Source: https://www.wqad.com/, April 4, 2022 By: Shelby Kluver The Illinois attorney general alleges that 3M knowingly manufactured and used dangerous chemicals for years, ultimately contaminating the nearby Mississippi River, residential wells and surface, ground and drinking water around its Cordova facility, according to a new lawsuit. Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed the suit in Rock […]

Source: https://www.spokesman.com/, April 5, 2022 By: Colin Tiernan Forty -five years ago, a Spokane County business could truck its used industrial solvents and degreasers to the Colbert landfill and pour them into an open trench, 55-gallon barrel by 55-gallon barrel. From 1975 to 1980, Spokane County allowed Keytronic, Fairchild Air Force Base and others to […]

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/, April 5, 2022 By: Keith Edwards An underground explosion Monday morning at the Exit 43 Quik Stop, off Route 197 near Interstate 295 in Richmond, forced temporary closure of the gas station and convenience store, prompted evacuation of nearby businesses and led to a brief road closure, according to officials. Chief John Bellino […]

Source: https://www.vcstar.com/, April 1, 2022 By: Cheri Carlson California regulators have ordered Boeing to clean up lead-contaminated soil in Sage Ranch Park in Simi Valley. The state Department of Toxic Substances Control says the cleanup is required on about 31 acres contaminated by lead shot, skeet fragments and clay pigeon debris left over from when the area […]

Source: https://www.claimsjournal.com/, March 29, 2022 By: Tom Hals Bayer AG reached an $80 million settlement with Ohio to resolve environmental damage allegedly caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, made by the company’s Monsanto business, the state attorney general said on Thursday. The funds from the German company, which did not admit liability, will be used […]

Source: https://nj1015.com/, April 4, 2022 By: Patrick Lavery The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has filed a lawsuit seeking damages against Connecticut-based Hexcel Corporation, which for 13 years operated a manufacturing plant in this Bergen County borough where storage tanks leaked fuel and toxic chemicals into the groundwater. In a release Monday, the state Office […]

Source: https://sfist.com/, April 11, 2022 By: Joe Kukura A three-year legal battle leaves Lennar Inc. and developer FivePoint Holdings on the hook for $6.3 million, after a U.S. District Court judge just approved a settlement with homeowners who were misled and bought property contaminated with toxic waste. The so-called “revitalization” of the Hunters Point Shipyard had a […]

Source: https://www.kcentv.com/, March 27, 2022 By: Fe;isa Cardenas Killeen Emergency crews are responding to a vehicle rollover accident involving an 8,700-gallon gasoline tanker Sunday at the intersection of Rosewood Drive and Central Texas Expressway. Residents may smell gasoline in the area, according to the City of Killeen press release, but the city assures residents that […]

Source: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/, March 18, 2022 More than 200 gallons of a cleaning product were spilled at a creamery in Rohnert Park on Friday morning, prompting a hazmat response and a shelter-in-place for nearby businesses. According to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety, crews were called to the Straus Family Creamery at 655 Park Court […]

Source: https://www.fayobserver.com/, March 22, 2022 By: Ivey Schofield For years, statewide, regional and local groups have fought to hold an area chemical plant accountable for its alleged groundwater contamination. On Friday, Cumberland County joined the fight, filing a lawsuit against Chemours and its parent company, DuPont. The lawsuit, filed by Crueger Dickson LLC. and Baron & […]

Source: https://thehill.com/, March 11, 2022 By: Sharon Udasin Nearly 900 spills of firefighting foam containing toxic “forever chemicals” have occurred across the country since 1990, new data published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed. The dataset, provided to the EPA by the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Response Center, showed that there have been 897 spills […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, March 23, 2022 By: Karen Surca The commercial construction industry is everchanging. Proposed construction initiatives are oftentimes vulnerable to outside economic factors including the overall supply and demand of project types, as well as world events such as the prolonged COVID-19 global pandemic. These hard to predict external pressures can impact the scale […]