Source: https://www.mlive.com/, June 17, 2022 The state says testing has confirmed that a petroleum product released into the Flint River earlier this week came from Lockhart Chemical Co. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy reported its findings in a news release on Friday, June 17, and a spokesman said the agency has […]

Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/, June 20, 2022 By: Jenny Whidden Community concerns of Lake Michigan contamination from a Waukegan power plant’s recently shuttered coal-fired units heightened last week after an environmental study identified the facility as a potential flood risk, citing rising lake levels due to climate change. The report, released by Chicago’s Environmental Law and Policy Center, […]

Source: https://www.wqpmag.com/, June 15, 2022 By: Cristina Tuser The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) confirmed a fifth case of Legionnaires’ disease in a guest who stayed at The Grand Islander by Hilton Grand Vacations in Waikiki. According to the Hawai’i DOH, the fifth case was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease on May 23. The individual is […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, June 16, 2022 By: Scott Fallon New Jersey filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. on Thursday seeking millions of dollars in damages for widespread pollution dumped more than 50 years ago in Upper Ringwood next to a neighborhood that has been home to generations of Native Americans. It is the latest action taken […]

Source: https://wfpl.org/, June 15, 2022 By: Ryan Van Velzer For years, environmental officials have said the levels of forever chemicals found in Kentucky drinking water were safe, but on Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revised that risk. At least 38 drinking water systems in Kentucky, including Louisville, have levels of forever chemicals the EPA now […]

Source: https://apnews.com/, June 15, 2022 By: Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than previously thought and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected. The two compounds, known as PFOA and PFOS, have been voluntarily phased out […]

Source: https://www.wsoctv.com/, June 10, 2022 The city of Hickory is expanding its lawsuit over the arch collapse at the City Walk to include the designer, Channel 9 learned Friday. Our partners at the Hickory Daily Record got hold of new court documents showing the city claims the design was faulty and there were a lot of […]

Source: https://time.com/, June 2, 2022 By: Emily Barone When landfills get capped and grassed over, they have the appearance of lush, rolling hills. Despite their green appearance, however, these sites are known as “brownfields”—a term for an environmentally hazardous site without a promising future. Indeed, landfills are typically unsuitable for development because the contents below […]

Source: https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/, June 11, 2022 By: Miranda Ferrante One of Elon University’s student apartment complexes, Park Place at Elon, is at the center of a dispute in which Greensboro-based Samet Corporation is suing a subcontractor and architecture company hired to work on the mixed-use development for allegedly failing to provide services in a way that would have prevented […]

Source: https://medcom.uiowa.edu/, June 10, 2022 The University of Iowa is pursuing legal action against two contractors for defective windows in the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital window system following extensive good faith efforts to resolve the issues with the responsible parties. “The construction of the children’s hospital was an investment in Iowa and we relied […]

Source: https://apnews.com/, June 11, 2022 Officials in Oregon’s Morrow County along the Columbia River have declared a local state of emergency after private well testing showed high levels of nitrate contamination. During a Thursday special meeting, Morrow County commissioners voted 3-0 in favor of the measure, which will allow the county to take immediate action […]

Source: https://www.nj.com/, June 9, 2022 By: Larry Higgs The governors of New Jersey and New York gave architects and engineers a summer homework assignment: Have designs for a reimagined New York Penn Station to them by the end of July. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday the goal of having a […]