Source: http://www.gazettetimes.com, August 28, 2017 By: Bennett Hall With the initial cleanup completed, workers are preparing to remove contaminated soil from the site of an oil spill that dumped an undetermined amount of pollution into the Willamette River in downtown Corvallis last week. Between 50 and 75 gallons of used motor oil was released Wednesday […]

Source: http://www.greenvilleonline.com, August 22, 2017 By: Judith Bainbridge For six months in 1986, four Greenville News reporters researched, investigated and interviewed experts and local citizens alike in order to write a six-week series on PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) contamination in the waterways of Pickens County. Suspected of causing cancer in humans, the major symptoms of PCB poisoning are […]

Source: http://billingsgazette.com, August 15, 2017 By: Tom Lutey Talen Energy has put a $138 million price tag on capping Colstrip Power Plant’s toxic coal ash ponds. The co-owner and operator of the southeast Montana coal-fired power plant submitted the required estimates earlier this month to the state’s Department of Environmental Quality. Capping the ash ponds […]

Source: http://www.advisen.com, August 16, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A lawsuit has been filed against King Spa in Dallas by two people who say they contracted Legionnaires’ disease after visiting the 24-hour Korean spa. Adam Flores, who visited the spa on Feb. 16, and Stacey DeLeon, who visited on March 28, both developed serious respiratory issues […]

Source: Houston Chronicle, August 15, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Heavy rain may have softened the environmental blow of a large wastewater spill in the Delaware River near West Texas oil fields earlier this month, officials say. Before dawn on Aug. 1, a few miles south of the Texas border with New Mexico, an over-pressured flow […]

Source: http://www.willitsnews.com, August 8, 2017 By: Ariel Carmona Jr. A state funded grant program designed to allow agencies to tackle projects addressing potential harm to human health and safety caused by surface groundwater contamination will be partly used to help clean up the former Redwood Empire Cleaners property, according to a spokesperson for the North […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, August 9, 2017 By: Patricia L. Boye-Williams, Murtha Cullina LLP Owners, lessors, lessees, and developers of retail and other commercial properties are often unaware of the scope of environmental laws that apply to their businesses and/or properties. Unfortunately, they often become aware that they have failed to register for a required permit or […]

Source: https://patch.com, August 10,2 017 By: Marc Torrence The site, between First and Third streets and Third and Fourth avenues, will be investigated by the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program. The Con Edison service yard in Gowanus will undergo a cleanup of toxic chemicals overseen by state officials, according to the New York Department of Environmental […]

Source: http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com, August 8, 2017 By: Thomas Friestad Two weeks after a 75-gallon spill of home heating oil at the Pennwood Crossing mobile home community in Falls, contractors have not yet begun to clean up the contaminated soil. The community’s managers did, though, place and later remove kitty litter-esque chemical absorbent to soak up the oil […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, August 9, 2017 By: Ben Solis Ford Motor Company and its Livonia Transmission Plant are facing a second lawsuit regarding a chemical plume that has allegedly polluted groundwater, soil and created chemical vapors near homes in the city’s Alden Village neighborhood. A group of 130 homeowners is planning to file suit in Wayne County […]

Source: http://www.roanoke.com, August 7, 2017 By: Laurence Hammack State regulators have cited a fuel distributor for an underground gas leak at a Grandin Road convenience store that caused the evacuation of about 15 homes in October. Conny Oil Inc. of Roanoke will pay a fine of $19,425 as part of an agreement with the Virginia […]

Source: Detroit Free Press, August 5, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Health officials across the state are trying to determine what’s causing a 143% increase in cases of Legionnaires’ disease, a respiratory infection that can be deadly, especially for people with weak immune systems. “In the warm months, there is an increase in Legionnaires’,” said Jennifer […]