Source: https://www.thepress.net/, October 27, 2022 By: Melissa van Ruiten Hazardous materials cleanup has begun at the long-vacant Delta Cleaners property in Brentwood. The building at 219 Oak St. was demolished in June of 2020, leaving behind hazardous amounts of the dry-cleaning solvents tetrachloroethene, also known as perchlorethylene (PCE), and trichloroethene (TCE) in the soil, soil […]

Source: https://www.edweek.org/, October 27, 2022 By: Mark Lieberman In late August 2020, Beth Fialko-Casey pulled into the parking lot at Burlington High School in Vermont for her first day back to in-person teaching since the pandemic began. But as the English teacher and president of the local teachers’ union stepped out of her car, she […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, October 27, 2022 By: Drew Rothman and Mitch Cohen Wood framing is a $24 billion U.S. industry that covers the “new construction, alterations, maintenance, repairs and additions” of both residential and commercial structures like mixed-use facilities, according to research from IBISWorld. Although recently impacted by the pandemic, labor and material shortages, supply chain issues and […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, October 26, 2022>/span> Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree that requires it to pay $9.8 million for the cleanup of contamination at the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site (Lane Street Site) in Elkhart, Indiana, and to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a portion of its past […]

Source: https://www.manufacturing.net/, October 25, 2022 By: Nolan Beilstein, Eric Sorensen The release of a group of toxic chemicals called PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are used in firefighting foam, has resulted in separate lawsuits on opposite ends of the U.S. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports a town in Wisconsin named Peshtigo filed a lawsuit […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, October 20, 2022 By: Laura Schulte A fire at a Michigan paper mill that jumped to a nearby warehouse caused a release of toxic “forever chemicals” into the Menominee River last week, likely impacting the drinking water for residents in Marinette. The fire started at a 70-acre warehouse space belonging to Resolute Forest […]

Source: https://www.news4jax.com/, October 18, 2022 Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners. More than a dozen groups that track what policies insurers have on high-emissions activities say the industry is turning its […]

Source: https://greensboro.com/, October 18, 2022 By: Annette Ayres Attorney General Josh Stein has filed two new lawsuits against manufacturers of a firefighting foam, alleging that so-called forever chemicals in the foam led to contamination at two military facilities and at Piedmont Triad International Airport. “In our filing with the court, we allege that these companies […]

Source: https://vtdigger.org/, October 18, 2022 By: Patrick Crowley The Burlington School District is entering a crowded field. In announcing plans to file a lawsuit against the agrochemical company Monsanto, the district joined numerous other municipalities and individuals seeking damages for contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a hazardous group of chemicals produced until the late 1970s. […]

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 […]