Source: https://www.pennlive.com/, February 19, 2021 By: Wallace McKelvey One of Pennsylvania’s largest water utilities has sued 3M, DuPont and a host of other companies, alleging they knew — or should have known — that so-called “forever chemicals” they manufactured and distributed posed a hazard to the public. The lawsuit, filed by Pennsylvania American Water, is […]

Source: https://buffalonews.com/, February 22, 2021 By: Thomas J. Prohaska The state Department of Environmental Conservation has decided to go ahead with a $14 million plan to excavate arsenic-contaminated soil north and east of the FMC Corp. plant in Middleport. The company will have to pay for the remediation of lands that include farm fields, the […]

Source: https://www.local10.com/, February 18, 2021 By: Amy Viteri & Andrea Torres Munilla Construction Management was one of the companies behind the deadly Florida International University’s pedestrian bridge collapse. It has since rebranded Magnum Construction Management. Daniel Munilla, the president of the family-owned company, said he wrestles with what could have been done differently to prevent […]

Source: https://www.ajc.com/, February 22, 2021 Efforts to bring down an unstable crane teetering outside a Midtown high-rise office tower continue Monday, and the resulting road closures could last through the end of the week, construction officials said. Several blocks in Midtown are closed in the area of West Peachtree and 13th streets as crews work […]

Source: https://journalstar.com/, February 17, 2021 By: Chris Dunker The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy on Wednesday said it’s continuing to monitor the release of waste material from AltEn Ethanol near Mead after a pipe burst on a 4 million-gallon digester tank late last week. In a news release, the department said the liquid discharge […]

Source: https://www.delawarepublic.org/, February 16, 2021 By: Sophia Schmidt Delaware has another instance of PFAS pollution on its hands. The state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) signed a settlement this week with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA—a company that until last fall, operated an industrial facility along Kirkwood Highway in Marshallton.  Read more.

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, February 17, 2021 In the latest PFAS water utility lawsuit (PAWC Complaint – PFAS), the Pennsylvania-American Water Co. (“PAWC”) sued numerous PFAS manufacturers over allegations that the companies knowingly or negligently allowed the contamination of the drinking water in the state of Pennsylvania. Now, the PAWC alleges, it will need to spend significant […]

Source: https://kfgo.com/, February 16, 2021 Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning from a sprawling and now-defunct oil refinery once operated by Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES). Other laborers ripped asbestos from the guts of an old boiler house, part of a massive […]

Source: https://www.dtnpf.com/, February 12, 2021 By: Todd Neeley Once considered to be a crown jewel of environmental stewardship, a glimpse of the promise of a renewable energy future and an economic development tool for the village of Mead, Nebraska, a 25-million-gallon ethanol plant south of town now is driving people away. Wet distillers grains containing […]

Source: https://wxow.com/, February 11, 2021 By: Allante Walker A pair of legal efforts are now in the early stages both with the goal of compensating French Island residents impacted by groundwater contamination. The La Crosse Common Council voted unanimously Thursday night to retain a pair of law firms to move forward with a proposed lawsuit […]

Source: https://www.wgrz.com/, February 11, 2021 By: Dave McKinley Chautauqua County officials, working along side investigators from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, believe they’ve identified the source of chemical contaminants that got into the village of Mayville’s drinking water supply. Levels of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) were discovered in three of the village’s water […]

Source: https://tulsaworld.com/, February 10, 2021 Minnesota officials on Wednesday unveiled their plan to deal with toxic man-made “forever chemicals” that are polluting the state’s waters and causing growing concerns about potential health risks. The pharmaceuticals, microplastics and synthetic chemicals are known collectively as PFAS and are used in a variety of consumer products because of […]