Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, September 2, 2021 By: Bethan Moorcraft When Mary Ann Susavidge started working in environmental insurance 24-years-ago, one risk that was not top of mind for environmental underwriters was climate change and catastrophic weather. Oh, how things have changed. Read more.

Source: https://www.seacoastonline.com/, August 31, 2021 By: Patrick Cronin Four new civil lawsuits have been filed against the Sands Resort over the 2018 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at Hampton Beach that caused the deaths of two people and sickened dozens more. The suits were filed last week in Rockingham Superior Court against the Sands Resort Management Co. and the […]

Source: https://www.news10.com/, August 31, 2021 By: Spencer Tracy A major environmental project to cleanup contamination near the Mohawk River in Cohoes will begin the first week of September. The state is taking action and neighbors are ready to see change. The site consists of a grass covered field, which is fenced and a wooded area. […]

Source: https://www.claimsjournal.com/, September 1, 2021 By: John Flesher High levels of toxic, widely used “forever chemicals” contaminate groundwater around at least six military sites in the Great Lakes region, according to U.S. Department of Defense records that an environmental group released Tuesday. The Environmental Working Group said PFAS, an abbreviation for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, […]

Source: https://www.ack.net/, September 2, 2021 By: David Creed The Nantucket Airport Commission is suing 23 chemical companies, along with up to 20 so-called “Doe defendants” (identities unknown at this time) for harm done to airport property and the costs associated with investigating, remediating and monitoring groundwater wells contaminated with PFAS. “Defendants have caused great harm […]

Source: https://www.bayjournal.com/, August 30, 2021 By: Timothy B. Wheeler David Harris grew up on a farm next door to the Naval Research Laboratory – Chesapeake Bay Detachment. He recalls camping with his scout troop on the 168-acre base overlooking the Bay and drinking water from the small stream that flows from the Navy property onto his family’s […]

Source: https://www.unionleader.com/, August 27, 2021 by: Jason Schreiber A Hampton hotel is facing new lawsuits over a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak three years ago that killed two people and sickened dozens of others. Four additional suits were filed this week against Sands Resort Management Co. Inc. and its representatives by people who stayed at the hotel […]

Source: The Independent (UK), August 26, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ A high-profile San Francisco development has already sunk $100 million extra dollars into shoring up its foundation as part of a lawsuit, but the building is still sinking. In May, construction crews began digging massive, 100-foot-deep holes lined with steel sleeves beneath the Millennium Tower […]

Source: https://www.courant.com/, August 17, 2021 By: Zach Murdock The families of two victims of Legionnaires’ disease at the same Rocky Hill nursing home over the past two years have filed lawsuits against the facility’s parent company Apple Rehab for failing to meet water safety standards designed to protect residents from the potentially deadly Legionella bacteria. […]

Source: https://meaww.com/, August 19, 2021 By: Srivats Lakshman As schools and universities return to in-person classes and activities, the danger to students and staff has never been higher. With a large number of Americans yet to get vaccinated, Covid-19 outbreaks are making their way through a large number of campuses. Adding to that, Duke University found […]

Source: https://www.wesa.fm/, August 18, 2021 By: Rachel McDevitt Pennsylvania’s environmental regulator is levying an $85,666 penalty against Sunoco for issues with its Mariner East project in four counties last year. The agreement between Sunoco and the Department of Environmental Protection covers 13 drilling fluid spills in Blair, Cumberland, Juniata, and Lebanon counties. Read more.

Source: https://floridapolitics.com/, August 19, 2021 By: Gabrielle Russon A mishandled cleanup process created new, deadly problems, the lawsuit contends. Seven days a week, 14 hours a day for nearly a decade, Daniel Vandestreek ran his landscaping business 600 feet directly across from land with a long history of toxic waste, according to court documents. Read more.