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, […]

Source: http://www.southbendtribune.com, July 10, 2016 By: Erin Blasko Alleges owners caused or contributed to contamination The owners of a local dry cleaning business caused or contributed to the release of hazardous substances over a period of more than 50 years, resulting in “significant” soil and groundwater contamination in and around a portion of Ignition Park, […]

Source: http://www.farmforum.net, July 7, 2016 By: David Ganje, Ganje Law Offices The operation of a municipal landfill, also known as a solid waste facility, involves significant legal risks, such as damage caused from a landfill leaking or contamination of groundwater. Modern landfills are created with liners and other collection systems designed to prevent contamination of […]

Source: http://enewspf.com, July 8, 2016 Madigan Also Files Order to Ensure Apartment is Vacant While Lead Paint is Addressed Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Thursday against a suburban property owner for violating the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act by failing to fix cracked and peeling lead paint in a Berwyn […]

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com, July 5, 2016 By: Earl Cantwell There has been a trend in recent New York court decisions to expand (not limit) zones of potential legal liability. A recent case decided by the Appellate Division, 1st Department, is part of that trend and raises significant issues for New York contractors and design professionals with […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, July 1, 2016 By: Scott Fallon and Holly Stewart A group of residents submitted a petition to borough officials Friday that they hope will lead to the excavation of tons of toxic material from a portion of the Ford Superfund site. The petition is the first step towards a likely borough-wide vote this […]

Source: http://wyomingpublicmedia.org, July 1, 2016 By: Maryam Jameel & Center for Public Integrity Sixty years after his service in the Army, Jesse Eakin still completes his outfits with a pin that bears a lesson from the Korean War: Never Impossible. That maxim has been tested by a low-grade but persistent threat far different than the […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, July 5, 2016 By: James M. O’Neill Workers have cleared away trees along Pompton Lake in the first step of a long-awaited project to dredge mercury-laced sediment from the lake, a legacy of DuPont’s former munitions plant nearby. But even as the three-year project finally begins, questions linger about how the $50 million […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, June 30, 2016 By: Judy Greenwald Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. units are obligated to indemnify an engineering company in connection with an industrial accident at a nuclear power plant that killed one worker and injured several others, says a federal appeals court, in partially reversing a lower court ruling. The U.S. Court […]