Source: https://www.13newsnow.com/, March 25, 2024 By: Kathleen Lundy Cape Hatteras National Seashore has closed yet another part of the beach on Sunday because of “petroleum odors and a sheen on the ocean water,” according to Seashore staff. The Buxton Beach Access near the end of Lighthouse Road is now closed. Seashore staff observed the sheen […]

Source: https://distinguished.com/, March 13, 2024 By: Samantha Linton Emerging contaminants are chemicals in the environment that have been recently identified as posing a potential risk to the environment and public health.  These contaminants may arise from everyday products or their use in various industries.  As these contaminants are detected in the environment with increased frequency […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, March 17, 2024 By: Jordan Blumetti Kristen Burke and her husband, Harold, moved into their home in Russell Landing, a rural suburb just outside of Jacksonville, Florida, nearly 15 years ago. The quiet and tight-knit neighborhood sits next to a shaggy pine forest and a blackwater canal. “This was our dream home,” said […]

Source: https://apnews.com/, March 18, 2024 By: Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products. The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law […]

Source: https://coloradocommunitymedia.com/, March 14, 2024 By: Monte Whaley The City of Westminster is hiring an outside counsel to potentially sue some of the country’s largest chemical companies for their use of deadly “forever chemicals” that are found nearly everywhere and can’t be erased from the environment Westminster councilors this week approved plans to hire the […]

Source: https://www.brproud.com/, March 13, 2024 By: Keymonte Avery The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added a polluted site in Baton Rouge to its National Priorities List. In December 2023, the EPA listed the Exide Baton Rouge site as a proposed location to add to the National Priorities List. Exide Baton Rouge was a battery […]

Source: https://theubj.com/, March 13, 2024 By: Ella Bennet A group of prominent tire manufacturers are currently facing legal action regarding their contribution to environmental damage, specifically for using a chemical in their tire production process that is toxic to fish populations. The defendants in the lawsuit — which include Michelin, Goodyear, Bridgestone, and 10 other […]

Source: https://newschannel9.com/, March 13, 2024 A federal lawsuit alleges that the city of Calhoun, Georgia allowed a company to discharge forever chemicals known as PFAS into the Coosawattee River watershed. As a result, the lawsuit says this has contaminated Gordon County’s drinking water. Read more.

Source: https://truthout.org/, March 12, 2024 By: Zoya Teirstein The United States government said it is immune to 27 lawsuits filed by local and state governments, businesses, and property owners over the military’s role in contaminating the country with deadly PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.” The lawsuits are a small fraction of the thousands of cases […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, March 12, 2024 Federal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago, killing 98 people, said Thursday there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck. Read more.

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, March 8, 2024 By: Zachary Phillips At least two people employed by Big D Builders told the police that they had voiced concerns to the project’s supervisor, and a supervisor for Boise-based Inland Crane, which was working on the project, said he told Durrant the beams “did not look right,” the Idaho Statesman […]

Source: https://www.mondaq.com/, March 4, 2024 By: Kerri L. Barsh, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Uptick in Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites – This trend is evident both for impacted sites in general and for those formally in the state of Florida’s (EPA) Brownfields Program, which provides economic and regulatory incentives to encourage voluntary cleanup and redevelopment of commercial and […]