Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 18, 2016 By: Stephen W. Kiefer, Pepper Hamilton LLP Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. v. Rummel Klepper & Kahl, LLP, 226 Md. App. 420, 130 A.3d 1024, 2016 Md. App. LEXIS 3 ( Md. Ct. Spec. App. Jan. 28, 2016) The City of Baltimore retained a design professional, Rummel Klepper & Kahl (“RK&K”), […]

Source: Cumberland Times-News (MD), April 16, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com There is a detectable change in the quality of Garrett County’s air when winds blow toward Western Maryland from fracking operations in neighboring states, a federal researcher said Thursday. Although hydraulic fracturing of the earth to obtain natural gas is not yet allowed in Maryland, […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 12, 2016 By: Thomas C. Blatchley, Gordon & Rees LLP In a matter of first impression, the Georgia Supreme Court recently held that personal injury claims arising from lead poisoning due to lead-based paint ingestion were excluded from coverage under an absolute pollution exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy covering […]

Source: https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com, April 8, 2016 By: Linda Larsen A patient was sickened with Legionnaires’ Disease at the IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana last week. The illness was transmitted through the water in the hospital. The IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer said that the results were […]

Source: http://www.nhregister.com, April 13, 2016 By: Luther Turmelle It will take a $3 million environmental cleanup before a former manufacturing facility on West Main Street can be turned into an arts center, one of the project’s founders has told town officials. Jeffrey Guimond told the Town Council Tuesday that an environmental assessment of the Ball […]

Source: http://www.wsoctv.com, April 11, 2016 By: Stephanie Maxwell A North Charlotte neighborhood is looking for answers, after an environmental report found dangerous chemicals in the ground blamed on a longtime dry cleaners nearby. The report shows a sample taken back in 2013 found groundwater contamination traced to chemicals from American Dry Cleaners. The report found […]

Source: http://www.latimes.com, April 12, 2016 By: Abby Sewell Los Angeles County public health officials who tested the soil outside 500 homes in the area surrounding the now-closed Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon found all but eight have levels of lead that will require cleanup. The findings came in a report released Tuesday by the county’s […]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org, April 14, 2016 By: Samantha Page The body of evidence is growing that fracking is not only bad for the global climate, it is also dangerous for local communities. And affected communities are growing in number. The report, released Thursday, details the sheer amount of water contamination, air pollution, climate impacts, and chemical […]

Source: http://www.natlawreview.com, April 12, 2016 On Monday, in Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. Arch Specialty Ins. Co., 16 C.D.O.S. 3833 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 11, 2016), the California Court of Appeal (Third District) rejected Arch Specialty Insurance’s attempt to enforce “other insurance” clauses in the conditions and coverage grant of the relevant policies. London […]

Source: http://www.fminet.com, April 2016 Message from Chris Daum, FMI’s CEO Today’s engineering and construction (E&C) industry talent challenges are not new. However, we are at a critical inflection point: Ten thousand baby boomers are retiring daily across the U.S., leaving behind an incredible void of knowledge and experience — particularly in the engineering and construction  […]

Source: http://www.alternet.org, April 13, 2016 By: Martha Rosenberg, Ronnie Cummins Chemical fertilizer pollutes the environment, disrupts the climate and damages human and animal health. What do you know about the worldwide chemical fertilizer industry? If you’re like most people, not much. There’s plenty of press coverage and consumer awareness when it comes to genetically engineered […]

Source: Times Union (Albany, NY), April 8, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Oil giant Exxon Mobil has paid the largest single settlement ever into a four-decade-old state fund that cleans up oil and petroleum spills. The company is paying $10.75 million to the taxpayer-supported Environmental Protection and Oil Spill Fund to cover the state’s costs in […]