Source: http://mynewsla.com, April 20, 2016 By: Hillary Jackson Federal environmental regulators announced that 66 companies will collectively spend about $78 million to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corp. Superfund site in Whittier. The settlement requires the companies to spend $70 million to install wells and operate a groundwater treatment system in the […]

Source: http://www.reporternewspapers.net, April 29, 2016 By: John Ruch A 9-acre shopping center at 7300 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs will hit the market for some type of redevelopment, according to its property manager. But first, the owners are dealing with a former dry cleaner’s chemical pollution, which the state worries may be entering nearby homes […]

Source: http://www.denverpost.com, April 20. 2016 By: Kirk Mitchell Coca Mines has agreed to pay a $6 million settlement to federal and state environmental regulators for expenses linked to hazardous waste cleanup costs near Creede. The Environmental Protection Agency had sued Coca Mines Inc. for cleanup of hazardous substances in the Nelson Tunnel and the Commodore […]

Source: Cumberland Times-News (MD), April 16, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com There is a detectable change in the quality of Garrett County’s air when winds blow toward Western Maryland from fracking operations in neighboring states, a federal researcher said Thursday. Although hydraulic fracturing of the earth to obtain natural gas is not yet allowed in Maryland, […]

Source: https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com, April 8, 2016 By: Linda Larsen A patient was sickened with Legionnaires’ Disease at the IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana last week. The illness was transmitted through the water in the hospital. The IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer said that the results were […]

Source: http://www.nhregister.com, April 13, 2016 By: Luther Turmelle It will take a $3 million environmental cleanup before a former manufacturing facility on West Main Street can be turned into an arts center, one of the project’s founders has told town officials. Jeffrey Guimond told the Town Council Tuesday that an environmental assessment of the Ball […]

Source: http://www.wsoctv.com, April 11, 2016 By: Stephanie Maxwell A North Charlotte neighborhood is looking for answers, after an environmental report found dangerous chemicals in the ground blamed on a longtime dry cleaners nearby. The report shows a sample taken back in 2013 found groundwater contamination traced to chemicals from American Dry Cleaners. The report found […]

Source: http://www.latimes.com, April 12, 2016 By: Abby Sewell Los Angeles County public health officials who tested the soil outside 500 homes in the area surrounding the now-closed Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon found all but eight have levels of lead that will require cleanup. The findings came in a report released Tuesday by the county’s […]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org, April 14, 2016 By: Samantha Page The body of evidence is growing that fracking is not only bad for the global climate, it is also dangerous for local communities. And affected communities are growing in number. The report, released Thursday, details the sheer amount of water contamination, air pollution, climate impacts, and chemical […]

Source: http://www.fminet.com, April 2016 Message from Chris Daum, FMI’s CEO Today’s engineering and construction (E&C) industry talent challenges are not new. However, we are at a critical inflection point: Ten thousand baby boomers are retiring daily across the U.S., leaving behind an incredible void of knowledge and experience — particularly in the engineering and construction  […]

Source: http://www.alternet.org, April 13, 2016 By: Martha Rosenberg, Ronnie Cummins Chemical fertilizer pollutes the environment, disrupts the climate and damages human and animal health. What do you know about the worldwide chemical fertilizer industry? If you’re like most people, not much. There’s plenty of press coverage and consumer awareness when it comes to genetically engineered […]

Source: http://www.ecy.wa.gov, April 4, 2016 Redevelopment plan first addresses contaminated soil and groundwater SEATTLE – Cleanup work could begin as soon as this spring on a contaminated site near Green Lake in Seattle under a proposed legal agreement between the Washington Department of Ecology and the property owner. Ecology seeks public comment on the agreement, […]