Publication Date 01/15/2011 Source: Sun Journal (New Bern, NC) Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Jones County hog farm that is the target of a potential lawsuit for alleged pollution of a nearby creek with hog waste has changed hands, and the new owner has also been threatened with the suit. Donald E. Taylor of Pink Hill […]

Publication Date 01/11/2011 Source: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Doctors will monitor the health of the children who inhaled mercury vapors in their Gloucester County day-care center, a judge ruled Tuesday. New Jersey Superior Court Judge James E. Rafferty ordered the state, county and Franklin Township, as well as the owners of Kiddie Kollege, […]

Publication Date 01/08/2011 Source: Modesto Bee (CA) Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A likely cancerous drinking water contaminant featured in the movie “Erin Brockovich” showed up in relatively high levels in hundreds of tests throughout Stanislaus County and neighboring communities. Some public officials say the data may be unreliable and have little meaning until the government sets […]

Publication Date 01/06/2011 Source: Watertown Daily Times (NY) Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Jefferson County filed an expected lawsuit Wednesday against Onondaga Development LLC over the removal of underground fuel storage tanks at the former Griff’s convenience store. The county has been at odds for months with P.J. Simao, principal of Onondaga Development, over a 2007 agreement […]

Publication Date 01/04/2011 Source: Newsday (Melville, NY) Posted on http://envfpn.advisen.com Back in 1979, an insecticide that Suffolk potato farmers used to kill beetles and roundworms turned up in several private water wells. Aldicarb is toxic in large doses, and it wasn’t supposed to leach into groundwater. But it did. Today, decades after the chemical was […]

Read here about a grape grower in Oregon fighting pesticides invading their property from other areas.

Source: State of California Website, January 17, 2006 Attorney General Lockyer Announces $25 Million Settlement With AT&T For Failing To Inspect And Repair Underground Storage Tanks Joint State-Local Enforcement Yields One of the Nation’s Highest Penalties Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced that AT&T has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit that […]

Source: US EPA Website, Release date: 11/16/2006 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that an EPA Administrative Law Judge has assessed a $3.1 million penalty against Euclid of Virginia, Inc. for not taking required measures to detect and prevent leaks from underground storage tanks at 23 gas stations in Maryland, Virginia and the District […]

Source: Baltimore Sun, April 22, 2010 A Carroll County jury found a local oil company responsible for polluting water wells with a hazardous gasoline additive and awarded four Finksburg families $395,000 worth of damages, according to court records and lawyers for the case. The six-person jury in the class-action civil lawsuit reached the verdict yesterday after […]

Source: New York Times Online, December 21, 2010 The Environmental Protection Agency plans to begin inspecting school buildings in New York City next month for contamination with the toxic chemicals known as PCBs in response to a pilot study that found that the substance was leaking from old light fixtures in some schools. The decision […]

Source: http://envfpn.advisen.com Two companies have recently agreed to pay approximately $28 million to clean up a polluted bayou as well as settle environmental claims. The settlement includes cleanup of a portion of a bayou, past damage to an estuary, and restoration to a wildlife refuge. The final details of the agreement are being finalized but […]

Source:  http://envfpn.advisen.com In the weeks after a lightning strike knocked out the air conditioning unit at a Wisconsin elementary school, humidity built up in the school and mold began to appear in various areas of the building. The district’s insurance company rejected the approximately $415,000 bill that the district sought for mold removal that caused […]