Read here about how a polluted bayou will cost companies $28 million.

Publication Date 10/17/2010 Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL) Mold clung to the ceiling and left dark trails across the walls and floor. The teacher had already complained about the stench months before. Stuff was even growing on desks. Classroom 103 at Walker Middle School in Orlando had become a breeding ground for mold. When an inspector […]

Read here about a lawsuit claiming bedbugs at the Waldorf in NY.

Read here about how the EPA is cleaning up land that will become a new home development.

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Read here how a Michigan oil spill has led to various health issues.

Publication Date 11/20/2010 Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today that it will remove and replace soil at 11 schools and 16 child-care and Head Start centers in St. Francois County due to elevated levels of toxic lead in the soil. The removal is expected to protect more than 5,300 […]

Publication Date 11/20/2010 Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it will remove and replace lead-contaminated soil around 11 schools and 16 child care and Head Start centers in St. Francois County. The soil removal is expected to protect more than 5,300 children in Park Hills, Bonne Terre and Desloge […]

Publication Date 11/22/2010 Source: BestWire Services Energy and environmental insurers are eagerly eyeing an emerging energy boom: the development of the Marcellus shale natural gas area. “It’s a major, major find that I think will impact the energy market not only locally, but globally,” said Chris Moscardelli, director of Societe Generale’s energy project finance group. […]

Publication Date 11/21/2010 Source: Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA) A former Monticello circuit boards manufacturer pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Thursday for storing toxic waste and dumping the waste into Kitty Creek. Gene Riddle, 74, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of violation of the Clean Water Act, and also pleaded guilty on behalf of […]

Publication Date 11/12/2010 Source: Daily Gazette (Sterling, IL) Nov. 12–DIXON — The substance found in the Lancaster gym at Dixon High School is asbestos, officials confirmed Thursday. The 51-year-old gym, closed since the discovery Monday, will remain off-limits until the problem is solved — however that may be. Air-monitoring devices will be installed. Other than […]

Publication Date 11/06/2010 Source: Chicago Tribune (IL) Nov. 06–Day after day, thousands of commuters are breathing high levels of toxic diesel pollution trapped in Chicago’s two major rail stations and even inside the trains they ride, a Tribune investigation has found. Testing by the newspaper found the amount of diesel soot lingering in the air steadily […]