Source https://www.irmi.com, July 2014 By: Kent Holland A Wisconsin appeals court found that an insurer’s duty to defend under a contractors pollution liability (CPL) policy was not triggered by an explosion caused when a contractor hit a natural gas line. The court explained that the CPL policy only covered property damage and personal injury due […]

Source: https://www.delawareonline.com, February 13, 2019 By: Maddy Lauria Mountaire Farms has been ordered to clean up to 1 million gallons of partially treated wastewater that spilled into the ground at its chicken plant near Millsboro, state officials said on Wednesday. The spill was discovered about 5 a.m. on Wednesday and was caused “by mechanical failure of a […]

Source: http://www.alaskastar.com, February 12, 2019 By: Matt Tunseth Engineers had serious questions about whether Gruening Middle School could withstand a powerful earthquake from the time the school was built, according to a collection of news stories written about the school’s troubled construction in the early 1980s. “A major earthquake would produce significant damage and a […]

Source: https://www.marylandmatters.org, February 11, 2019 By: Josh Kurtz A bipartisan group of Maryland lawmakers wants Exelon Generation Co., LLC held financially responsible for some of the cleanup costs associated with pollution spilling over the Conowingo Dam, which the energy giant owns. Del. Jay A. Jacobs (R-Upper Shore) has introduced a non-binding resolution stating the view of the […]

Source: https://www.nydailynews.com, February 11, 2019 By: Clayton Guse The defunct Brooklyn gas station thought to be the source of last week’s noxious smell on the L train has contaminated local groundwater for decades. Over the 17 years between 1989 and 2006, the owners of the station at 2 Bushwick Ave., reported five chemical spills to […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, February 11, 2019 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched site lender environmental asset protection (SLEAP) cover to protect banks and other lenders from pollution risks that could seriously impair the value of property used as collateral for commercial loans. In the event of both a loan default and the discovery of environmental contamination on […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com, February 11, 2019 By: Walter J. Adams, Jr. Risk is inherent with any commercial building project. From design and specification through construction, there are many moving parts capable of creating… Risk is inherent with any commercial building project. From design and specification through construction, there are many moving parts capable of creating any […]

Source: https://www.fireengineering.com, February 6, 2019 A gas explosion in a San Francisco neighborhood shot flames into the air for hours Wednesday and burned five buildings, sending panicked residents and workers fleeing into the streets. It took utility crews more than two hours to put out the fire after private construction workers cut a natural gas […]

Source: https://www.floridabulldog.org, February 6, 2019 By: Dan Christensen Two months after last year’s fatal FIU pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami, the company that built the bridge was responsible for a troubling construction failure at Port Everglades. Munilla Construction Management LLC, which operates as MCM, was hired by Broward County in 2016 as the prime contractor […]

Source: https://www.mdjonline.com, February 6, 2019 By: Denise Hollinshed Cleanup continued Wednesday here after 200,000 gallons of used oil spilled from a company’s storage tanks, a portion of it contaminating nearby ground and the city sewer system, the Illinois Environment Protection Agency said. The spill prompted the agency to seek an order banning storage of oil […]

Source: https://www.boston25news.com, February 7, 2019 By: Kathryn Burcham, Jason Solowski State environmental officials are tracking an emerging threat to drinking water across Massachusetts linked to a firefighting foam used at military installations and airports. “Back in 2012, 2013 we started showing these contaminates” said Dan Santos, director of the Barnstable Department of Public Works. Testing […]

Source: Associated Press, February 6, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A judge has approved a class-action settlement between Muscatine residents and a local factory that they blame for a noxious odor and haze and for causing health problems. District Judge John Telleen on Tuesday approved the settlement over the Grain Processing Corporation plant, which makes corn-based […]