Source: https://thehill.com/, December 21, 2022 By: Zack Budryk Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) this week announced a lawsuit against paper manufacturer Domtar, alleging the company’s defunct Port Huron operation contaminated the community with “forever chemicals.” In the complaint, Nessel’s office alleged that Domtar disposed of waste from production that it knew to be contaminated […]

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/, December 20, 2022 By: Allyson Chiu and Brady Dennis, Consumer products giant 3M announced Tuesday that it will stop making and using a ubiquitous class of long-lasting, hazardous chemicals that can pose health risks to millions of Americans. The Minnesota-based conglomerate, which makes widely used products including sticky notes, adhesive tape and safety […]

Source: https://wjactv.com/, December 19, 2022 By: Nicole Fuschino A Cambria County couple filed a $150,000 lawsuit against Sunoco Pipeline L.P. regarding the construction of a local pipeline. The Shawleys, who live on a private property along Allbaugh Park Road in Jackson Township, say the pipeline made their home “nearly uninhabitable.” “What we heard from Mr. […]

Source: https://www.epa.gov/, December 16, 2022 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today a proposed consent decree with 85 potentially responsible parties, requiring them to pay a total of $150 million to support the cleanup work and resolve their liability for discharging hazardous substances into the Lower Passaic […]

Source: https://www.popsci.com/, December 15, 2022 By: Zayna Syed Last month, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice announced more than a million dollars in penalties against companies for polluting local waterways. The culprits? Four solar farms in Illinois, Alabama, and Idaho. Read more.

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Source: https://www.wesa.fm/, December 12, 2022 By: Reid Frazier The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says it has found gas leaking at several wells at the same Cambria County natural gas storage site where an uncontrolled gas leak spewed a large amount of methane for nearly two weeks last month. Though the leaks aren’t as serious […]

Source: https://thecurrentga.org/, December 6, 2022 By: Mary Landers The City of Brunswick is suing Honeywell and Georgia Power over pollutants on city property that allegedly came from the companies’ nearby industrial activity beginning in the 1950s. A federal Superfund site established in 1996 to clean up the pollutants does not include city property. In a […]

Source: https://www.benzinga.com/, November 22, 2022 Over the summer, five people died from Legionnaires’ disease at a New York City nursing home. The nursing home had been cited on multiple occasions for improper maintenance of their cooling tower. This outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease is the worst since 2015 when cooling towers were blamed for the cause […]

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/, November 2022 By: Bennet Goldstein This fall, the towns and rural farmsteads along the Mississippi River received alarming news about their drinking water. Chemicals from a large 3M factory north of Cordova, Illinois found a way into the river and their wells. The facility employs about 500 people and makes the adhesives used […]

Source: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/, November 15, 2022 By: Alex Deluca Last year, hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage spilled across Miami-Dade County after contractors accidentally broke sewer mains and other sewage system components, according to a recent county report. Covering a period from January 2021 to March 2022, the report lays out the worst contractor-involved sewage […]

Source: https://www.capecodtimes.com/, November 18, 2022 By: Rachael Devaney YMCA Cape Cod has reopened its aquatic center, several weeks after chemical exposure injured seven children in October. On Wednesday the pool reopened to all aquatics programming, including swim lessons, aqua fitness, and lap swimming. And all seven children injured in the chemical exposure, returned to YMCA […]