Source: AXA XL Cold storage Cold storage is traditional construction turned inside out. Instead of designing to keep heat in during cold weather,  cold storage units are designed to keep heat out. It is estimated that cold storage units are used to store  approximately USD 200 billion of frozen or refrigerated food products every year. […]

Source: https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/, April 26, 2022 By: Jessie Stensland The Navy has spent $24 million so far on investigating and responding to contamination of Whidbey Island groundwater from a chemical found in a type of firefighting foam used to extinguish jet-fuel fires. The Oak Harbor City Council recently agreed to provide the Navy a temporary easement […]

Source: https://www.pewtrusts.org/, April 28, 2022 By: Erika Bolstad Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires in Oregon’s history by sheltering overnight in a river with a patio chair. So there was never any question that Myron would rebuild his home in Oregon’s Santiam Canyon after the […]

Source: https://www.classaction.org/, March 30, 2022 By: Corrado Rizzi McDonald’s is facing a proposed class action lawsuit following reports that its fast-food packaging contains harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals.” The 47-page lawsuit comes days after watchdog Consumer Reports published that unsafe levels of forever chemicals were found in certain types of […]

Source: https://wpln.org/, April 26, 2022 By: Caroline Eggers The Tennessee House just passed its latest preemption bill that’s designed to help fossil fuel companies build new infrastructure like pipelines. The bill passed 68-25 on Monday, and it’s expected to be signed by Gov. Bill Lee within the next two weeks. The legislation preempts local governments from taking […]

Source: https://www.rrstar.com/, April 25, 2022 By: Chris Green Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Winnebago County State’s Attorney J. Hanley announced Monday an interim and preliminary injunction order in their lawsuit against Chemtool, Inc. The order, entered by the Winnebago County Circuit Court, lays the framework for the cleanup from the massive fire and explosions that occurred June 14 […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, April 25, 2022 By: Maanvi Singh As the closing bell rings at Jordan high school, a cacophony of adolescent chatter nearly overpowers the mechanical noises that emanate from the metal recycling plant next door. Students hardly register the lustrous dust – laced with lead, chromium and other contaminants – that settles into the […]

Source: https://www.fox29.com/, April 25, 2022 By: Monica Evans A Lehigh Valley Borough is suing nearly 2 dozen companies that make foam used to put out fires because officials in the borough say that the toxic chemicals found in the foam were also found in its water supply. The Borough of Emmaus is alleging that two […]

Source: https://grist.org/, April 25, 2022 By: Yvette Cabrera The state of New Jersey wants two companies accused of polluting the groundwater in a Bergen County borough to answer a question: what’s the value of a glass of clean drinking water? That question was posed in the form of a civil suit filed earlier this month, […]

Source: https://press-herald.com/, April 22, 2022 By: Amber McDown The Department of Environmental Quality was canvasing the Pennsylvania Avenue area on Friday morning distributing notices regarding contaminants detected in the vicinity. Subsurface samples of soil gas were collected recently in a utility right-of-way area near the old Imperial dry cleaning building on the corner of Pennsylvania […]

Source: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/, April 22, 2022 By: Christina Lieffring In Wisconsin, much of the discussions around water quality have been focused on contaminants including lead and PFAS. But George Kraft, UW-Stevens Point emeritus professor and emeritus director of the Center for Watershed Science and Education, says his biggest concerns looking to the future are nitrates and […]

Source: https://www.costar.com/, April 21, 2022 By: Randyl Drummer Commercial property insurance rates are on the rise, spurred in part by billions of dollars in damage from floods and fires linked to climate change, posing economic challenges for some businesses and prompting investors to reassess purchases in areas where risk is increasing. Mounting losses from flooding, […]