Source: https://6abc.com/, December 7, 2021 By: Michael Rubinkam A pipeline developer will dredge part of a contaminated lake and pay more than $4 million for spilling thousands of gallons of drilling fluids at a popular state park outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania state officials announced Monday in a settlement that will allow construction to resume. Sunoco Pipeline […]

Source: https://www.chron.com/, December 1, 2021 Jay R. Jordan Harris County commissioners voted Tuesday to demolish and rebuild parts of the under-construction Beltway 8 bridge over the Houston Ship Channel after the original designs were found to have “significant” flaws. The setback will cost the county $291 million, including $50 million to demolish some sections that […]

Source: https://modernfarmer.com/, December 1, 2021 By: Dan Nosowitz When the German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer AG purchased Monsanto back in 2016, it was the largest acquisition by a German company ever. Today, it’s looking like an all-time awful business move, as Monsanto has been beset by repeated lawsuits. This week, Maryland’s attorney general slapped […]

Source: https://www.wkow.com/, December 2, 2021 By: Tony Galli A Madison homeowner is resisting state demands for additional payments to address his property’s environmental contamination as the result of the practices of a previous owner. “I had no idea there was a problem,” Ken Koeppler says of his knowledge of the property’s condition at the time […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, December 1, 2021 By: Parker Bunbury, Woodruff Sawyer Most real estate being bought, sold, and developed in the United States is not raw, virgin land. The significant majority has a history: agricultural, commercial, industrial, mixed use, residential, etc. Real estate often experiences multiple use types over time, and most of these transactions occur […]

Source: Associated Press, December 2, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com The family of a leukemia patient who contracted Legionnaires’ disease at UW Hospital in 2018 has filed a lawsuit seeking damages in his death. Siblings of 66-year-old Dennis Frye filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court alleging the hospital was negligent because its […]

Source: https://voiceofoc.org/, December 1, 2021 By: Brandon Pho Santa Ana’s industrial water pollution issue is once again spilling into the spotlight, as sheet metal workers take action against their factory over safety complaints and water contamination that’s exceeded allowable levels under the Clean Water Act for years. Pollution levels in stormwater discharged by the Kingspan […]

Source: https://midhudsonnews.com/, November 22, 2021 Sullivan County Government has begun a detailed environmental investigation of contamination at the Sullivan County International Airport in Swan Lake. The airport is listed as a Class 2 site in the State Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites in the list of State Superfund sites. A Class 2 site represents […]

Source: https://democratherald.com/, November 17, 2021 By: Cody Mann An engineering firm is paying $24 million to settle lawsuits from the cities of Albany, Lebanon and Millersburg, according to documents obtained through public records requests. The lawsuits stem from failed wastewater treatment plant technology. The new owner of CH2M Hill, Jacobs Engineering, will pay $12 million to […]

Source: https://patch.com/, November 17, 2021 By: Jeff Edwards An environmental study is recommending that contamination cleanup steps be taken at a former auto repair shop in downtown New Rochelle, according to the The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The report concluded that the contamination found at the location at Centre Avenue and Westchester […]

Source: https://www.mdjonline.com/, November 11, 2021 By: Andrew Steele The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority on Wednesday ratified the settlement of a lawsuit involving Honeywell International in a 7-0 vote that came without a description of the settlement’s details, which were deemed confidential by the parties involved. The airport has, however, been plaintiff since 2017 in a […]

Source: https://www.newsobserver.com/, November 13, 2021 Students and parents who say they suffered brain injuries from exposure to toxic chemicals at a Monroe, Washington, public school were awarded $62 million by a jury this week. The Seattle Times reports that Wednesday’s decision is the second successful lawsuit involving noxious conditions at the school. Read more.