Source: https://mynbc15.com/, June 19, 2024 By: Andrea Ramey On May 13th, images of an orange cloud in Creola emerged as the community was told to shelter in place due to a nitric acid spill. Dozens of people say they are still dealing with injuries caused by that chemical. An attorney, who says he represents 80 people, […]

Source: https://www.middletownpress.com/, June 14, 2024 By: Cassandra Day The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revised portions of its decades-long project to address widespread soil and groundwater contamination at the Durham Meadows Superfund Site. The decades-long federal project centers on two manufacturing facilities in town. Volatile organic compounds were detected in residential, commercial and school water supply wells in […]

Source: https://www.oregonlive.com/, June 14, 2024 By: Andrew Miller A new lawsuit blames the city of Astoria and several construction and engineering companies for the dramatic collapse of the Buoy Beer brewery on the Astoria waterfront in 2022. The lawsuit alleges that the city and three private companies — Stricker Engineering, Rickenbach Construction and Columbia Dockworks — ignored […]

Source: https://www.tampabay.com/, June 12, 2024 By: Rebecca Liebson The future of a 42-story condominium in downtown St. Petersburg could be in jeopardy due to a legal challenge from a neighbor who wants the developer to halt construction. An LLC tied to Tampa investment firm Third Lake Partners filed suit against developer Kolter Urban in Pinellas […]

Source: https://www.statejournal.com/, June 12, 2024 By: John Raby Classes at a small West Virginia school will be relocated this fall, two years after the town’s contaminated groundwater was added to a national cleanup priority list. Wetzel County Schools Superintendent Cassandra R. Porter announced the move Tuesday for students, faculty and staff at Paden City High […]

Source: https://www.enr.com/ By: Annemarie Mannion An ironworker who fell 100 ft from a scaffold at an $815-million cancer center under construction at the University of Chicago Medical Center has filed a lawsuit against Turner Construction Co. and scaffold provider Adjustable Forms. Inc. Jeffrey A. Spyrka, 36, a union ironworker and member of Local 1, who […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding the U.S. Air Force and Arizona National Guard take action as concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” are increasing in the groundwater in a historically contaminated area on Tucson’s south side. The EPA found the pollution came from the nearby military properties and ordered them to clean up the […]

Source: https://www.technologynetworks.com/, June 11, 2024 By: Nicholas Gaunt, PhD You might be forgiven for thinking soil is just dirt beneath our feet. Certainly, this writer vastly misjudged its importance to life as we know it. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that soil could be the unsung hero of our planet, quietly working behind the scenes to […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, June 10, 2024 In the ever-evolving landscape of building construction, there’s a growing awareness over indoor air quality. And for good reason. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has discovered that air inside buildings can be two to five times more contaminated than the air outside [1]. This is particularly alarming when you consider […]

Source: https://electrek.co/, June 5, 2024 By: Michelle Lewis In Q1 2024, the US saw the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in its history, bringing its total installed capacity to 200 GW. A record-setting 11.8 gigawatts (GW) of new solar panel manufacturing capacity came online in the US during Q1 2024, making up 75% of […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, June 9, 2024 By: Shannon Kelleher Famous for its lush vineyards and cherished local wineries, Napa valley is where people go to escape their problems. “When you first get there, it’s really pretty,” said Geoff Ellsworth, former mayor of St Helena, a small Napa community nestled 50 miles north-east of San Francisco. “It […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, June 11, 2024 By: Tom Perkins The air throughout south-east Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” is probably being poisoned with a highly carcinogenic gas at levels much higher than previously thought, new research reveals. Using cutting-edge equipment that more accurately checks for the gas, ethylene oxide, which is primarily used in plastic production, researchers found […]