Source: https://atlantic2.sierraclub.org By: Karl Grossman The ECU—Environmental Crime Unit—of the Suffolk County district attorney’s office has figured prominently in major stories in the New York region in recent times. The ECU has been investigating the dumping of 50,000 tons or more of hazardous materials, including asbestos-laden debris, in Brentwood, Central Islip—two largely minority communities in […]

Source: http://www.publichealthwatchdog.com, May 8, 2014 By: Cynthia A. Diaz-Shephard Long Island, New York’s Town of Islip intends on filing lawsuits in an attempt to recover money from contractors who allegedly illegally dumped debris containing asbestos within the Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood. The contractors may be charged criminally by the Suffolk County district attorney, as […]

Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com, May 8, 2014 Lawsuits are being prepared as the investigation into toxic dumping at a Long Island park continues. As WCBS 880 Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs reported, police were standing guard at the gate of the now-closed Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood, after Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota said about […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 10, 2014 By: Joseph F. Bermudez and Suzanne M. Meintzer, Wilson Elser In Cincinnati Insurance Company v. AMSCO Windows, No. 13-4155 (10th Cir. November 26, 2014), Cincinnati insured AMSCO, which manufactures windows for use in homes and sells the windows to distributors. Certain AMSCO windows were installed in new homes built in Nevada, […]

Read here about a case from a 2008 train derailment that caused an oil spill in the Mississippi River that has settled for over $600,000.

Source: http://www.vancouversun.com, December 9, 2014 By: Margaret Munro Imperial Oil workers came knocking in Calmar, a small town southwest of Edmonton, looking for old oil and gas wells in 2008. They found one leaking just a metre from the Beaudry home on Evergreen Crescent and took drastic steps to try to stop the gas rising […]

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com, December 8, 2014 By: David Smiley The details of an estimated $6 million cleanup and construction project at Miami’s contaminated Douglas Park will be on display Tuesday during a 5 p.m. public meeting at City Hall. The 10-acre park at 2795 SW 37th Ave. has been closed for more than a year now […]

Source: http://fox11online.com, December 9, 2014 Another federal court trial has been scheduled as the U.S. government and paper companies continue litigate who will pay for Fox River cleanup. During a hearing Monday before Judge William Griesbach, a June 13, 2016, trial was set for a lawsuit filed in 2008 by Appvion (formerly Appleton Papers) and […]

Read here about a grain company in Iowa that has lost an appeal over a pollution lawsuit brought by residents nearby.

Source: http://www.freep.com, December 8, 2014 By: Keith Matheny A 5-acre former chemical burning pit is the latest focus in the decades-long cleanup of Velsicol Chemical’s toxic legacy in St. Louis, Mich. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established a new Superfund site at the burn pit, now part of a golf course in the city […]

Source: http://www.masslive.com, December 8, 2014 By: Mary Serreze Parties in a long-simmering civil lawsuit over contaminated soil at the former Don Lia Honda site on King Street — the city’s primary highway business corridor — have reportedly agreed to settle instead of going to trial this month. The case was “reported settled to the court […]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org, December 8, 2014 By: Emily Atkin Shell Oil Co. is reportedly reconsidering its offer to pay $90 million to residents of a California town with widespread soil contamination, saying they had wanted the settlement to be kept confidential. According to a Law360 report, Shell attorney Deanne Miller told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge […]