Read here about low levels of asbestos that have been found in wood chips being sold by a Montana Superfund Site for use in landscaping.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com, January 10, 2012 By: Lena H. Sun An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Wisconsin has been linked to a decorative water wall in a hospital lobby, according to a study published Tuesday that suggested the popular architectural feature can pose dangers in a health-care setting, especially for people with weakened immune systems. In […]

Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, January 10, 2012 By: Jared Shelly State regulators have asked for a moratorium on injection wells from fracking. Opponents of hydraulic fracturing often vehemently declare that the natural gas drilling process leads to unsafe drinking water in homes around fracking sites — sometimes the water is so gaseous it can be lit on […]

Source: National Real Estate Investor, January 9, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com When sustainability standards for commercial buildings were introduced in the mid-1990s, contractors were often expected to provide guarantees that the property would receive certification for the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) or Energy Star. But since professionals […]

Source: http://www.theolympian.com, January 10, 2012 By: John Dodge Plaza project: Total cost almost $5 million; spring opening targeted Environmental cleanup costs associated with the East Bay Plaza project totaled nearly $340,000, according to LOTT Clean Water Alliance officials. The 0.74-acre plaza between LOTT’s WET Science Center and the Hands On Children’s Museum on Olympia Avenue […]

Source: http://www.courierpostonline.com, January 9, 2012 By: Eileen Stilwell The U.S. Department of Environmental Protection has filed a civil lawsuit against a Philadelphia contractor for improperly removing asbestos from a commercial building in Gibbstown. The suit charges Lovett Contracting of Northeast Philadelphia with removing approximately 3,000 feet of asbestos insulation from above-ground piping and tossing it […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, January 10, 2012 By: Travis Fedschun/The Jersey Journal The Jersey Journal Jersey City firefighters and PSE&G crews responded to a gas main leak yesterday at 900 Garfield Ave. after a contractor mistakenly struck and ruptured the line, fire officials said. The gas line, located just east of Garfield and Dakota avenues, was punctured […]

Read here about an Atlanta company being held responsible for arsenic and iron coming from a an mine shaft and polluting a portion of a river system in Idaho.

Read here about a lawsuit that was settled after a group of farmers sued a Missouri company over the chemical, hexavalent chromium.

Source: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com, January 9, 2012 By: Andrew George While Lower Mount Bethel Township supervisors aren’t necessarily pleased about sludge coming to township farms, there’s really not a lot they can do about it. Several township farmers approached the Lower Mount Bethel Township Board of Supervisors last week to inform members of their plans to begin […]

Source: http://www.gfmag.com, January 2012 By: Anita Hawser Environmental risk insurers are offering more sophisticated solutions and a broader range of coverage amounts. A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Moerdijk, Netherlands, in January 2011. The plant belonged to Dutch chemicals company Chemie-Pack, which used it to store hazardous chemicals. Although no one was […]

Source: The Evening Sun (Hanover, PA), January 2, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Harrisburg businessman says he didn’t quite know what he was bidding on when he offered to buy a plot of marshland where 5,000 tons of toxic waste was dumped in the 1990s. James Halkias didn’t know an additional 676 drums of metallic […]