Source: https://www.mlive.com/, June 17, 2022 The state says testing has confirmed that a petroleum product released into the Flint River earlier this week came from Lockhart Chemical Co. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy reported its findings in a news release on Friday, June 17, and a spokesman said the agency has […]

Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/, June 20, 2022 By: Jenny Whidden Community concerns of Lake Michigan contamination from a Waukegan power plant’s recently shuttered coal-fired units heightened last week after an environmental study identified the facility as a potential flood risk, citing rising lake levels due to climate change. The report, released by Chicago’s Environmental Law and Policy Center, […]

Source: https://wfpl.org/, June 15, 2022 By: Ryan Van Velzer For years, environmental officials have said the levels of forever chemicals found in Kentucky drinking water were safe, but on Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revised that risk. At least 38 drinking water systems in Kentucky, including Louisville, have levels of forever chemicals the EPA now […]

Source: https://apnews.com/, June 15, 2022 By: Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than previously thought and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot currently be detected. The two compounds, known as PFOA and PFOS, have been voluntarily phased out […]

Source: https://www.wsoctv.com/, June 10, 2022 The city of Hickory is expanding its lawsuit over the arch collapse at the City Walk to include the designer, Channel 9 learned Friday. Our partners at the Hickory Daily Record got hold of new court documents showing the city claims the design was faulty and there were a lot of […]

Source: https://time.com/, June 2, 2022 By: Emily Barone When landfills get capped and grassed over, they have the appearance of lush, rolling hills. Despite their green appearance, however, these sites are known as “brownfields”—a term for an environmentally hazardous site without a promising future. Indeed, landfills are typically unsuitable for development because the contents below […]

Source: https://medcom.uiowa.edu/, June 10, 2022 The University of Iowa is pursuing legal action against two contractors for defective windows in the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital window system following extensive good faith efforts to resolve the issues with the responsible parties. “The construction of the children’s hospital was an investment in Iowa and we relied […]

Source: https://apnews.com/, June 11, 2022 Officials in Oregon’s Morrow County along the Columbia River have declared a local state of emergency after private well testing showed high levels of nitrate contamination. During a Thursday special meeting, Morrow County commissioners voted 3-0 in favor of the measure, which will allow the county to take immediate action […]

Source: https://www.nj.com/, June 9, 2022 By: Larry Higgs The governors of New Jersey and New York gave architects and engineers a summer homework assignment: Have designs for a reimagined New York Penn Station to them by the end of July. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday the goal of having a […]

Source: https://www.epa.gov/, May 18, 2022 Today, EPA is taking an important step forward to protect people from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by adding five PFAS chemicals for a total of six PFAS chemicals to a list of risk-based values that help EPA determine if response or remediation activities are needed. EPA’s action provides the […]

Source: https://www.ul.com/, March 23, 2022 By: Chelsea Lane The California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for implementing and issuing public rulings about the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also known as Proposition 65. Prop 65 was enacted to protect citizens and the […]

Source: https://www.newsobserver.com/, June 1, 2022 By: Adam Wagner A bipartisan bill under consideration this week would allow the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to declare a company responsible for contaminating drinking water with so-called “forever chemicals” and force it to pay for treatment upgrades. House Bill 1095, “PFAS Pollution and Polluter Liability,” has four primary […]