Source: http://www.wftv.com, July 18, 2016 The Orlando City Soccer Club has purchased the land for its new stadium from the City of Orlando. The city sold the land for about $19 million, and the club will have the next 15 years to pay off the mortgage. In the post-closing agreement, the city agreed to subtract […]

Source: http://www.bdlive.co.za, July 18, 2016 By: Jack Kaskey and Tiffany Kary Dupont and Dow Chemical must tell shareholders before next week’s merger vote that they may face exposure to costly potential damages from claims that a chemical used to make Teflon caused cancer and other ailments, community activists told the companies. While DuPont is the […]

Source: http://poststar.com, July 18, 2016 By: Michael Goot Crews doing work at a Lake George Elementary School discovered a chemical in insulating material, which could be contaminated with asbestos. Interim Superintendent Jon Hunter said workers found vermiculite was used to insulate the core of the bricks that make up the building. The naturally occurring mineral […]

Source: http://www.delmarvanow.com, July 15, 2016 By: Gino Fanelli Legionella, the bacteria responsible for the respiratory condition Legionnaires’ disease, has been found in the tap water of Ocean City’s Golden Sands Condo, the Worcester County Health Department reported. “Golden Sands first tested positive back in the fall when we discovered a small cluster of two cases […]

Source: http://www.gazettenet.com, July 14, 2016 By: Dan Crowley State environmental regulators have pinned responsibility for the illegal dumping of more than 100 yards of concrete debris along the Connecticut River on a Hadley contractor who was in charge of a construction job in Northampton. The Department of Environmental Protection issued an order Thursday against Christopher […]

Source: https://vtdigger.org, July 14, 2016 By: Mike Polhamus State officials announced Wednesday that two new sites in Chittenden County have tested positive for groundwater pollution with an industrial chemical known as perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. The chemical was found in the ground water at the IBM plant in Essex Junction, and the former Hercules Incorporated […]

Source: http://www.farmforum.net, July 13, 2016 By: Shannon Marvel An attorney who specializes in natural resource law has raised concerns about the Brown County Landfill’s lack of pollution insurance, but the coverage is just too expensive, said the chairwoman of the county commission. Attorney David Ganje, an Aberdeen native who lives in Rapid City, believes the […]

Source: http://www.capecodtimes.com, July 13, 2016 By: Madeleine List Barnstable officials contend fire training academy polluted drinking wells The town of Barnstable has filed a lawsuit against Barnstable County seeking nearly $2 million in damages for the contamination of several Hyannis wells. In 2014 and 2015, at least three Hyannis wells were found to contain levels […]

Source: http://www.southcoasttoday.com, July 11, 2016 By: Mike Lawrence Energy provider to seek environmental contractor next year, after relocation to business park Eversource’s announcement last week that it will move next year from its 18-acre site on MacArthur Drive — land slated for the casino bid that abruptly failed last summer — renews questions about cleanup […]

Source: https://insideclimatenews.org, July 11, 2016 By: Neela Banerjee Methane contamination of Colorado water wells from nearby fossil fuel development is likely due to faulty oil and gas well construction rather than hydraulic fracturing, according to a new study of aquifer contamination in the state. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of […]

Source: http://www.wacotrib.com, July 8, 2016 By: J.B. Smith A city of Waco lawsuit against the Kleinfelder engineering firm over a soil cleanup job is moving to trial after an unsuccessful mediation attempt this week. The lawsuit, filed in October in federal court in Waco, alleges that Kleinfelder’s failure to properly identify toxic soil from the […]

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com, July 8, 2016 By: Laura Kane The owner of the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia’s Interior has sued two engineering firms for damages over a disastrous dam collapse two years ago. Imperial Metals has filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court alleging negligence and breach of contract by Knight Piesold and AMEC, […]