Source: https://www.enr.com, November 16, 2017 Associated Press TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil onto agricultural land in northeastern South Dakota , the company and state regulators said Thursday, but state officials don’t believe the leak polluted any surface water bodies or drinking water systems. Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday […]

Source: Chicago Tribune, November 15, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Six months after U.S. Steel dumped a plume of toxic metal into a Lake Michigan tributary, the company quietly reported another spill at the same northwest Indiana plant and asked state environmental regulators to keep it secret, according to newly released documents. The 56.7 pounds of […]

Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com, November 15, 2017 By: Jessie Bekker Five months after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease was reported at the Rio, the number of confirmed cases of the pneumonia-like bacterial illness among guests has risen to seven, with 29 more cases suspected, the Southern Nevada Health District said Tuesday. Meanwhile, cleaning and testing of the […]

Source: https://www.dairyherd.com, November 15, 2017 By: Tiffany Dowell Lashment When a dairy finds itself a defendant in a lawsuit alleging groundwater contamination due to manure storage policies and application practices, likely one of the first calls made is to their insurance company. One dairy in Washington did just that, only to be told their insurer […]

Source: http://www.commercialappeal.com, November 12, 2017 By: Tom Charlier Investigators at a Memphis hazardous waste site discovered “elevated levels” of a toxic dry-cleaning solvent in the aquifer supplying the city with drinking water, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spokesman said. The chemical – tetrachloroethylene, also known as perchloroethylene, or simply “perc” – was found 150 feet below ground […]

Source: http://www.crainsdetroit.com, November 11, 2017 By: Ted Roelofs With the click of an email, the credibility of an iconic Michigan shoe company’s environmental practices has taken another hit. Rockford-based Wolverine Worldwide Inc., best known for its Hush Puppies shoes, has been on the defensive this year over toxic chemicals that seeped from one of its […]

Read here about Disneyland shutting down cooling towers after a dozen cases of Legionnaires were discovered after most of the patients had visited the park.

Source: http://www.capegazette.com, November 10, 2017 By: Maddy Lauria Company must provide neighbors with clean water State officials say Mountaire Farms’ Millsboro plant has been polluting groundwater and failing to comply with its state permit to dispose of wastewater on nearby farm fields. Health risks because of the pollution require Mountaire to provide its immediate neighbors with […]

Source: https://stlrecord.com, November 10, 2017 By: Sam Knef The Missouri Supreme Court has sided with an insurer that appealed a judgment entered by a St. Louis County judge over pollution claims at a smelting facility in Peru that is owned by a company it covers. In a unanimous opinion filed Oct. 31, the high court reversed St. […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, November 9, 2017 By: Luke Nozicka The borough has reached a more than $7 million settlement with the owner of an old metals-refining factory to complete its cleanup of contaminated areas at its former smelter site. The settlement requires U.S. Metals Refining Company to pay $4.25 million to end further litigation and to fund environmental and public health […]

Source: https://www.claimsjournal.com, November 8, 2017 By: James P. Koelzer Partner, Clyde & Co. and Holly S. Harvey Partner, Clyde & Co. The aftermath of this year’s hurricanes includes massive reconstruction across the impacted areas, which in turn creates an increased possibility for construction defect claims that would affect the liability insurance market. When Hurricane Harvey swept over […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com, November 5, 2017 By: Jon Wertheim It’s a story as old as cities themselves: prosperity comes to town and triggers a building boom. In modern San Francisco, rows of skyscrapers have begun lining the downtown streets and recasting the skyline, monuments to the triumph of the tech sector. Leading this wave, the Millennium […]