Source: http://www.midhudsonnews.com, August 13, 2016 NEWBURGH – The state Department of Environmental Conservation declared the Stewart Air National Guard Base as a state superfund site and as such identified the US Department of Defense as a potentially responsible party for the PFOS contamination of the City of Newburgh’s water supply at Washington Lake. The state’s […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, August 12, 2016 By: Svetlana Shkolnikova Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and Honeywell International Inc. sought to ease residents’ concerns about the impending remediation of the Quanta Superfund site on Aug. 2 with a pair of information sessions on various health safeguards that will protect the public during a two-year, $78 million […]

Source: http://ocnjdaily.com, August 12, 2016 City Council took the first step Thursday toward possibly acquiring — either by buying or condemning them — two blighted former gasoline stations whose rusting hulks mar the appearance of the main entryway into town. The old Exxon and Getty stations at the foot of the Ninth Street corridor have […]

Source: Xinhua News Agency (China), August 9, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A group of researchers has traced highly fluorinated chemicals in drinking water supply around many of the military bases, airports and industrial sites in the United States to fire-fighting foam. The researchers, with University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University, estimate that at least […]

Source: Morning Call (Allentown, PA), August 5, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A subsidiary of ExxonMobil will pay a $400,000 fine to end a pending criminal trial alleging it intentionally and illegally polluted a Susquehanna River tributary with gas-drilling wastewater, authorities said Thursday. Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s office announced the settlement to end the 2-year-old case […]

Source: https://www.rt.com, August 8, 2016 Amid three oil spills along the Louisiana coast in two weeks, the state’s Vermilion Parish decided to join three other local governments that are suing oil and gas companies for damage done during drilling operations. In late July, Vermilion Parish announced it was suing 49 oil and gas companies for […]

Source: Decatur Daily (AL), August 5, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Attorneys for the city of Decatur and Morgan County have filed court motions that could allow the local governments to file claims against 3M Co. and other manufacturers in an ongoing lawsuit over environmental contamination with chemicals named in a recent EPA health advisory. “Who […]

Source: http://newton.wickedlocal.com, August 5, 2016 By: Jonathan Dame State environmental investigators are still trying to figure out exactly how much of Nonantum’s groundwater is contaminated with a liquid that has been linked to cancer and other serious health problems. The state has found evidence of vapor intrusion related to the contamination in around two dozen […]

Source: http://www.shorenewstoday.com, August 5, 2016 By: Andrew Parent An environmental consulting firm recently informed residents and business owners of an environmental cleanup taking place at the former Exxon gas station on Ninth Street in Ocean City. Synergy Environmental Inc., a Cherry Hill company overseeing the process for lot owner 903 Bay Ave Ocean City, LLC, […]

Source: http://ocnjdaily.com, August 5, 2016 Groundwater and soil contamination have been detected at an abandoned former gas station that has been an eyesore along Ocean City’s main gateway since it closed down five years ago. Synergy Environmental Inc., a Cherry Hill consulting firm overseeing the (old Exxon) site at Ninth Street and Bay Avenue, said […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, August 4, 2016 By: Rebecca Forand The Environmental Protection Agency has expanded the area to be tested for possible lead contamination in the Birchly Court neighborhood with 28 properties on Woodlane Drive being added to the list. Homeowners in the development, which was built in the 1990s, have found pieces of crushed car […]

Source: http://portlandtribune.com, August 5, 2016 By: Jim Redden Lawyers for the companies that acquired Monsanto have asked the federal court in Portland to dismiss a lawsuit attempting to hold them liable for local pollution created by PCBs manufactured by the original firm. The motion to dismiss filed with the US District Court in Oregon says […]