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 […]

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.