Source: https://www.environmentalleader.com, January 24, 2018 Environmental insurance claims are the most complex insurance coverage claims, often with substantial sums at stake. There are many hurdles that the policyholder must clear in order to obtain coverage for environmental claims. Insurance companies often seek to end an environmental coverage action by making a motion for summary judgment, […]

Source: http://www.gctelegram.com, January 24, 2018 By: Mary Clarkin Contamination at a former dry cleaner’s location that Hutchinson USD 308 hopes to buy has delayed the purchase. School officials preface comments with “if” when talking about acquiring the former Dillons supermarket building at 517 E. 30th Ave., which had an attached dry cleaning business, for an […]

Crews worked through the night trying to remove a truck load of honey that spilled in Route 291 near Philadelphia International Airport when a tractor-trailer flipped on its side Tuesday evening. There were no reports of serious injuries in the 5:30 P.M. crash at Route 291 and Scott Way in Tinicum Township. But more than […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com, January 21, 2018 By: Jon Wertheim The Millennium Tower opened to great acclaim with high-priced, posh apartments. But those accolades and property values are sinking, along with the building’s foundation It’s a story as old as cities themselves: prosperity comes to town and triggers a building boom. In modern San Francisco, rows of […]

Source: https://www.nbcbayarea.com, January 18, 2018 By: Damian Trujillo San Jose city leaders are targeting a vacant lot near City Hall for development of a high rise, but critics say the land is contaminated with at least one toxic chemical, and they’ve filed a lawsuit to ensure it’s cleaned up. The site on Fourth and Saint […]

Source: Modesto Bee (CA), January 14, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com In a ruling with implications for cities across the United States, appellate justices this week rejected Modesto’s request to reinstate a $75 million judgment against a producer of toxic dry cleaning chemicals. However, the ruling also paves the way for a new trial under conditions […]

Source: http://nooga.com, January 10, 2018 Officials identified Norfolk Southern as the source of the fuel spill that emptied more than 1,000 gallons of petroleum into Citico Creek near the mouth of the Tennessee River Monday night. “The spill originated from DeButts Yard and Norfolk Southern has taken responsibility for the spill and has assured city, state […]

Source: Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), December 25, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com After decades of pollution that turned Onondaga Lake into a toxic cesspool, Honeywell has agreed to pay $9.5 million in damages and build 20 restoration projects. The federal Department of Justice filed documents in federal court Wednesday, but the settlement was not announced until after […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, December 21, 2017 By: Garrett D. Trego, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox A putative class of plaintiffs who allege to have lived in a defined geographic area around a manufacturing plant in Merrimack, New Hampshire, or have been served by the town’s municipal water supply, sued the manufacturer in federal court, alleging property […]

Source: https://stateimpact.npr.org, July 19, 2017 By: Susan Phillips Construction of Sunoco Pipeline’s $3 billion 350-mile long Mariner East 2 pipeline resulted in at least 61 drilling mud spills from April 25 through June 17, 2017, according to newly released documents. The spills have occurred in ten of the 12 counties along the route and range […]

Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com, July 18, 2017 By: Ian Bush A week after Sunoco agreed to address concerns that its pipeline construction was tainting well water in one Chester County community, two new problems have cropped up — this time, in part of Media, Delaware County. Its plastic barrier and hay bales, are no match for the deluge along […]

Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com, January 3, 2018 By: Jim Melwert The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has ordered all construction work to be halted on the $2.5 billion natural gas pipeline that runs from western Pennsylvania to Delaware County’s Marcus Hook. A 24-page report from DEP cites numerous permit violations by Sunoco on the Mariner East 2 pipeline and […]