Source: https://www.floridatoday.com/, September 30, 2025 By: J.D. Gallop A day after an orange mist escaped from a Palm Bay chemical plant, Brevard County officials confirmed the gas was made up of vaporized bromine and sodium cyanide — both toxic to humans. The Brevard County HazMat team — which tested inside and outside of the FAR […]

Source: https://www.wxyz.com/, September 24, 2025 By: Ruta Ulcinaite A General Motors engineering building will be closed for the rest of the week after two employees tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease and the company continues to rid the building of any illness, a GM spokesperson confirmed to 7 News Detroit. The Cole Engineering building in Warren […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, September 29, 2025 By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. The United States District Court (S.D. Indiana) (“Court”) in a September 23rd Order addressed insurance coverage issues associated with an apartment complex contaminated by perchloroethylene (“PCE”). See Thompson Thrift Development, Inc., et al., v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, 2025 WL 2711770. Read more.

Source: https://pix11.com/, September 23, 2025 By: Eileen Lehpamer More legal action as a result of the deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak this past summer in Harlem. Attorney Ben Crump and attorneys with Weitz & Luxenberg have now filed three lawsuits against the construction company, Skanska. They have also filed 18 notices of claim against New York City, […]

Source: https://www.benningtonbanner.com/, September 23, 2025 By: Susan Smallheer In June 2004, a dramatic fire at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant forced plant owner Entergy Nuclear to declare an unusual event and temporarily shut down the plant. Area firefighters, along with Entergy’s own “fire brigade,” fought the fire at the large transformer, an electrical installation, […]

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/, September 23 2025 By: Chris Melore Fears are mounting that a 749-foot-tall Los Angeles skyscraper could collapse if a historic earthquake eventually strikes the city. Officials have refused to release seismic reports which detail the Gas Company Tower’s ability to survive the long-feared ‘Big One.’ Los Angeles County purchased the 52-story skyscraper last year with […]

Source: https://local12.com/, September 18, 2025 By: David Winter Nearly a year has passed since a dangerous styrene gas leak from the Ineos plant in Addyston forced mass evacuations in several west side communities. The incident, which occurred when a tanker was left on the tracks too long, resulted in the release of styrene gas into […]

Source: https://www.wunc.org/, September 17, 2025 By: Adam Wagner A developer will enhance its sediment control measures and pay to conserve more than 60 acres of land in southeast Durham as part of a settlement with an environmental watchdog organization. In September 2023, Sound Rivers sued Mungo Homes alleging that its construction of the 216-acre Sweetbrier […]

Source: https://www.thenewlede.org/, September 18, 2025 By: Carey Gillam While all eyes have been on Iowa this summer, where levels of harmful nitrate contamination of water supplies spiked well above federal safety standards, nitrate pollution has also been persistently plaguing water sources in other farm states as well. On Thursday, Wisconsin environmental advocates issued a lengthy report detailing what […]

Source: https://www.kcur.org/. September 15, 2025 By: Jim Meadows Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening public water systems, making water temporarily unusable, and forcing some cities and towns to take […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, September 12, 2025 By: Chris Davis Insurers have long bundled pollution liability into one-size-fits-all environmental policies. But as regulation tightens and ESG expectations grow, that model is losing relevance fast. “ESG regulations change and have a very big impact and a widening impact on our clients’ regulatory and compliance requirements,” said Christine Collins, […]

Source: https://www.constructionexec.com/, September 10, 2025 By: David Chmiel A priority for every construction firm, regardless of size, is the effective management of risk. The industry is rife with dangers, more than any other. Too often, risks—of various types—are underestimated or overlooked, making it critical to closely follow and manage policies and practices to guard against […]