The Moroun family’s purchase last month of McLouth Steel in downriver Trenton signaled redevelopment would finally happen of the 188-acre contaminated site that’s been vacant for the last 20 years. But before the Morouns’ purchase from Wayne County is final, they have until mid-December to work out a deal with the U.S. EPA detailing how the site will be restored, including […]

Read here about a recent study by the Lancet medical journal that found the extent of the costs and fatalities of pollution each year.

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, October 18, 2017 By: Brian Nearing The state is moving ahead with plans to clean up the badly polluted site of a long-abandoned dry-cleaning business in Colonie. Plans for the former Damshire Cleaners, at 1205 Central Ave., call for removal of potentially cancer-causing dry cleaning chemicals from underground that are moving toward nearby homes […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, October 15, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com An offshore pipeline fracture that has spilled as much as 9,350 barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana appeared to be contained, the company responsible said on Sunday. LLOG Exploration Company LLC on Thursday morning discovered the spill, which stemmed from […]

Source: http://wnyt.com, October 13, 2017 Residents of the town of Florida in Montgomery County contacted NewsChannel 13 this week. They’re concerned about a massive Dollar General distribution center being built in their backyards – literally. They told us that in recent weeks they’ve noticed large clouds of white dust over the site and said it’s […]

Source: https://www.claimsjournal.com, October 16, 2017 By: Steven Pitt The question of whether carbon monoxide constitutes a pollutant for purposes of a standard policy pollution exclusion has been mixed among the courts. Whether carbon monoxide constitutes pollution is jurisdiction-specific and depends on whether the jurisdiction adopts a traditional or broadened view of environmental pollution. Exposure to […]

Source: http://enewsletters.constructionexec.com, October 5, 2017 By: Jeff Slivka Within two weeks, the United States suffered two of the most devastating storms ever to hit American shores. For four days, Hurricane Harvey pelted Houston, Texas and the surrounding area with upwards of 40 inches of rain and 130 mph winds to destroy an estimated 40,000 homes, […]

Source: http://www.phillyvoice.com, October 12, 2017 By: Andrew Parent An elementary school in the city’s Germantown section will remain closed Friday as work continues to remove mold found in several of its classrooms. About 80 percent of the remediation work at John B. Kelly Elementary School had been completed as of early Thursday afternoon, according to the […]

Source: http://www.philly.com, October 10, 2017 By: Kristen A. Graham Monroe Township in Gloucester County isn’t the only district coping with a mold problem in one of its schools. Cheltenham, where mold caused years of problems and ultimately forced the school district to shut and rebuild one of its middle schools, has had another mold outbreak. Cheltenham […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, October 10, 2017 By: Corey W. McDonald Honeywell International has begun an environmental remediation project at Richard A. Rutkowski Park as part of the New Jersey’s required cleanup of chromium residue that was used early in the 20th century. The project began earlier this month and officials this week will begin surveying and identifying […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, October 10, 2017 By: Chris Franklin The mold controversy that has become a concern for many residents who live in the Monroe Township School District found its way to the Williamstown High School auditorium Monday. The hall, which holds over 1,020 people was so packed that the township fire marshal had to tell […]

Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com, October10 , 2017 By: Larry Robinson Bedbugs will top the agenda at tonight’s City Council meeting, an issue that has sparked debate for several weeks now, following an outbreak of the critters at one of the community’s public housing complexes. Opening the council meeting at 7 p.m. will be a presentation by William […]