Read here about a $65.5 million offered by insurers of the New Orleans’ public housing authority to settle claims.

Source: http://starbeacon.com, March 16, 2009 By: MarK Todd A Monday morning inspection of the Cleveland Hotel found mold in portions of the building, said Sally Kennedy, city health commissioner. The bank that holds the mortgage on the building will be contacted, but occupants are in no danger and use of the building won’t change, Kennedy […]

Source: http://www.kcbd.com, November 26, 2007 A concerned parent called NewsChannel 11 thinking mold might be growing inside her daughter’s school. She told us school administrators were not letting parents know what was really going on. We went looking for answers. Five days a week, 180 school children as young as four-years-old come to Lorenzo Elementary […]

Source: http://www.capecodonline.com, April 5, 2009 By: Doug Fraser For nearly 60 minutes, gas-fueled flames shot into the night sky at the Cape Cod Animal Hospital March 9, fed by a wide-open natural gas line that had blown off at the meter in an explosion that destroyed several rooms at one end of the sprawling clinic. […]

Source: http://www.mdcoastdispatch.com, April 17, 2009 By: Shawn J. Soper Less than one week after the settlement of a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed last year by the family of two Pennsylvania tourists who died of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a Boardwalk motel room in 2006, five separate plaintiffs inflicted with CO poisoning in […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, April 16, 2009 By: Laura Craven Two environmental groups will announce today that they plan to sue eight public and private entities over pollution in and around Raritan Bay. The nonprofits, Edison Wetlands Association and NY/NJ Baykeeper, said they have sent letters of intent to NL Industries Inc.; NL Environmental Management Services Inc.; […]

Source: http://www.desertdispatch.com, June 20, 2011 By: Karen Jonas The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board released a draft order last week that would require Pacific Gas and Electric to provide whole-house replacement water for Hinkley residents who have been affected by chromium 6. The current cleanup and abatement order requires PG&E to provide temporary bottled […]

Read here about a chromium contamination settlement that was reached between the State of New Jersey and three chemical companies.

Source: Dow Jones News Service, June 19, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The natural-gas industry, bowing to longtime pressure, will disclose more information about the chemicals it uses in the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing. On Friday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law a bill that will require companies to make public the chemicals they […]

Source: http://www.gazette.net, June 10, 2011 By: Chris Huntemann Maryland companies working to make state leader in green building Constructing more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly buildings is becoming a major money-maker for some Maryland companies. For example, Morgan-Keller Construction in Frederick says the percentage of its “green” building projects has jumped from 25 percent to more […]

Source:  http://www.miller-mccune.com, June 13, 2011 By: Ben Ikenson A lawsuit challenges the claims of the nation’s foremost green building effort — the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED certification) program. It is telling that the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., wants the design of a biblical theme park that will showcase a 500-foot-long replica […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, Issue: June 20, 2011 By: Joanne Wojcik An architectural firm agrees to design an office building to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certification, the second-highest level of the U.S. Green Building Council’s sustainability design scale. Meanwhile, the developer that hired the architect advertises the project as having significantly reduced operating […]