Source: https://www.siliconvalley.com/, June 20, 2023 By: William McCarthy Martinez has long been a refinery town. Generations have worked at the sprawling complex on the east side of the city that defines the skyline. For more than a century, to live in Martinez, a city of 36,000 near San Pablo Bay, has been to co-exist with […]

Source: https://www.dcnewsnow.com/, June 20, 2023 By: Mikayla Newton An oil spill was reported on Dec. 7, 2021 in Frederick County, Md. Maryland is now suing the two companies responsible for more than 7,000 gallons of oil that was spilled. The Maryland Department of the Environment and the State’s Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit […]

Source: https://vermontbiz.com/, June 19, 2023 Attorney General Charity Clark has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto to protect and restore Vermont’s natural resources and schools affected by PCB contamination. The lawsuit, which seeks recovery for PCB contamination in schools on a statewide basis, is the first of its kind in the nation. The lawsuit alleges that, […]

Source: https://www.vermontpublic.org/, June 20, 2023 By: Howad Weiss-Tisman Vermont is the only state in the country that’s testing all of its older school buildings for PCBs, a class of industrial chemicals that were used in building materials, and which are known to cause cancer. The testing started last year, and it’s proven to be more complicated, […]

Source: https://wislawjournal.com/, June 15, 2023, Attorneys on Wednesday filed a class-action lawsuit against the developer of the Community Within the Corridor (CWC) redevelopment on behalf of a resident who said she faced illness after evacuating from the Milwaukee redevelopment in March. In March, around 150 people had to evacuate from the affordable housing redevelopment project […]

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/, June 15, 2023 By: Aaron Leibowitz, Sarah Blaskey and Linda Robertson Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a preliminary summary of their findings Thursday regarding the catastrophic collapse of Champlain Tower South, stating the pool deck had “critically low margins against failure.” According to the summary, the pool deck […]

Source: https://www.constructionexec.com/, April 26, 2023 By: David Pacifici Design-build delivery carries much greater risk to a contractor than conventional project delivery methods. Chief among these risks is the potential for increased actual or final costs to a general contractor or design-build entity compared to the estimates presented in their bid. The result is that many […]

Source: https://billypenn.com/, June 12, 2023 By: Meir Rinde A Philadelphia developer accused of building defective homes is in court this week fighting demands that it pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars to aggrieved homebuyers. Streamline Solutions is being sued by four families who say shoddy construction of roofs, walls, gutters and other elements allowed […]

Source: Distinguished Programs By: Cathy Cleary This white paper discusses the coverage gaps in commercial general liability (CGL) policies for pollution-related losses. It highlights the need for environmental  insurance, such as environmental site pollution insurance, to fill these gaps and protect businesses and landowners from costly consequences. Read more.

Source: https://www.ajc.com/, June 7, 2023 By: Drew Kann A jury has already awarded $135 million to a Southwest Georgia couple whose lake was choked by muddy runoff from a massive solar installation next door. Now the federal judge who heard the case has ordered the companies behind the project to halt any further releases — […]

Source: https://www.oklahoman.com/, June 7, 2023 By: Jessie Christopher Smith Local officials and farmers are still dealing with the aftermath of a major oil spill north of Enid, where hundreds of barrels of oil mixture are estimated to have spread across Ninemile Creek in north-central Oklahoma. The oil spill was first reported Friday around 8:30 a.m. near […]

Source: https://crosscut.com/, June 8, 2023 By: Nicholas K. Geranios When the new city hall in the newish city of Spokane Valley was completed in 2017, Mayor Pam Haley quickly knew something was wrong. Big cracks were forming in some walls, around doors and in the concrete floor and brick exterior. And water was seeping into  […]