Source: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/13/texas-abandoned-oil-wells-railroad-commission/, October 13, 2022 By: Amal Ahmed Schuyler Wight is a fourth-generation rancher who has raised longhorn cattle outside Midland for decades. Wight is no geologist, but over the years, he’s had to familiarize himself with what lies underground. Scattered across his sprawling 20,000-acre ranch are more than 100 abandoned oil and gas wells […]

Source: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/, October 14, 2022 By: Cami Mondeaux D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing a major chemical manufacturer, alleging the company knowingly contaminated local rivers with pollutants for decades. Racine filed a lawsuit against Velsicol in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division on Thursday, accusing the company of contaminating the Potomac and Anacostia rivers with […]

Source: https://www.defenselitigationinsider.com/, October 12, 2022 By: Max Swetman & Emily Sample Early results show that using bioremediation to break down “forever chemicals” is working at an airport around Madison, Wisconsin. At the Dane County Regional Airport, scientists are introducing microbes into the groundwater to reduce the presence of PFAS in the water. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]

Source: https://abc11.com/, October 2, 2022 Clayton officials confirm a tip from someone in the town who smelled fuel led to the discovery of a kerosene leak in the Main Street area. The fuel odor was reported around 9:00 a.m. Saturday. The Clayton Fire Department was dispatched to investigate the issue and determined there had been […]

Source: https://www.newscentermaine.com/, October 11, 2022 By: Patrick Whittle The owner of a former chemical plant that dumped mercury into the Penobscot River must pay at least $187 million to remove the contamination in a resolution to a decades-long legal battle. A federal judge on Tuesday approved the settlement calling for Mallinckrodt U.S. LLC to pay […]

Source: https://www.wcax.com/, October 10, 2022 By: Katharine Huntley Has the chemical contamination that forced the closure of Burlington High School actually made people sick? That’s the claim in a new federal lawsuit that goes after the manufacturer of the chemicals. It was first reported by our media partners at Seven Days. At issue here are the polychlorinated […]

Source: https://www.gadsdentimes.com/, October 5, 2022 By: Donna Thornton After jury selection began for a trial in Etowah County Circuit Court, a settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by the Gadsden Water Works and Sewer Board accusing several companies of putting dangerous chemicals in the river that supplies water for the City of Gadsden. According […]

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, October 10, 2022 By: Danica Jefferies On a daily basis, many people in the U.S. could be exposed to a potentially cancer-causing chemical used in the world’s most common weedkillers. Data shows that people in the Midwest, parts of the South and Colorado have the highest exposure.  Read more.

Source: https://www.the-daily-record.com/, October 9, 2022 By: Bryce Buyakie Sitting empty at 517 E. Liberty St., the former Tire Centers Inc. auto repair garage is boarded up, with “keep out” signs posted. While the gray, vacant property is harmless on the surface, underneath the building is a hazard — soil polluted by gasoline that seeped into the ground […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, October 7, 2022 By: Tom Perkins Toxic PFAS chemicals have been detected in seven out of 10 insecticides tested in the US, according to new research. Six contained what the study’s lead author characterized as “screamingly high” levels of PFOS, one of the most dangerous PFAS compounds. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has known […]

Source: https://www.wlbt.com/, October 3, 2022 By: Brendan Hall The Regency Hotel and Conference Center is officially shut down as a result of noncompliance, including mold infestation. Code enforcement officers put up several condemnation cards around the property just before noon Monday. The city of Jackson’s interim director of planning said, according to the judge’s order, […]

Source: https://www.news4jax.com/, September 30, 2022 By: Matthew Brown A subsidiary of London-based oil giant BP agreed to finish its cleanup of a 300-square mile (776-square kilometer) site in Montana that’s contaminated with arsenic and other pollutants from decades of copper smelting, and to repay the U.S. government $48 million in response costs. Under a legal decree filed […]