Source: https://patch.com/, August 22, 2022 By: Neal McNamara Eversource has submitted a plan to state environmental regulators describing how the utility will clean up a contaminated former gas plant site in south Framingham. The former gas plant at 350 Irving St. closed in 2008, but the 25-acre site has remained contaminated with PCBs, lead, cyanide […]

Source: https://fox8.com/, August 22, 2022 By: Danielle Cotterman Emergency crews responded to the scene of a chemical release in Stark County Monday. According to officials, the incident took place just before 8 a.m. Monday at US Ecology, 2050 Central Avenue SE. According to Scott Johnson with Canton Township Fire, 5 people were affected by the chemicals. All 5 were […]

Source: https://news.northwestern.edu/, August 18, 2022 By: Amanda Morris PFAS, a group of manufactured chemicals commonly used since the 1940s, are called “forever chemicals” for a reason. Bacteria can’t eat them; fire can’t incinerate them; and water can’t dilute them. And, if these toxic chemicals are buried, they leach into surrounding soil, becoming a persistent problem […]

Source: https://www.nbcwashington.com/, August 20, 2022 By: Jackie Bensen Residents of base housing at the Fort Belvoir Army Installation in Fairfax County, Virginia, say they’re experiencing asthma flareups, skin rashes, headaches and other health problems due to mold in their homes. The residents said they don’t fault the U.S. Army but the company hired to build […]

Source: https://lawstreetmedia.com/, August 17, 2022 By: David Herman The state of New Hampshire has sued McCord Corporation, alleging violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) over environmental damage that McCord’s subsidiary (then named Davidson Rubber, Inc.), allegedly caused at its factory. According to the complaint, between 1966 and 2006, Davidson Rubber’s manufacture of  […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, August 18, 2022 By: Wilfred Chan It sounded like a dream come true, complete with a handsome prince riding to the rescue: the construction of 109 new, sustainable, flood-proof and affordable houses in New Orleans’s Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward, all thanks to movie star Brad Pitt. But the houses that were built […]

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, August 17, 2022 We previously reported on various Georgia PFAS lawsuits that allege drinking water pollution from the carpet manufacturing industry based in Dalton, Georgia (the “carpet capital of the world”). As we reported, the lawsuits named numerous downstream users of PFAS as responsible entities in the litigation, and we predicted that the lawsuits […]

Source: https://mainebeacon.com/, August 16, 2022 By: Dan Neumann A federal judge has indicated support for one of largest environmental settlements in Maine history, signaling a possible resolution to a decades-long legal battle over mercury pollution in the Penobscot River. U.S. District Judge John Woodcock has given conditional approval to a consent decree that would require Mallinckrodt […]

Source: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/, August 16, 2022 As the rotten egg smell caused by a chemical release continues to waft in parts of South Jersey, a lawsuit has been filed against the trucking company and maker of the chemical causing the stench and a town hall is planned to address residents’ concerns. A woman filed the suit against TransChem […]

Source: https://www.vox.com/, August 16, 2022 By: Liz Scheltens In the 1950s, the US and Canada embarked on a massive project to widen the St. Lawrence River, transforming the region to facilitate commerce, attract industry, and boost both nations’ economies. But there was a third nation in the region whose people were not consulted, and whose […]

Source: https://www.fox2detroit.com/, August 11, 2022 A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in a dispute over whether two engineering firms should bear some responsibility for Flint’s lead-contaminated water. Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, known as LAN, were accused of not doing enough to get […]

Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/, August 9, 2022 By: Matt Markovich Construction design contracts address important legal issues and allocate risk between design professionals and owners. But some owners do not adequately scrutinize the provisions of contracts because the legal terms and conditions are typically attached to the very end of the proposal and are written in fine […]