Source: https://www.king5.com/, May 8, 2023 Sound Transit said its riders should expect regular services Monday morning, over a week after construction damage to a station interrupted service. The Link light rail returned to regular service Monday, with trains running every 10 minutes instead of the normal eight minutes while service ramps up, according to Sound Transit. The […]

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/, May 5, 2023 By: Christina Jedra Failures by a defense contractor and lax oversight by the Navy led to the release of 1,300 gallons of toxic firefighting chemicals at the Red Hill fuel facility in November, according to an investigation the military released Friday afternoon. The contractor, Kinetix, botched the installation of a […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, May 7, 2023 By: Tom Perkins Some of the United States’ most widely used food pesticides are contaminated with “potentially dangerous” levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, new testing of the products finds. The Environmental Protection Agency has previously been silent on PFAS in food pesticides, even as it found the chemicals in non-food crop products. […]

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, May 7, 2023 By: Aria Bendix Around 650 Hawaii residents have been relying on bottled water since March, after the state health department detected synthetic chemicals, known as PFAS, in the local water system. The contamination dates back to at least October, when Hawaii’s Department of Health detected the chemicals in one of […]

Source: https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/, May 4, 2023 By: Tim Gannon Fifteen new areas of PFAS contamination have been discovered at the former Navy/Northrop Grumman site, particularly around the 10,000-foot western runway at Enterprise Park at Calverton, Navy engineers said at an April 19 meeting of the Navy’s Restoration Advisory Board. Read more.

Source: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/, May 4, 2023 A federal jury has awarded a Georgia couple $135.5 million for damages to their property by a Tennessee-based solar company and its contractor. The award against Silicon Ranch Corp. and its contractor, IEA Inc., was announced Friday by James E. Butler, attorney for plaintiffs Shaun and Amie Harris who live […]

Source: https://www.mprnews.org/, May 4, 2023 By: Catharine Richert The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is suing the owners of a gas station in Elgin, alleging they leaked 10,000 gallons of gasoline over the course of 41 days last year, with some of the gas reaching the community’s water system. The complaint, filed in Olmsted County District […]

Source: https://specialty.gaig.com/ Successfully completing a development project in New York City is a dream to many. However, when it comes to development, the process of taking a bite out of the ‘Big Apple’ can be as hectic as the city that never sleeps. Navigating clean-up during development in NYC can be confusing, compounded by the […]

Source: https://specialty.gaig.com/ Over the past decades, China – recently known as the world’s factory – has grown to become the largest global manufacturer. For many companies the decision to move production to China was essentially synonymous with producing goods at the cheapest possible price. Combined with inexpensive exporting costs, goods could easily be manufactured in […]

Source: https://www.mycentraljersey.com/, April 26, 2023 By: Susan Loyer The state Department of Environmental Protection has filed a lawsuit to seek the remediation of a transformer oil discharge containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at the former Michelin tire site, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and DEP Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced. The 28-page lawsuit was filed against SB […]

Source: https://www.tampabay.com/, April 26, 2023 By: Max Chesnes Enough treated wastewater to fill more than 1,000 bathtubs dumped into Boca Ciega Bay on April 14 after a contractor working for Duke Energy hit a pipe during construction, according to a state pollution notice. Roughly 45,000 gallons of reclaimed water spilled from the 4-inch water pipe […]

Source: https://www.fox4news.com/, April 26, 2023 By: Lori Brown A jury has returned an $860 million verdict against Greystar real estate developer for the 2019 Old East Dallas crane collapse that killed one woman. The verdict is $160 million more than the amount asked for by Smith’s family. Read more.