Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, August 31, 2026 By: Regielyn Santiago A New York appeals court ruled that gradual contamination at 26 mining sites was not covered, upholding the insurers’ pollution exclusion. On August 27, 2026, the Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed summary judgment for The North River Insurance Company and United States Fire Insurance Company in two orders […]

Source: https://www.wvnews.com/, August 27, 2026 The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 will begin removing hazardous materials from the former Belchers Cleaners site in Oceana after an inspection found leaking containers and other potential environmental hazards. Read more.

Source: https://www.arkansasonline.com/, August 24, 2026 By: Annette Beard The Pea Ridge School District is scrambling to clean up a classroom after lead was discovered over the summer. Summer maintenance on the agriculture shop’s welding room at Pea Ridge High School revealed lead dust in the welding exhaust system, district Superintendent Keith Martin told School Board […]

Source: https://www.hometownstations.com/, August 14, 2026 By: Todd Cummins The Ohio EPA says an underground tank leak at a nearby gas station caused the gas odor issue at Mercy Health St. Rita’s, forcing an evacuation. A spokesperson with the EPA says the odor traveled through the storm sewer, which was traced back to tanks at the […]

Source: https://richmondconfidential.org/, August 4, 2026 By: Ahamad Fuwad The Kennedy High School campus has been closed since Monday after a toxic chemical was found on campus, West Contra Costa Unified School District announced in an email to the school community. The school is on summer recess, with the 2026-27 school year set to start on […]

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/, July 29, 2026 By: Carol Robinson The evacuation order following a fuel leak in Birmingham’s Southside has been lifted. City officials and the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service on Wednesday said experts determined overnight Tuesday that hazardous materials mitigation efforts in the fuel leak have reduced levels to a safe and normal reading. Read more.

Source: https://apnews.com/, More than twice the amount of swimming pool chemicals as planned were improperly stored at a Georgia plant, setting conditions for a fire in 2024 that sent a huge plume of orange and black smoke into the sky and forced residents to shelter in place, a federal agency report concluded. Read more.

Source: https://www.executivesummaryblog.com/, July 17, 2026 By: Thomas Benjaminm Boley Applying New Jersey law, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey held at the summary-judgment stage that an insurer’s reliance on the absence of a Schedule of Insured Property did not defeat pollution liability coverage as a matter of law. ResinTech, Inc. v. AIG […]

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 […]