Source: http://www.bendbulletin.com, February 9, 2017 By: Marina Starleaf Riker A judge will decide whether the case will go to arbitration A Deschutes County Circuit Court judge said Wednesday he needs more information before he’ll make a decision about whether the city of Bend and a Washington-based construction company should settle an $8 million lawsuit in […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 7, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The Butler Area School District put Summit Elementary School students at serious risk by concealing for months that its water supply contained dangerous amounts of lead, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday. The lawsuit comes two days after Superintendent Dale Lumley, who also is named […]

Source: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org, February 8, 2017 By: Lisa Sorg At 1,100 acres, Sutton Lake is home to schools of largemouth bass, catfish and crappie. However, the lake also contains high levels of selenium, both in the surface water and in muscles of fish, a consequence of years of coal ash discharge from Duke Energy power plant near […]

Source: http://www.recordonline.com, February 3, 2017 By: Michael Randall The current owner of the former Star Expansion factory will undertake an investigation to determine the current status of pollutants at the state Superfund site. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says the investigation will look for things like groundwater contamination, concentrations of metal in the soil, […]

Source; http://newyork.cbslocal.com, February 3, 2017 The safety of a backyard or a vegetable garden is now in question for thousands of homeowners in Carteret who’ve been told their properties are contaminated. As CBS2’s Meg Baker reported, they are now suing. Residents of the industrial town started receiving letters from the U.S. Metals Co. a few […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, February 3, 2017 By: Andrea Wells With “smart” building becoming the gold standard in today’s commercial construction world, builders, building owners, workers and insurers are dealing with new technologies and risks. These smart technologies — from high tech gadgets aimed at increasing building efficiencies to wearable devices aimed at improving safety — are […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA), February 1, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A health care laundry oversight group that accredited the linen vendor embroiled in two wrongful death lawsuits connected to the UPMC mold crisis said Tuesday that its standards are extensive and rigorous. “Those standards deal with processing health care laundry in the safest manner possible […]

Source: http://www.stargazette.com, February 2, 2017 By: Amanda Renko The state Department of Environmental Conservation has recommended cleanup of the former Corning Hospital site under the state’s brownfield program. A site investigation turned up elevated levels of groundwater and soil contaminants at the two-parcel site in the City of Corning, according to information released Thursday by […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, February 2, 2017 By: William C. Wagner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Two commercial property owners find themselves responsible for decades-old environmental contamination because they failed to conduct proper environmental due diligence before their purchase and they bought short-tail, claims-made insurance policies with a claims-in-process exclusion that did not offer any protection against […]

Source: http://www.njspotlight.com, February 2, 2017 By: Tom Johnson Top court rules that insurers remain liable for cleaning up pollution even if original policy has been reassigned due to corporate mergers or restructuring The state Supreme Court yesterday ruled that insurers can be held liable for cleaning up environmental pollution at a site even though the […]

Source: http://news10.com, February 1, 2017 By: Noel McLaren As more questions arise about the chemical contamination coming from an abandoned dry cleaning shop in Ballston Spa, it turns out the village wasn’t notified about the concerns until months after an investigation had already begun. The EPA says Saratoga County called them to investigate the Ricketts […]

Source: http://www.mycentraljersey.com, February 1, 2017 By: Nick Muscavage Five years after a metal smelting company agreed to investigate and clean up potential contamination in the yards of nearby homes, some borough residents began receiving letters from the company informing them that their properties contain contaminants above New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s clean-up and action levels. […]