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February 27, 2020

Wolverine Gets Help From 3M to Pay Off $113M Water Contamination Settlement

Wolverine World Wide says it agreed to a $113 million settlement to address water contamination claims stemming from previous waste management practices at several of its Michigan facilities. Those costs will be partially offset by a $55 million contribution Wolverine is set to receive from 3M, whose chemicals were at the core of the legal claims. […]

February 27, 2020

Arco Agrees to Pay $28 Million to Clean Up Montana Mining Town

Adding to its $1.4 billion already spent on cleaning up former mining sites near Butte, Montana, Atlantic Richfield Company agreed Tuesday to pay another $28 million for mining cleanup costs in Anaconda, Montana. Anaconda is just 25 miles from Butte, which for over a century has been billed as “The Richest Hill on Earth” for […]

February 27, 2020

Cleanup of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ could cost up to $1.2 billion, exceed 3M settlement

For the first time since Minnesota reached its historic $850 million settlement with 3M Co. over the toxic “forever chemicals” polluting ground­water in the east metro, the state has put dollar estimates on the potential fixes being developed. The $700 million available to spend on cleaning drinking water and restoring damaged natural resources does not […]

February 27, 2020

Juliette residents gearing up for fight over alleged coal ash contamination

Citizens in the City of Juliette are gearing up for a fight over access to clean water. They believe that coal ash from Georgia Power’s Plant Scherer has contaminated their groundwater supply and have now taken their battle to lawmakers at the State Capitol. Read more.…

February 27, 2020

Should the chemical industry have to prove it can pay for pollution cleanup?

For decades, financially struggling companies abandoned polluted areas, leaving others to foot the cleanup bill. Today, things are different, US chemical makers say. They point to modern environmental practices superimposed on years of adhering to pollution-control laws to make the case that they have cleaned up their act. The Trump administration agrees with these companies. […]

February 27, 2020

Rural Utilities Latest To Sue 3M Over Chemical Cleanup

A group that represents more than 31,000 rural utility systems is the latest to sue 3M, DuPont, Chemours and others over costs to clean up “forever” chemicals contained in the companies’ firefighting foam products from local groundwater. The National Rural Water Association and city of Millington, Tennessee, sued DuPont de Nemours Inc., The Chemours Co., 3M Co. and […]

February 27, 2020

What’s making tenants sick at Ardmore’s new luxury apartments?

Just getting the One Ardmore apartments built was an epic struggle that spanned more than a decade. Lower Merion traditionalists called the building architecturally overwhelming. Neighbors fought the state’s $10.5 million grant all the way to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court — and lost. Read more.

February 26, 2020

Heightened levels of toxic PFAS chemicals found in 2 additional wells near Dover Air Force Base

Water in two wells near Dover Air Force Base may have elevated levels of toxic “forever” chemicals that are linked to a host of health issues, according to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). DNREC said the water quality test results, by the United States Air Force, are preliminary at this […]

February 26, 2020

PFAS Litigation Continues as EPA Proposes Increased Federal Regulations

On February 20, 2020, Earthjustice, on behalf of a variety of nonprofit organizations, including the Sierra Club, brought suit against the United States Department of Defense (“DOD”), alleging that the DOD violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) and the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) in its decision to enter into contracts for the incineration […]

February 25, 2020

Lawsuit filed by victims of 2019 Grand Forks balcony collapse

Source: https://www.grandforksherald.com/, February 21, 2020 By: Hannah Shirley When a balcony at a Grand Forks apartment building collapsed in June, it sent five people plummeting four stories to the sidewalk below. Now, four of those people have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the building’s owners as well as multiple contractor and architectural companies. Steven […]

February 24, 2020

Contaminated Groundwater Shuts Down McClymonds High in Oakland

Source: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/, February 20, 2020 By: Michael Bott and Sean Myers McClymonds High School will be closed for the rest of the week after the chemical compound trichloroethylene (TCE) was found in groundwater beneath the school, the Oakland Unified School District said Thursday. According to the district, the compound was not found in the school’s […]

February 24, 2020

Manhattan developers could be forced to demo 20 floors from top of luxury condo

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, February 24, 2020 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: A New York State Supreme Court judge has revoked the building permit for a 668-foot-tall residential tower in Manhattan, a decision that could force the developers to remove 20 floors from the top of the nearly complete structure, Bisnow reported. Attorneys for developers of the 200 Amsterdam […]

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