Source: http://www.islandsweekly.com, February 10, 2016 By: Anna V. Smith Concern over a property with contaminated soil has prompted residents to wonder if their water is safe. A letter from the Fisherman Bay Water Association was released Feb. 1 stating their wells are being tested for benzene, a known carcinogen, and have tested negative. Steve Cade, […]

Source: http://www.elkharttruth.com, February 10, 2016 By: Ben Quiggle Elkhart Foundry brownfield site shows presence of lead and arsenic, which could stall development efforts ELKHART — A proposal to bring luxury apartments to downtown Elkhart has hit a snag because of the conditions of the old Elkhart Foundry, where the project would be located. “This development isn’t […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, February 9, 2016 By: David M. Governo and Bryna Rosen Misiura, Governo Law Firm LLC The incredible complexity and variety of environ­mental claims challenge the most seasoned claims professionals. Simply interpreting the policy and determining the actual facts are tasks fraught with ob­stacles that can lead to a bad faith claim. How can […]

Source: http://www.hngn.com, February 8, 2016 By: Jelani James New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for an investigation into the Indian Point nuclear facility’s latest mishap. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed Saturday that a leak at the Indian Point nuclear facility in Buchanan has sent contaminant into the area groundwater, causing radioactivity levels 65,000 […]

Source: https://www.dnainfo.com, February 5, 2016 By: Camille Bautista BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A contaminated former industrial site set to become home to dozens of apartments in northern Bed-Stuy is slated for environmental cleanup, according to state officials. Land at the former Cascade Linen factory at Myrtle and Marcy avenues and Stockton Street was found to have contaminated soil, […]

Source: http://www.ctpost.com, February 7, 2016 By: Hugh Bailey They linger at the bottom of rivers, in the walls of buildings and in the ground itself. Once ubiquitous for industrial purposes, polychlorinated biphenyls, better known as PCBs, have long been known to pose serious health risks. Yet nearly four decades after the U.S. stopped producing them, […]

Read here about a bankrupt chemical company that was fined $900,000 in pollution charges for contamination of a West Virginia river.

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, February 1, 2016 By: Phil Gusman With demand high and customers becoming more educated on Environmental cover, expertise becomes increasingly valuable in a market that’s keeping a watchful eye on claims. Once in the realm of niche coverages requiring a lot of education and persuasion to get buyers interested, Environmental policies are now […]

Source: https://bangordailynews.com, February 4, 2016 By: Dawn Gagnon ORRINGTON, Maine — Nearly 60 rail cars, each carrying approximately 98 tons of mercury-contaminated soil, were hauled away from Orrington in December as part of the multimillion-dollar environmental cleanup at the former HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. site. The contaminated dirt dug up on the banks of the Penobscot […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, February 4, 2016 By: Lisa Marie Segarra One group in Montclair is hoping to clean up the township by looking beneath its surface. In response to a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection list of environmentally contaminated sites that includes 70 areas in the township, the Montclair Environmental Commission intends to take action. […]

Source: http://ecowatch.com, February 4, 2016 By: Laurel Peltier The headline flew around the globe like wild fire. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published their long-awaited draft fracking drinking water study and concluded: fracking has had no widespread impact on drinking water. But if you’ve had your ear to the ground in fracking communities, something didn’t […]

Source: http://www.freep.com, February 2, 2016 By: John Wisely and Jennifer Dixon Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger filed a $100-million lawsuit today against McLaren Flint Hospital and the State of Michigan, saying they did nothing to combat an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed at least one person during the Flint water crisis. Fieger represents four Genesee County […]