Source: http://www.startribune.com/, December 23, 2019 By: Dee DePass A rash of recent lawsuits against 3M have intensified concerns that it could face massive legal and cleanup costs over a class of chemicals called PFAS. The Maplewood-based industrial giant has already reached a historic $850 million pollution settlement with Minnesota. It settled a $35 million case […]

Source: https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/, December 21, 2019 By: Zachary Shevin The University has filed a $10.7 million lawsuit against firms involved in the design and construction of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. The Trustees of Princeton University are suing Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA), a New York-based firm that provided architectural services related to the […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com/, December 23, 2019 A north Alabama school system has taken the first step to sue 3M Co. over claims that chemicals are leaking from a closed landfill that is on school system property. News outlets reported that Decatur’s school system has filed notice saying it plans to sue over industrial toxins leaking from […]

Source: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/, December 23, 2019 New York is moving forward with a $585 million plan to clean up a massive plume of underground contamination left from Long Island’s heyday as a defense and aerospace manufacturing hub, and it’s ready to take polluters to court over the bill. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that if defense […]

Source: https://www.cnn.com/, December 22, 2019 By: Amir Vera A green liquid was found oozing onto Interstate 696 in the Detroit suburb of Madison Heights Friday, causing authorities to block off portions of the highway and call in federal agencies to investigate. By Saturday, it was discovered that the mysterious liquid was the chemical hexavalent chromium […]

Source: Trenton Times (NJ), December 22, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ New Jersey’s campaign to hold polluters accountable for decades of damage to the Garden State’s environment marches on, with two new lawsuits filed Wednesday by the state. New Jersey filed complaints against businesses that spent years contaminating nearby waters and then failed to clean up […]

Source: The Washington Post, December 20, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Birds are winging their way somewhere unexpected: building codes. Turns out that glass-covered buildings in modern cities can become graveyards for migrating birds, leading to hundreds of millions of bird deaths each year. Under pressure from conservation groups, architects and local governments are increasingly tweaking […]

Source: Associated Press, December 22, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ It took a blaze that nearly destroyed Paris’ most famous cathedral to reveal a gap in global safety regulations for lead, a toxic building material found across many historic cities. After the Notre Dame fire in April spewed dozens of tons of toxic lead-dust into the […]

Source: https://www.advisen.com By: Erin Ayers The Hartford Financial Services Group announced its decision to stop underwriting any organizations that draws over 25 percent of its revenue from coal mining, joining a growing number of insurers that have taken stances against industries with negative environmental impacts. “The world needs affordable, accessible energy to support global economic […]

Source: The Daily Herald (Everett, WA), December 19, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ A century-old Seattle barrel company has been indicted along with its third-generation owner in what prosecutors describe as a long-running pollution conspiracy. The 36-count indictment made public Wednesday said Seattle Barrel and Cooperage used a hidden drain to pump caustic wastewater directly into […]

Source: https://www.njspotlight.com/, December 19, 2019 By: Jon Hurdle New Jersey filed two more Natural Resource Damage lawsuits against alleged industrial polluters, continuing an aggressive strategy by the Murphy administration to get compensation for contamination of the natural environment. The attorney general’s office and the Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday jointly announced suits against Sherwin-Williams […]

Source: https://www.recordonline.com/, December 18, 2019 by: Daniel Axelrod Ulster County, town and federal environmental officials are teaming up to force the clean-up of the “festering wound” that is the former IBM Tech City property, County Executive Pat Ryan announced on Wednesday. At a press conference at the county offices in Kingston, Ryan said the EPA […]