Source: http://enewspf.com, July 8, 2016 Madigan Also Files Order to Ensure Apartment is Vacant While Lead Paint is Addressed Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Thursday against a suburban property owner for violating the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act by failing to fix cracked and peeling lead paint in a Berwyn […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, July 1, 2016 By: Scott Fallon and Holly Stewart A group of residents submitted a petition to borough officials Friday that they hope will lead to the excavation of tons of toxic material from a portion of the Ford Superfund site. The petition is the first step towards a likely borough-wide vote this […]

Source: http://wyomingpublicmedia.org, July 1, 2016 By: Maryam Jameel & Center for Public Integrity Sixty years after his service in the Army, Jesse Eakin still completes his outfits with a pin that bears a lesson from the Korean War: Never Impossible. That maxim has been tested by a low-grade but persistent threat far different than the […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, July 5, 2016 By: James M. O’Neill Workers have cleared away trees along Pompton Lake in the first step of a long-awaited project to dredge mercury-laced sediment from the lake, a legacy of DuPont’s former munitions plant nearby. But even as the three-year project finally begins, questions linger about how the $50 million […]

Source: http://inewsnetwork.org, July 1, 2016 By: Maryam Jameel Sixty years after his service in the Army, Jesse Eakin still completes his outfits with a pin that bears a lesson from the Korean War: Never Impossible. That maxim has been tested by a low-grade but persistent threat far different than the kind Eakin encountered in Korea: […]

Source: http://www.santamariasun.com, June 29, 2016 By: David Minsky On June 27, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it’s seeking public comment for a new installment in a settlement reached years ago between the agency and the companies that used a location in Northern Santa Barbara County formerly owned by Casmalia Resources as a site […]

Source: http://thehill.com, June 29, 2016 By: Cathy Duvall Since 1980, EPA’s Superfund program has protected families and the environment by cleaning up of some of the nation’s worst toxic waste sites. While any process to cleanup and ensure the safety of these sites takes time, the EPA has a demonstrated a strong record of success. […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 28, 2016 By: Joshua B. Frank and Martha S. Thomsen, Baker Botts LLP Right now, a number of lawsuits alleging coal ash contamination in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) remain pending in federal district courts across the country. These suits, typically brought […]

Source: http://www.masslive.com, June 28, 2016 By: Stephanie Barry A demolition company in eastern Massachusetts has been fined $10,000 by state environmental watchdogs for flouting asbestos clean-up standards at the former Uniroyal site. According to a statement released by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), it fined Costello Dismantling Company, Inc., of West Wareham, after […]

Source: http://wtvr.com, June 28, 2016 By: Wayne Covil HOPEWELL, Va. — Clouds of steam from an empty storefront, near a Hopewell neighborhood, alarmed residents. They were scared that the steam contained harmful chemicals. CBS 6 Problem Solvers reached out to the Department of Environmental Quality about the issue. “I’m very concerned, I’m concerned for me […]

Source: http://www.fox4now.com, June 29, 2016 LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Lee County School board unanimously approved a deal to build the new Bonita Springs High School on Imperial Parkway despite contamination concerns. “It’s appalling, in my opinion, thank you, I urge you not to sign that contract,” resident Barbara Watkins pleaded to the board. The […]

Source: http://www.heraldbulletin.com, June 27, 2016 By: Ken de la Bastide State removing underground tanks Work has started on the removal of underground storage tanks at the site of a former gas station on the west side of Edgewood Plaza. Last year, the Indiana Finance Authority announced that its brownfield program was authorized to award over […]