Source: https://siouxfalls.business/, July 13, 2026 By: Dominik Dausch Asbestos contamination has shuttered a 10-story downtown Sioux Falls high-rise project. State regulators accuse the building’s new owner of exposing tenants to hazardous construction dust and attempting to evade environmental oversight. Read more.

Source: https://www.news8000.com/, July 14, 2026 By: Jen Christensen New York City is managing a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases on the Upper East Side that officials believe is tied to bacteria found in cooling towers. Towers on 76 buildings on the Upper East Side have tested positive for the bacteria, the city’s Department of […]

Source: https://www.ctinsider.com/, July 13, 2026 By: Michael Walsh The city said it has taken care of a contaminated underground storage tank at the Mad River redevelopment site that the state previously warned the city could be fined over. In May, Waterbury officials received a letter from the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection concerning what Mayor Paul […]

Source: https://www.wglt.org/, July 2, 2026 By: Ben Howell A Morton farmer faces a potential $250,000 fine by the Illinois Department of Agriculture [IDOA] for allegedly applying pesticides on a farm near the Bethel Lutheran School while the school hosted an outdoor event. In the notice of the possible fine, Mark Eigsti also received notice of the revocation […]

Source: https://www.airforcetimes.com/, June 26, 2026 By: Karen Jowers The Department of Justice has issued about $17 million in payments to 629 people, mostly military family members, in connection with the toxic fuel spills that poisoned their water in Hawaii in 2021. These are the first payments for settlements resolving about 3,600 claims resulting from the poisoned water, […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, June 24, 2026 By: Alain Sherter Chemours will pay $450 million to settle federal and state charges over its production of “forever chemicals,” harmful substances found in a range of products. The settlement is the first to resolve federal enforcement claims against a company that manufactures polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals. Wilmington, Delaware-based Chemours, a […]

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/, May 18, 2026 By: Amanda Oglesby, Asbury Park Press Residents are demanding answers and action from state officials after decades of little progress in closing and sealing an old landfill that a citizens group worries may be connected to cancers in their community. At the Sunday, May 17, meeting at Keyport High School, […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, May 11, 2026 By: Tez Romero Fortegra Specialty Insurance is asking a federal judge to let it walk away from defending a contractor sued over a Pennsylvania pipeline leak. The carrier filed a declaratory judgment complaint on May 8, 2026 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky against its […]

Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/, May 7, 2026 By: Aidin Vaziri Kaiser Permanente confirmed late Wednesday that 18 people were infected with Legionella at its Santa Clara medical center, where officials are still trying to determine the source of the contamination. The health system said it found the infections during routine monitoring. The hospital and its nearby medical office building remain open […]

Source: https://www.nwaonline.com/, May 5, 2026 By: Shane Monaco Cleanup work and environmental testing was still underway Tuesday at the site of Saturday’s spill in Fort Smith that released around 125,000 gallons of chemicals. A ruptured tank at C&S Chemicals damaged other tanks and plumbing on site, resulting in a leak spilling a combination of sulfuric […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, May 1, 2026 Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has secured an agreement with Northeast Gravel Company and Boulder Creek Development Corporation to address PFAS contamination at their Belmont property. The Administrative Order on Consent (PDF) requires the companies to investigate the extent of PFAS contamination at the property, conduct necessary response activities, and take […]

Source: https://abcnews.com/, April 22, 2026 Two people died and at least 19 others were injured following a chemical leak at a West Virginia refinery plant that was scheduled to be shut down Wednesday morning, officials said. Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango told reporters that workers were cleaning and decontaminating the Catalyst Refiners plant in […]