Source: https://www.lexology.com/, June 15, 2023 By: Arthur Siegal, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP On October 18, 2021, EPA issued its “PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024.” This roadmap sets out EPA’s action plan for minimizing the release of PFAS into the environment. On September 6, 2022, EPA proposed to designate Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, June 25, 2023 By: Tom Perkins The US navy is covering up dangerous levels of radioactive waste on a 40-acre former shipyard parcel in San Francisco’s waterside Hunters Point neighborhood, public health advocates charge. The land is slated to be turned over to the city as early as next year, and could be […]

Source: https://therealdeal.com/, June 21, 2023 The Millennium Tower in San Francisco now stands 1 inch straighter after a $100 million fix. Eighteen concrete piles meant to steady the sinking and tilting luxury condominium highrise have been driven into bedrock at 301 Mission Street in South of Market, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Read more.

Source: https://www.siliconvalley.com/, June 20, 2023 By: William McCarthy Martinez has long been a refinery town. Generations have worked at the sprawling complex on the east side of the city that defines the skyline. For more than a century, to live in Martinez, a city of 36,000 near San Pablo Bay, has been to co-exist with […]

Source: https://billypenn.com/, June 12, 2023 By: Meir Rinde A Philadelphia developer accused of building defective homes is in court this week fighting demands that it pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars to aggrieved homebuyers. Streamline Solutions is being sued by four families who say shoddy construction of roofs, walls, gutters and other elements allowed […]

Source: https://www.ajc.com/, June 7, 2023 By: Drew Kann A jury has already awarded $135 million to a Southwest Georgia couple whose lake was choked by muddy runoff from a massive solar installation next door. Now the federal judge who heard the case has ordered the companies behind the project to halt any further releases — […]

Source: https://www.oklahoman.com/, June 7, 2023 By: Jessie Christopher Smith Local officials and farmers are still dealing with the aftermath of a major oil spill north of Enid, where hundreds of barrels of oil mixture are estimated to have spread across Ninemile Creek in north-central Oklahoma. The oil spill was first reported Friday around 8:30 a.m. near […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, June 7, 2023 By: Tom Perkins href=”https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=ymch0045″>paper developed for cigarette maker RJ Reynolds detailed possible cancer-causing agents in tobacco, but the document would remain hidden from public view for decades. In the interim, the industry told the public: “We don’t accept the idea that there are harmful agents in tobacco.” The chemical industry, it […]

Source: https://time.com/, June 1, 2023 By: Jeffrey Kluger The female employees at the DuPont chemical company’s Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, W. Va., were not given much of an explanation in 1981 when they were all abruptly moved away from any part of the factory that produced a category of chemicals then known as C8. […]

Source: https://www.cnn.com/, June 4, 2023 By: Ramishah Maruf The companies Chemours, DuPont and Corteva announced on Friday they have agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle claims that “forever chemicals” contaminated public US water systems. The family of ubiquitous synthetic chemicals – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS – linger in the environment and the human […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, June 2, 2023 By: Irvina Ivanova Companies making so-called “forever chemicals” knew they were toxic decades before health officials, but kept that information hidden from the public, according to a peer-reviewed study of previously secret industry documents. The new study in the Annals of Global Health concluded that 3M and DuPont, the largest makers […]

Source: https://www.vnews.com/, June 1, 2023 The completion of an environmental assessment at the former Westboro Rail Yard moves the city closer to acquiring nearly 7 acres of state-owned land for creation a riverfront park. The study is a crucial step toward finalizing an agreement for the property between state and city officials. Under this agreement, […]