elicit tremendous controversy and criticism. The Renco Group's environmental record has been mixed.
US Magnesium was purchased by Renco in in the year in which its emissions peaked at , tons per year. The suit claimed PCB-laced sludge and dust choked the plant's plumbing, wastewater ponds, landfill and ditches, where contaminants were 12 times the allowed limit for accidental release.
MagCorp maintained it was exempt from the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which requires companies to monitor certain kinds of hazardous waste. Magcorp declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy shortly after the lawsuit began and a federal judge allowed Rennert to restructure MagCorp — now U. Magnesium — which exempted it from previous legal liability. Today, U. Magnesium is the third largest magnesium producer in the world. The EPA data recognizes this as the single largest reduction in air emissions in the category of hazardous air pollutants since the TRI began in at any single facility.
Another US unit of Renco also faced environmental issues in Herculaneum, Missouri and has made substantial improvements. Locals in Herculaneum claimed their children were suffering from lead poisoning traceable to toxic emissions coming from Renco's Doe Run lead smelting plant which had been in operations locally since A study showed more than half of the children living within a quarter mile of the smelter had high blood-lead levels.
EPA and MDNR continue to work with Doe Run to address stabilization, erosion control, flood protection, stormwater collection and treatment, and wetland mitigation related to the slag pile area at the site. For more detailed information, go to Doe Run Company. Doe Run, Peru, a Renco Group holding operates a smelting plant in La Oroya, Peru, that has similar types of environmental challenges to those faced in Herculaneum, but on a larger scale. The La Oroya smelter began operations in and was operated for many years by the Peruvian government until it was sold to Doe Run in The site was substantially contaminated at the time it was purchased by Doe Run, and as part of the purchase agreement Doe Run agreed to remediate certain environmental issues.
The Blacksmith Institute has placed La Oroya on its list of ten most polluted places in the world, along with Chernobyl, Ukraine. In August , it was reported that air levels of arsenic levels were 85 times more than the "safe" level, cadmium 41 times, and lead 13 times more. Water levels of lead exceeded the "safe" lead level as established by the World Health Organisation as well. A study by St. They are involved in real estate business and were in news for selling and purchasing grand mansions.
Yohina Davidson is the second daughter of Ira and Hanna. There were some renovations done in order to comply with the needs the couple needed.
Ira Rennert basically is a self made investor. He has total worth of USD 3. In , Renco Steel Holdings Inc. In , Renco acquired the U. AM General produced vehicles for military, industrial and government use, which includes the Humvee. You May Also Like:. Flood Insurance Rates, Like Sea Levels, Are Rising Having a home in the Hamptons means being just a short drive or even a quick walk away from the shore, but proximity to the ocean comes with a cost: flood risk.
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