Source: http://www.post-gazette.com, January 20, 2017 By: Amy Philips-Haller The site of the former Star City Cinemas in South Fayette contains contamination and will be cleaned up before a potential buyer moves forward with plans for a hotel and offices on the property. The Star City parcel, at the Interstate 79 and Route 50 interchange near Washington […]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 18 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Financial technology giant NCR said Tuesday it has entered a “consent decree” to settle longstanding litigation over environmental cleanup of a polluted Wisconsin River. Duluth-based NCR is one of a number of companies, including Georgia-Pacific, involved in the years-long settlement and cleanup efforts over pollutants from […]

Source: http://www.mcclatchydc.com, January 18m 2017 By: Sammy Fretwell A company owned by President-elect Donald Trump is seeking South Carolina’s approval to limit its liability for pollution at a North Charleston industrial site once affiliated with Trump’s son. DB Pace Acquisitions, which lists the president-elect as owner, has asked the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental […]

Source: http://news10.com, January 18, 2017 By: Noel McLaren Ricketts Dry Cleaning has been shut down for about three years, but the EPA says its chemicals are still here and may have seeped into the ground water. “I mean it affects your whole quality of life, your everything, your property value, your health,” said Beverly Thompson. […]

Source: http://abc7ny.com, January 18, 2017 By: Lucy Yang Englewood Hospital is facing a different kind of emergency: lead contamination in its water. According to the medical center: “Water samples tested on December 21, 2016, from some of our buildings were found to have levels of lead which exceed the federal action level of 15 parts […]

Source: http://www.mndaily.com, January 18, 2017 By: Katie Hutton It was originally thought that the trichloroethylene contamination was from a single source, but research has found multiple more sources north of Hennepin Ave. Officials don’t know where additional soil contamination from trichloroethylene and other chemicals that have been found in the Southeast Como area are coming […]

Source: http://www.redbluffdailynews.com, January 7, 2017 Environmental cleanup is slated to start Monday at the site of a former Pacific Gas & Electric Co. manufactured gas plant along the Sacramento River in downtown. Under the oversight of the Department of Toxic Substances Control, PG&E will clean up site soils impacted by historic gas making activities at […]

Source: STAT News, December 27, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear pollution from the site has contaminated their groundwater and they worry the school hasn’t been completely up front with them. […]

Source: Providence Journal (RI), December 23, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday that a settlement agreement worth an estimated $40.3 million has been filed in federal court that will continue the cleanup of the Peterson/Puritan Superfund site, a polluted property that covers 980 acres in Cumberland and Lincoln along […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 21, 2016 By: James M. McClammer, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Alcoa Domestic LLC’s request that the court dismiss claims against it regarding a previously owned site, finding that Alcoa may be in breach of the Purchase and Sales […]

Source: http://theind.com, December 20, 2016 By: Wynce Nolley Local attorney continues his fight to protect Lafayette’s main source of drinking water Lafayette environmental attorney William Goodell held a press conference in front of the Rosa Parks Transportation Center Tuesday afternoon ahead of the I-49 Executive Committee’s regular monthly meeting to discuss how the proposed I-49 […]

Source: http://iowawatch.org, December 20, 2016 By: Lauren Shotwell Arsenic, a naturally occurring element found in bedrock, soil and groundwater across Iowa and, if ingested over a long period of time, is associated with increased risks of certain types of cancer and with diabetes and cardiovascular and neurological issues. In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency adopted […]