Source: https://www.nwitimes.com/, July 17, 2020 By: Sarah Reese The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be accepting comments through Aug. 19 on a proposed cleanup plan for part of NIPSCO’s shuttered Bailly generating station in Chesterton. NIPSCO buried ash created by burning coal to generate electricity at the site in the 1960s and 1970s, EPA said. […]

Source: https://www.wthr.com/, July 16, 2020 By: Sarah Jones A small town in Indiana is now blaming a multi-billion-dollar corporation for polluting their water. Some residents of Andrews in Huntington County are swearing off the town’s water and town officials say the company responsible needs to pay up. An abandoned factory that once employed many of […]

Source: https://nmpoliticalreport.com/, July 16, 2020 By: Kendra Chamberlain The state of New Mexico has joined a multidistrict litigation against the manufacturers of the aqueous film-forming foams that were used in firefighting activities across the country and in Air Force Bases in New Mexico which led to groundwater contamination. A U.S. judicial panel earlier this year […]

Source: https://www.ack.net/, July 16, 2020 By: John Lavenburg Maddequecham Valley Road home tested positive for dangerous levels of potentially-carcinogenic contaminants called polyfluroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. “My children are bathing in cancer- causing chemicals,” Wofford wrote to the Airport Commission. “My children are brushing their teeth with cancer-causing chemicals.” It is believed those chemicals […]

Source: https://www.startribune.com/, July 15, 2020 By: Todd Richmond Wisconsin environmental officials are working to clean up a manure spill spreading toward the bay of Green Bay. The state Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that surface-applied manure from Betley Farms near Pulaski in Oconto County ran off the site late last week and over the […]

Source: https://newatlas.com/, July 8, 2020 By: Nick Lavars Chemical pollutants mean bad news for the environment, but some types are far more harmful than others. At the extreme end of the spectrum are toxic substances such as PFAS and GenX ,which fall into a class known as “forever chemicals” for their ability to endure in […]

Source: https://www.vvdailypress.com/, July 10, 2020 Martin Estacio Lisa McCrea arrived at Victorville’s George Air Force Base in 1987 a healthy and pregnant military wife. But within the first month, McCrea — who was 19 at the time — said her body “just didn’t feel right.” “Something was off,” she said. Four months into her pregnancy, […]

Source: https://www.nj.com/, July 12, 2020 By: Michael Sol Warren Along the Delaware River in South Jersey, where heavy industry has long contributed to polluted water, air and ground, scientists have raised the alarm over a new contamination. A scarcely studied group of chemicals can now be found in soil across Gloucester and Salem counties, according […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, July 13, 2020 By: Mark Vuono As the country and the entire world struggle to control the immediate threat to human health caused by the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, there are numerous environmental concerns and unexpected consequences that businesses must also deal with, both shorter and longer-term. The immediate impact Some of the immediate […]

Source: https://auburnpub.com/, July 10, 2020 Following a public comment period that was extended because of the coronavirus outbreak, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced a pollution cleanup plan at an electrical substation site in Auburn. The DEC announced this week that it has chosen a $953,000 remediation plan at a New York State […]

Source: https://www.ack.net/, July 9, 2020 By: Brian Bushard & John Lavenburg The flame-retardant firefighting foam Noah Karberg has seen sprayed in test exercises at Nantucket Memorial Airport has grown into one of the airport’s biggest concerns. The foam contains potentially cancer-causing contaminants called polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. They’re pervasive chemicals that seep into […]

Source: https://www.newschannelnebraska.com/, July 8, 2020 By: Doug Kennedy The good news for the City of Beatrice is that it will not have to monitor an environmental cleanup site forever. The bad news is that it may seem like it. The Beatrice City Council Monday night approved an amended agreement with State Environmental officials to monitor […]