Source: https://www.rt.com, March 17, 2016 The city council in Portland, Oregon has unanimously voted to authorize a lawsuit against Monsanto for contaminating its waterways with cancer-causing chemicals. Six other West Coast cities are also suing the bio-agricultural corporation in federal court. City Attorney Tracy Reeve claims that Portland has already spent a significant amount of […]

Source: http://www.allgov.com, March 16, 2016 Buy: Vivian Yee, New York Times NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. — Above the Walloomsac River, where ramshackle farmhouses sit just downhill from tidy homes with organic gardens out back, the old ChemFab plant was, for many, a respected local employer from the days when this village’s prosperity depended on industry. For […]

Source: http://www.bna.com, March 2, 2016 By: Peter Hayes On the heels of a record year for mergers and acquisitions, environmental attorneys tell Bloomberg BNA companies acquiring the assets of another should take steps to reduce the chances they will face big dollar Superfund liability as a successor for hazardous waste contamination. In 2015, buyers spent […]

<Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 15, 2016 By: Kara Cleary, Barnes & Thornburg LLP When a company learns that it has a site suffering from environmental property damage, “profit” is the last thing on that company’s mind. Rather, the terms that company is more likely thinking about in this situation are those like losses, risk, environmental agency […]

Source: http://www.afro.com, March 16,2 016 By: Deborah Bailey In Flint – it’s in the water. In Baltimore –it’s in the walls.  The lead paint legacy of Baltimore’s poor and predominately Black neighborhoods is a long and tragic story unfolding in plain sight before our eyes. “Every single poor child who lives in a rental property […]

Source: http://www.constructionexec.com, February 21, 2016 By: Timothy Farrell, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC Professional liability is profoundly different from most forms of traditional insurance coverages. Unlike general or auto liability, professional liability policies include claims reporting provisions that might be unfamiliar and confounding to many contractors and inexperienced claimants. While numerous providers offer professional liability coverage, most forms are unique […]

Source: http://www.pollutiononline.com, March 10, 2016 Amid heightened scrutiny and intensified regulations, pollution incidents pose a serious risk for vital agricultural businesses Chubb today released an in-depth report detailing new and unrecognized environmental risks facing the agriculture industry. The report discusses how these businesses can help reduce pollution risks related to their operations and address potential […]

Source: http://theadvocate.com, March 13, 2016 By: Amy Wold In a small, cramped office at Gerald Moore’s auto repair shop and U-Haul rental service on Evangeline Street, two of the pictures hanging over the barred windows are a physical representation of his dream. The pictures are artist renderings of the gas station, and then convenience store, […]

Source: http://www.postandcourier.com, February 23, 2016 By: Warren L. Wise An environmental cleanup plan sheds more light on the proposed redevelopment of the former Morris Sokol Furniture store and adjoining properties in downtown Charleston. The prime piece of real estate along Upper King Street could feature “office, retail, hotel, multifamily residential and parking structures,” according to […]

Source: http://www.democracynow.org, March 11, 2016 In Pennsylvania, a court has ordered fracking company Cabot Oil & Gas to pay more than $4 million to families whose well water was contaminated by fracking. The landmark legal ruling comes after an eight-year battle between residents and Cabot. Filmmaker Josh Fox, who featured some of the families in […]

Source: http://www.texaslawyer.com, March 9, 2016 By: Angela Neville The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reversed an earlier ruling of a Houston federal court that threw out a case against Vicinay Cadenas, the manufacturer of underwater tether chains, over an alleged defective marine chain brought by Petrobras America Inc. and certain underwriters […]

Source: https://www.bostonglobe.com, March 8, 2016 By: Sean P. Murphy Wynn Resorts announced Tuesday that it will halt environmental cleanup work at the site of its planned casino because of continued objections to a state environmental permit by officials in nearby Somerville. Wynn Resorts has spent months removing arsenic, lead, and other pollutants from a portion […]