Source: http://amestrib.com, February 2, 2016 By: Sarina Rhinehart The Story County Board of Supervisors are calling for swifter action on a leaking underground gasoline tank in Nevada that has contaminated soil and groundwater at the former Dairy Queen building and neighboring properties. The leaking tank sits under the unoccupied building on Lincoln Way, which was […]

Source: http://www.globalresearch.ca, February 3, 2016 By: Genevieve Leigh Last week, Seattle, Washington became the latest addition to the list of cities filing lawsuits against multinational corporation Monsanto, joining San Diego, San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley in California, along with Spokane, Washington. These efforts, led by San Diego-based law firm Gomez Trial Attorneys, aim to extract […]

Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com, February2 , 2016 BY: Pamela Wood A group of state lawmakers wants to require big poultry companies to be responsible for the manure from their chickens that are raised on family farms — forcing a change in practice that the industry has opposed. The Poultry Litter Requirement Act has the backing of top […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, February 1, 2016 By: Marcel Riciardelli Most tenants assume their rented home will be a safe environment. But what if they couldn’t really breathe easily in their home because the air was contaminated? When we think of environmental risk, we think of the traditional causes — fires, explosions, leaking tanks or pipelines, and […]

Source: http://www.contracostatimes.com, February 1, 2016 By: Sarah Tan After years of lying abandoned and contaminated, Point Molate is one step closer to being clean. After an $11 million project removed over 200,000 tons of soil and six million gallons of contaminated water from the former U.S. Navy fuel storage depot there, part of the 320-acre […]

Source: http://theadvocate.com, February 1, 2016 By: Richard Burgess A state lawsuit filed Monday seeks to force the cleanup of an old railroad yard along the Evangeline Thruway near downtown, raising concerns about decades-old contamination possibly threatening Lafayette’s water supply. The state Department of Environmental Quality has long known about the contaminated site, which it has […]

Source: https://www.earthworksaction.org, January 29, 2016 By: Bonnie Gestring It was good news all around today for the millions of families that live near polluted industrial sites, and the American taxpayers who have footed the cleanup bill all too often. Today, the Court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop letting polluters off the hook […]

Source: http://www.idahoconservation.org, January 29, 2016 By: Justin Hayes The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to stop letting polluters off the financial hook for contamination they caused. The judges directed the EPA to finalize long-awaited “financial assurance” (i.e. bonding) regulations that will first apply to […]

Source: http://www.travelpulse.com, January 28, 2016 By: Donald Wood Officials representing the Lac Vieux Desert Resort Casino in Watersmeet, Michigan, have reported that the Legionella bacterium—the cause of Legionnaire’s disease—has been discovered inside the resort’s hotel. According to Harri Leigh of UpperMichigansSource.com, a customer staying at the hotel was found to have the sickness, causing officials […]

Source: http://www.lawandenvironment.com, January 28, 2016 By: Kathleen Brill On Tuesday, insurance giant AIG announced a major restructuring designed to make it a “more profitable and focused insurer.” Apparently as a result of these efforts to streamline and slim down, AIG has begun notifying holders of its Pollution Legal Liability insurance that it will no longer […]

Source: http://www.bayjournal.com, January 28, 2016 By: Tim Wheeler Following the lead of several other states, Maryland is preparing to sue the oil industry for the costs of cleaning up a one-time gasoline additive that’s contaminated   water across the state. Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved Wednesday a plan by Attorney General Brian E. Frosh to […]

Source: http://uppermichiganssource.com, January 27,2016 By: Harri Leigh Officials from Lac Vieux Desert Resort Casino say the Legionella bacterium, which causes Legionnaire’s disease, has been found in the the resort’s hotel. After one guest contracted the illness, they evacuated the building. Water samples from the hotel tested positive for the bacteria. Officials say they have already […]