Source: Ventura County Star (CA), July 22, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ An oil pipeline company and associated contractor will pay a $1.6 million settlement regarding a 2016 crude oil spill in Ventura, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The owner of the pipeline, Crimson Pipeline L.P., agreed to pay $1.3 million in civil […]

Source: https://www.thenewstribune.com/, July 21, 2020 By: Abbie Shull Lakewood Water District is suing the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the Air Force and the Army as well as 13 manufacturers, including 3M and DuPont, of firefighting foam used on Joint Base Lewis-McChord that leaked into the groundwater supply. The district said it will […]

Source: https://www.miamitodaynews.com/, July 21, 2020 By: Jesse Scheckner Miami-Dade is suing the makers of cancer-linked chemicals found in the county water supply and has hired a legal team, including the lawyer whose work for those exposed to the chemicals was turned into a Hollywood feature film, to represent it in an ongoing class action. Commissioners […]

Source: https://www.latimes.com/, July 20, 2020 By Rong-Gong Lin II The shortage of medical equipment, including gowns and gloves, triggered by the coronavirus outbreak may be helping to spread dangerous germs within healthcare facilities, according to officials who warned of a potentially deadly fungus in a Los Angeles County facility. L.A. County officials are warning about […]

Source: https://legalnewsline.com/, July 21, 2020 By: John O’Brien Pacific Gas & Electric contaminated the waterfront of San Francisco, a new lawsuit alleges. Plaintiff Dan Clarke, through lawyers at Gross & Klein, filed a complaint July 10 in San Francisco federal court against PG&E over a manufactured gas plant – the Cannery MGP. Read more.

An environmental white paper by AXA XL Insurance.

Source: https://riskandinsurance.com/, July 17, 2020 By: Emily Spennato Environmental insurance claims have been rising over the last few years, and according to a survey report from Willis Towers Watson, hard market conditions are also contributing to shrinking capacity. But what has contributed to this rise in environmental claims?  Read more.

Source: The Washington Post, July 17, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ The Monsanto agricultural products company has agreed to pay $52million to the District over the company’s alleged role in the contamination of the Potomac River and other local waterways for nearly 50 years during the 20th century, the office of D.C.Attorney General Karl A. Racine […]

Source: https://www.nwitimes.com/, July 17, 2020 By: Sarah Reese The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be accepting comments through Aug. 19 on a proposed cleanup plan for part of NIPSCO’s shuttered Bailly generating station in Chesterton. NIPSCO buried ash created by burning coal to generate electricity at the site in the 1960s and 1970s, EPA said. […]

Source: https://www.wthr.com/, July 16, 2020 By: Sarah Jones A small town in Indiana is now blaming a multi-billion-dollar corporation for polluting their water. Some residents of Andrews in Huntington County are swearing off the town’s water and town officials say the company responsible needs to pay up. An abandoned factory that once employed many of […]

Source: https://nmpoliticalreport.com/, July 16, 2020 By: Kendra Chamberlain The state of New Mexico has joined a multidistrict litigation against the manufacturers of the aqueous film-forming foams that were used in firefighting activities across the country and in Air Force Bases in New Mexico which led to groundwater contamination. A U.S. judicial panel earlier this year […]

Source: https://www.ack.net/, July 16, 2020 By: John Lavenburg Maddequecham Valley Road home tested positive for dangerous levels of potentially-carcinogenic contaminants called polyfluroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. “My children are bathing in cancer- causing chemicals,” Wofford wrote to the Airport Commission. “My children are brushing their teeth with cancer-causing chemicals.” It is believed those chemicals […]