Chicago pipeline spill to cost up to $60 million to clean up.

Read here about how Kansas State University will clean a toxic landfill.

Publication Date 10/13/2010 Source: Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, WI) The Augusta school district might be forced to pay for the estimated $415,000 cleanup of its elementary school after the district’s insurance company rejected a claim seeking payment for mold removal that closed the building for the start of this school year. “It’s kind of disheartening,” Augusta […]

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.

Is a California toxic waste dump causing birth defects? Click here to read article.

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. […]