Source: http://courthousenews.com, December 20, 2016 By: Nick Rummell A small town in New Jersey has sued DuPont for $1.1 billion, claiming it dumped more than 100 million lbs. of toxic waste into soil and water near the Delaware River, “a disaster worse than Exxon Valdez” that will take 1,000 years to clean up. Carneys Point […]

Source: http://www.leaderherald.com, December 20, 2016 By: Mike Anich City to take over old leather building The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday finished cleaning up the closed, former Carville National Leather Corp. building, which the city will eventually take over. The Common Council first heard in July that the EPA was going to clean up […]

Source: http://www.virginiabusiness.com, December 15, 2016 The commonwealth will benefit from a $50 million settlement with DuPont stemming from the release of mercury from the company’s former Waynesboro plant, federal and state officials announced Thursday. They say the settlement with the chemical company would be the largest natural resources settlement in Virginia history. Mercury released into […]

Source: http://www.godanriver.com, December 15, 2016 By: Graham Moomaw Virginia and federal officials have reached a $50 million environmental damages settlement with DuPont chemical company, the largest agreement of its kind in state history, over the decades-old mercury contamination of the Shenandoah River system. The settlement, announced Thursday at a news conference in Richmond, includes a […]

Source: http://www.masslive.com, December 14, 2016 By: Conor Berry Water contamination issues are improving at the former Games and Lanes property, according to Site Redevelopment Technologies, the Foxborough company that owns the Agawam parcel at 346-350 Walnut St. Extension. Members of the Agawam City Council, speaking during meetings last week and last month, expressed frustration over […]

Source: Berkley Environmental, December 14, 2016 Legionella is a bacteria that can grow in hot tubs, cooling towers, hot water tanks, large plumbing systems, or the air-conditioning systems of large buildings. The bacteria spreads through the inhalation of water vapor and can cause Legionnaires’ disease. Legionnaires’ disease is a severe, often fatal, form of pneumonia […]

Bill Simpich enjoys the panoramic views from the San Francisco Bay Trail in Marina Bay so much that he bought a house nearby about a year ago. “I like it here,” said Simpich, walking his dog along the trail last month. “But if I had kids, I would have never moved here.” Marina Bay used […]

Source: http://www.modeldmedia.com, December 12, 2016 By: Nina Ignaczak Wayne State University urban geology professor Jeffrey Howard knows Detroit dirt. As a teacher and researcher, he’s been digging into Detroit’s vacant land and industrial sites over the last several decades in an effort to better understand and classify the city’s soils, many of which are disturbed […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, December 8, 2016 By: Andrew Dodson Bay City officials have applied for a $200,000 Brownfield Cleanup Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address contamination issues at the former Surath Scrap Yard, a piece of property they say could be home to Bay City’s next big development. A year ago, the Bay […]

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com, December 8, 2016 By: Joe Rubin “This just feels like a violation of the compact between government and the public to protect us.” Last April, residents of Sacramento’s working-class Mangan Park neighborhood were invited by city officials to a meeting to discuss a health scare involving the presence of lead particulate in their […]

Source: http://www.sanluisobispo.com, December 8, 2016 By: Matt Fountain Three business properties in the Thread Lane/Buckley Road area next to the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport will be investigated as potential sources of trichloroethylene (TCE), a toxic solvent found to exceed safe levels in groundwater in the Buckley Road area in January 2016. On Thursday, […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, December 7, 2016 By: Melissa Hillebrand Market seeing a rush of claims approaching, and even topping, billion-dollar losses While more risks exist in the energy industry than ever before and challenges to underwriters have never been as great, opportunities still abound for insurers willing to do their due diligence in a market that […]