Source: http://xlcatlin.com, August 18, 2016 What are they, and why should I care? When an insurance company pays for a loss, and someone other than its insured might be to blame, the insurance company can sue those responsible to recover the financial losses it paid on the insured’s behalf. The subrogation means that the insurance […]

Source: http://www.meadvilletribune.com, August 16, 2016 By: Keith Gushard A planned $12 million housing project in Meadville has been set back by the discovery of arsenic on the site earlier this year, but it has not derailed the plans, according to a spokeswoman for its development company. “Absolutely,” Jocelyn Bos, director of senior housing development for […]

Source: The New York Times, August 13, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com State environmental officials took action on Friday to hold the federal Defense Department accountable for water contamination in Newburgh, N.Y., saying that firefighting foam containing a dangerous chemical, used at a local military base, polluted the city’s water supply. The New York State Department […]

Source: http://www.wateronline.com, August 15, 2016 By: Sara Jerome A town in Oregon is still reeling from a train derailment two months ago, discovering the crash leaked oil into the groundwater supply. A Union Pacific oil train derailed in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge in June, raising concerns about nearby water service and knocking the wastewater system […]

Source: http://www.telegram.com, August 12, 2016 By: Brian Lee A landfill consultant to Southbridge suggests three Charlton businesses and a vacant residential property are possible sources of toxins found in residential wells in a nearby neighborhood in Charlton. Tighe & Bond’s comprehensive status report Monday to the state Department of Environmental Protection suggested InCom Inc. at […]

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 […]