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 […]

Source: http://www.wsws.org, January 26, 2016 By: Nick Barrickman In the context of reports of the poisoning of residents of Flint, Michigan due to lead contamination in the city’s water supply, recent studies have shown lead contamination to be a widespread problem in cities and towns throughout the United States. The populations of major cities such […]

Source: https://www.rawstory.com, January 26,2016 Schools in the Ohio village of Sebring were closed for a third day on Tuesday after elevated levels of lead were found in pipes serving some homes and buildings, making it the second Midwestern region to be plagued by tainted water. Three schools in Sebring, 60 miles (97 km) northeast of […]

Source: The Charleston Gazette (WV), January 23, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Members of the state Public Service Commission tried Friday morning to sort out if, how and when they would continue a long-stalled investigation into West Virginia American Water Co.’s response to the January 2014 chemical spill that contaminated the drinking water supply for hundreds […]

Source: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), January 26, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Porter Ranch business owners filed a class-action lawsuit against the Southern California Gas Co., parent company Sempra Energy and several state regulators that seeks to recover damages from the natural gas leak that began in October. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior […]

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com, January 25, 2016 By: Doug T. Graham The Mobil gas station at the intersection of Northwest Highway and East Main Street in Barrington was shut down Monday after village officials discovered gasoline leaking from the station into a village sanitary sewer. At least two nearby households called the Barrington Fire Department complaining of […]

Source: http://www.wxyz.com, January 22, 2016 Officials at McLaren Flint regional hospital are confirming that low levels of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ Disease has been found in early tests of their water supply. The test was from August of 2014 and the hospital says that safeguards have since been put into place, and that they […]

Source: http://www.grandhaventribune.com, January 23, 2016 By: Andrea Goodell Routine inspection and maintenance activities on a gasoline pipeline at a Holland school hit a snag recently when the excavation pit dug for the repairs filled with groundwater. Wolverine Pipe Line Co. crews pumped the groundwater out of the pit for nearly a month before being told […]