Source: http://www.hngn.com, February 8, 2016 By: Jelani James New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for an investigation into the Indian Point nuclear facility’s latest mishap. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed Saturday that a leak at the Indian Point nuclear facility in Buchanan has sent contaminant into the area groundwater, causing radioactivity levels 65,000 […]

Source: https://www.dnainfo.com, February 5, 2016 By: Camille Bautista BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A contaminated former industrial site set to become home to dozens of apartments in northern Bed-Stuy is slated for environmental cleanup, according to state officials. Land at the former Cascade Linen factory at Myrtle and Marcy avenues and Stockton Street was found to have contaminated soil, […]

Source: http://www.ctpost.com, February 7, 2016 By: Hugh Bailey They linger at the bottom of rivers, in the walls of buildings and in the ground itself. Once ubiquitous for industrial purposes, polychlorinated biphenyls, better known as PCBs, have long been known to pose serious health risks. Yet nearly four decades after the U.S. stopped producing them, […]

Read here about a bankrupt chemical company that was fined $900,000 in pollution charges for contamination of a West Virginia river.

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, February 1, 2016 By: Phil Gusman With demand high and customers becoming more educated on Environmental cover, expertise becomes increasingly valuable in a market that’s keeping a watchful eye on claims. Once in the realm of niche coverages requiring a lot of education and persuasion to get buyers interested, Environmental policies are now […]

Source: https://bangordailynews.com, February 4, 2016 By: Dawn Gagnon ORRINGTON, Maine — Nearly 60 rail cars, each carrying approximately 98 tons of mercury-contaminated soil, were hauled away from Orrington in December as part of the multimillion-dollar environmental cleanup at the former HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. site. The contaminated dirt dug up on the banks of the Penobscot […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, February 4, 2016 By: Lisa Marie Segarra One group in Montclair is hoping to clean up the township by looking beneath its surface. In response to a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection list of environmentally contaminated sites that includes 70 areas in the township, the Montclair Environmental Commission intends to take action. […]

Source: http://ecowatch.com, February 4, 2016 By: Laurel Peltier The headline flew around the globe like wild fire. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published their long-awaited draft fracking drinking water study and concluded: fracking has had no widespread impact on drinking water. But if you’ve had your ear to the ground in fracking communities, something didn’t […]

Source: http://www.freep.com, February 2, 2016 By: John Wisely and Jennifer Dixon Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger filed a $100-million lawsuit today against McLaren Flint Hospital and the State of Michigan, saying they did nothing to combat an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed at least one person during the Flint water crisis. Fieger represents four Genesee County […]

Source: http://amestrib.com, February 2, 2016 By: Sarina Rhinehart The Story County Board of Supervisors are calling for swifter action on a leaking underground gasoline tank in Nevada that has contaminated soil and groundwater at the former Dairy Queen building and neighboring properties. The leaking tank sits under the unoccupied building on Lincoln Way, which was […]

Source: http://www.globalresearch.ca, February 3, 2016 By: Genevieve Leigh Last week, Seattle, Washington became the latest addition to the list of cities filing lawsuits against multinational corporation Monsanto, joining San Diego, San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley in California, along with Spokane, Washington. These efforts, led by San Diego-based law firm Gomez Trial Attorneys, aim to extract […]

Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com, February2 , 2016 BY: Pamela Wood A group of state lawmakers wants to require big poultry companies to be responsible for the manure from their chickens that are raised on family farms — forcing a change in practice that the industry has opposed. The Poultry Litter Requirement Act has the backing of top […]