Source: http://indepthnh.org/, January 15, 2022 Community Action Works (formerly Toxics Action Center) and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) have settled their federal Clean Water Act lawsuit against Casella Waste Systems, Inc., and North Country Environmental Services, Inc., for the discharge of pollutants from the companies’ Bethlehem Landfill into the Ammonoosuc River. Read more.

Source: https://www.mondaq.com/, January 18, 2022 By: Olivia Rangaswami, Taft Stettinius & Hollister On Jan. 10, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget that will designate PFOA and PFOS as “Superfund hazardous substances.” In designating PFOA and PFOS (collectively “PFAS”) as a “hazardous substance” under […]

Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/, January 11, 2022 By: Brian K. Sulliva and Josh Saul Canadian renewable-power company will replace foundations at a New Brunswick wind farm after engineers determined a turbine collapse in October stemmed from design flaws. TransAlta Renewables Inc. said replacing 50 foundations will cost C$75 million to C$100 million ($59 million to $79 million) […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, January 10, 2022 By: Ryan Stanton The demolition of an Ann Arbor dry cleaner to address a longstanding pollution problem in the soil beneath the building is now underway. Armen Cleaners has stood at 630 S. Ashley St. for decades, but officials determined last year the building needs to come down so the state can […]

Source: https://www.constructionbusinessowner.com/, December 17, 2021 By: Maydelis Torres Already expecting a downturn, the commercial construction industry was further impacted when COVID-19 either delayed or shuttered projects nationwide and a seemingly endless barrage of storms caused more than $95 billion in damages across the United States alone. This is on top of the growing array of […]

Source: https://www.iamagazine.com/, January 3, 2022 By: Olivia Overman In March 2021, A.M. Best, the global credit rating agency, became a signatory to the United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) Financial Initiative Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI). These principles serve as a global framework for the insurance industry to play an ever-increasing role in addressing environmental, social and governance […]

Source: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/, January 6, 2022 By: Jaxon Van Derbeken The engineer responsible for the troubled fix of the Millennium Tower acknowledged Thursday that the building is continuing to tilt about 3 inches a year since work began. He also revealed that his team did not provide any instructions to the fix contractor on ways to prevent the […]

Source: https://constructionexec.com/, January 4, 2022 By: Janice Greenberg Construction professionals undoubtedly engage in a call or email conversation at least once a year with their insurance broker to discuss the company’s insurance coverages. Typically, these conversations center around whether to renew the company’s existing policies with its current insurance carriers or purchase policies from new […]

Source: Birmingham News, January 2, 2022\ Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Janice Williams thought something was dead near her Morgan County home based on the smell, but she couldn’t decide what it was. “I thought the dogs might have killed an armadillo. I searched the yard for an armadillo, but then I found out where the smell […]

Source: Guardian Web, December 24, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ America’s longest running oil spill dispute is close to a resolution after a Louisiana-based energy firm has agreed to a proposed multi-million-dollar settlement. Taylor Energy agreed to pay more than $43m in clean-up costs, civil penalties and natural resource damage, and transfer a $432m clean-up trust […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/, December 22, 2021 By: Janet McConnaughey A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a $432 million cleanup trust fund and pay an additional $43 million to settle a federal lawsuit over cleaning up abandoned wells leaking since 2004, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. “This settlement represents an important down payment to […]

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/, December22, 2021 By: James Gordon The developer of 432 Park Avenue, the tallest apartment building in New York City that sits on Billionaires’ Row overlooking Central Park, has responded to a $125 million lawsuit that was filed by the condominium’s board earlier this year. The lawsuit alleged that the building suffered from leaks, flooding, creaking walls […]