Source: https://www.lexology.com/, January 14, 2022 By: Bernadette M. Rappold, Kerri L. Barsh, Christopher L. Bell, David G. Mandelbaum and Kaitlyn R. Maxwell, Greenberg Traurig LLP The Biden-Harris administration is quickly establishing new federal environment requirements affecting commercial property owners and managers. These requirements, along with changes occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, raise a host of […]

Source: https://www.tampabay.com/, May 3, 2022 By: Zachary T. Sampson Florida is suing the makers of certain firefighting foams, accusing them of polluting the environment and potentially sickening people with chemicals. Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office filed suit in mid-April in Hillsborough circuit court. The state’s lawyers accuse several businesses — including DuPont de Nemours Inc.; […]

Source: https://www.wavy.com/, April 27, 2022 By: Sarah Fearing The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking for public feedback on a proposed cleanup plan for sediment and soil contamination at a site in Portsmouth. According to an EPA document, the 33-acre Peck Iron and Metal site was previously home to a scrap metal processing […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, April 27, 2022 By: Judy Greenwald A jury in state court in New York Tuesday ruled in favor of Brooklyn Union Gas Co. in two-decades-old environmental remediation litigation against a Chubb Ltd. unit. The final amount to be awarded the utility as a result of the verdict in Century Indemnity Co. v. Brooklyn Union […]

Source: https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/, April 26, 2022 By: Jessie Stensland The Navy has spent $24 million so far on investigating and responding to contamination of Whidbey Island groundwater from a chemical found in a type of firefighting foam used to extinguish jet-fuel fires. The Oak Harbor City Council recently agreed to provide the Navy a temporary easement […]

Source: https://www.classaction.org/, March 30, 2022 By: Corrado Rizzi McDonald’s is facing a proposed class action lawsuit following reports that its fast-food packaging contains harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals.” The 47-page lawsuit comes days after watchdog Consumer Reports published that unsafe levels of forever chemicals were found in certain types of […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, April 25, 2022 By: Maanvi Singh As the closing bell rings at Jordan high school, a cacophony of adolescent chatter nearly overpowers the mechanical noises that emanate from the metal recycling plant next door. Students hardly register the lustrous dust – laced with lead, chromium and other contaminants – that settles into the […]

Source: https://www.fox29.com/, April 25, 2022 By: Monica Evans A Lehigh Valley Borough is suing nearly 2 dozen companies that make foam used to put out fires because officials in the borough say that the toxic chemicals found in the foam were also found in its water supply. The Borough of Emmaus is alleging that two […]

Source: https://grist.org/, April 25, 2022 By: Yvette Cabrera The state of New Jersey wants two companies accused of polluting the groundwater in a Bergen County borough to answer a question: what’s the value of a glass of clean drinking water? That question was posed in the form of a civil suit filed earlier this month, […]

Source: https://admin.mauinow.com/, March 23, 2022 The state Department of Health asked individuals who stayed at a specific Hilton hotel in Waikīkī within the last couple weeks to be on alert for a type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease, according to a press release today. DOH also asked public health agencies across the US Mainland to […]

Source: https://www.darientimes.com/, February 6, 2022 The Monroe, Washington, School District offered a $34 million settlement to students and parents exposed to toxic chemicals on a public school campus. The Seattle Times reports the district proposed the settlement in November under court seal, preventing the public from seeing the offer, but the $34 million figure appears […]

Source: https://constructionexec.com/, January 4, 2022 By: Janice Greenberg Construction professionals undoubtedly engage in a call or email conversation at least once a year with their insurance broker to discuss the company’s insurance coverages. Typically, these conversations center around whether to renew the company’s existing policies with its current insurance carriers or purchase policies from new […]