Source: The New York Times, September 4, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com As the Obama administration pulls back on a broad rule to combat ozone pollution, a different rule that would also reduce smog-forming chemicals in Texas remains on track. The White House announced on Friday that ground-level ozone levels would be reviewed in 2013 rather […]

Source: Muskogee Phoenix (OK), September 4, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com More than 18 months have passed since the parties involved in the state’s poultry industry pollution lawsuit rested their cases. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell, who presided over the 52-day trial that spanned nearly five months, has yet to render an opinion. Former Oklahoma Attorney […]

Read here about a site in Orlando, FL that is being cleaned up of a toxic solvent dumped nearly 50 years ago.

Source: Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), September 4, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The state Department of Environmental Protection has investigated a much-maligned crab shell-roasting operation in Kelly Township and warned the operator to control the bad smell coming from the Hoffa Mill Road farm. But there’s no indication the creation of fertilizer and feed from the […]

Read here about a group of Louisville employees who are suing after allegedly being sickened by mold exposure.

Source: http://www.boston.com, August 24, 2011 By: Rona Fischman Chelsea is the site of a precedent regarding mold litigation. Richard D. Vetstein is here to tell you about it. Toxic mold is a dangerous condition that can arise in buildings with untreated water leaks and penetration. The most common form of “toxic mold” is Stachybotrys chartarum (also known […]

Source: http://www.bellinghamherald.com, August 26, 2011 By: Kie Relyea Cleanup of a former municipal landfill at Little Squalicum Park began this week, as crews started the project to dig up what will be a total of 2,400 cubic yards of contaminated soil and old solid waste. The work will continue into late September. It is expected to […]

Source: http://www.azcentral.com, August 28, 2011 By: Art Thomason It’s labeled Site ST035 on an environmental-cleanup map. But more people know it as the location of the former Williams Air Force Base gas station, where leaking fuel contaminated the soil and groundwater with benzene and other pollutants for decades. Today even more people know the site […]

Source: http://news.opb.org, August 25, 2011 By: April Baer Oregon’s Congressional delegation wants to finish the job of cleaning up the Portland harbor Superfund sites. It’s not an easy time to go in search of money – public or private. But the players say a confluence of events has made these sites a problem the region […]

Source: http://www.lenconnect.com, August 30, 2011 By: Dennis Pelham More than 60 property owners could file separate lawsuits over groundwater pollution from the Tecumseh Products  Co. plant in Tecumseh after a judge denied class action status on Monday. “I do not like the idea of inviting 60-some litigants,” said Lenawee County Circuit Judge Margaret M.S. Noe. […]

Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com, August 26, 2011 By: Richard A. Marini Project manager, not hospital or county, targeted. The first lawsuit stemming from the collapse of an unfinished parking garage in February has been filed by two workers injured in the incident. According to the suit, which names project manager Broaddus + Muñoz as the sole defendant, Joaquin […]

Source: http://theoaklandpress.com, August 16, 2011 By: J. Patrick Pepper The U.S. government has agreed to pay more than $10.8 million for environmental cleanup related to military manufacturing in the city’s South End.

 Ford Motor Co. and Severstal North America will split the money, which is to be used for environmental remediation at the Rouge complex […]