Source: https://undark.org/, March 16, 2021 By: Nick Bowlin WHEN AN OIL or gas well reaches the end of its lifespan, it must be plugged. If it isn’t, the well might leak toxic chemicals into groundwater and spew methane, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants into the atmosphere for years on end. But plugging a well is no […]

Source: https://www.courthousenews.com/, March 15, 2021 By: Nicholas Iovino Pacific Gas and Electric will pay to remove soil possibly tainted by century-old gas plants and investigate groundwater contamination in a San Francisco shoreline area under the terms of a deal announced Monday. The agreement represents the third and final settlement reached in a lawsuit filed in 2014 […]

Source: https://buffalonews.com/, March 14, 2021 By: Thomas J. Prohaska The City of Lockport is liable for an environmental cleanup on the site of a proposed Dollar General store, owner David L. Ulrich said Friday. The Common Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on paying Ulrich to cover the costs of the removal of buried contamination […]

Source: https://mtstandard.com/, March 14, 2021 By: Michael Cast With permission from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, crews have begun excavating diesel-contaminated soil at the Town Pump at Harrison and Elizabeth Warren avenues in Butte. Red Mountain Truck Lines overfilled an underground storage tank at the Town Pump on Jan. 30, causing 485 gallons of […]

Source: https://www.courier-journal.com/, March 10, 2021 By: Phil McKenna and James Bruggers A chemical plant here that makes a raw material for everything from Teflon to lubricants used on the International Space Station also appears to do more damage to the climate than all of this city’s passenger vehicles. The Chemours Louisville Works along the banks […]

Source: https://www.azcentral.com/, March 10, 2021 By: Joshua Bowling The same “forever chemicals” contaminating drinking water near Luke Air Force Base have been found in southeast Mesa’s groundwater near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. A December report from the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center found high levels of the contaminants perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, […]

Source: https://www.mainepublic.org/, March 8, 2021 By: Charlie Eichacker A new lawsuit claims that a Skowhegan paper mill is responsible for the toxic chemicals that are now being found in dangerous levels in the well water of a neighboring community. For five years, Fairfield residents have felt a growing sense of alarm about that class of […]

Source: https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/, March 8, 2021 By: Matthew J. Liedke After nearly five months of negotiating, the city of Bemidji and Minnesota-based company 3M have reached a settlement related to chemicals in local water systems. According to a release from the two entities, the Bemidji City Council on Monday approved an agreement resolving its claims against […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, March 8, 2021 By: Stephanie K. Jones The city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has filed a lawsuit against a host of chemical manufacturers that produced firefighting foam linked to groundwater contamination around the city’s airport. Tests have revealed at least 40 wells around the airport on French Island are contaminated with man-made chemicals […]

Source: https://www.ehextra.com/, March 6, 2021 Crueger Dickinson and Napoli Shkolnik together filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of the City of La Crosse against nearly two dozen chemical companies whose products the city alleges caused groundwater well contamination in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Crueger Dickinson is a leading Milwaukee-based law firm focused on high-stakes litigation around […]

Source: https://bangordailynews.com/, March 8, 2021 By: Christopher Burns A Fairfield man alleges that a Skowhegan paper mill is the source of “forever chemicals” that have contaminated numerous area wells. The Waterville Morning Sentinel reported that attorney Brian Mahaney has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sappi North America on behalf of Nathan Saunders and others in Somerset […]

Source: https://www.news8000.com/, March 4, 2021 By: Amy DuPont The City of La Crosse is suing nearly two dozen chemical companies it blames for contaminating dozens of wells near the airport. The wells are contaminated with dangerous compounds called PFAS. The man-made chemicals was used to produce the firefighting foam sprayed at the La Crosse Airport for decades.  According to the city’s tests, PFAS […]