Source: http://www.journalgazette.net, June 25, 2017 By: Catherine Traywick Energy Transfer Partners is making a mess of its biggest project since the Dakota Access pipeline. Construction of the $4.2 billion Rover natural gas line has caused seven industrial spills, polluted fragile Ohio wetlands and angered local farmers. The company owes $1.5 million in restitution after demolishing a […]

Source: http://www.heraldsun.com, June 21, 2017 By: Virginia Bridges City officials think the substance that turned part of Ellerbee Creek an oily orange last week may have been due to a city contractor’s mistake. A city investigation found a city contractor improperly rerouted water meant to go to the city’s sanitary sewer system to a stormwater […]

Source: http://bklyner.com, March 27, 2017 Construction has been temporarily halted after workers found asbestos at a former incinerator site in Gravesend, where a new waste facility is slated despite vehement protests from local pols and residents. On March 1, workers excavating at the upcoming Southwest Brooklyn Marine Waste Transfer Station saw what tests later confirmed to be […]

Source: http://norcalrecord.com, February 28, 2017 By: Charmaine Little Plaintiffs in a major construction lawsuit that ended with a San Diego law firm recovering nearly $5 million have decided to stay silent after the ruling was in their favor. The law firm, which represented Laurel Bay Community Association, won $4.7 million in the case that was […]

Source: http://www.natlawreview.com, February 1, 2017 By: Barbara J. Jordan, P.E., S.I. and Donald B. Leach, Jr. In 2008, Ohio Northern University (ONU) entered into a contract with Charles Construction Services, Inc. (CCS) for the construction of The Inn, a new luxury hotel and conference center on ONU’s Campus, consisting of 57,000 square feet of space, […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, February 7, 2017 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Strauss & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Saarman Construction, Ltd. v. Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13633 (N.D. Cal. Jan 31, 2017), the United States District Court for the Northern District of California had occasion to consider the application of […]

Source: http://www.thesnaponline.com, January 19, 2017 By: Ritchie Starnes The discovery of asbestos inside SCC’s signature building has led to its closure until May. A construction mishap during the summer led to the discovery of asbestos in a glue compound used beneath the tile floor in the Patterson building on the campus of Stanly Community College. […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 7, 2016 By: William J. Peters, Gordon & Rees LLP The California Supreme Court has ruled that premises owners and employers owed a duty to the employee’s household to prevent take-home exposure to asbestos. For example, claims that the plaintiff was exposed when a family member came home with asbestos fibers on […]

Source: https://www.greenbiz.com, November 29, 2016 By: John Lombardo America’s history of industrial environmental impact is catching up with our aging water infrastructure. Increasingly, chemicals used for everything from pipeline protection to firefighting are appearing in alarming concentrations in the drinking water that comes from taps in millions of American homes. Hexavalent chromium and lead Hexavalent […]

Source: http://triblive.com, December 2, 2016 By: Mary Ann Thomas More than 50 Cheswick residents who crammed into a borough meeting room Thursday were satisfied with the state’s plan to cap radioactive contamination at a commercial site that stood near Cheswick Avenue and Pittsburgh Street. In 2010, a state Department of Environmental Protection researcher found news […]

Source: https://www.usgs.gov, September 14, 2016 Mercury contamination is widespread, at various levels across western North America in air, soil, sediment, plants, fish and wildlife. An international team of scientists led by the U.S. Geological Survey, recently documented widespread mercury contamination in air, soil, sediment, plants, fish, and wildlife at various levels across western North America. […]

Source: http://www.seacoastonline.com, December 1, 2016 By: Jeff McMenemy A test of surface water taken from Breakfast Hill in Greenland showed levels of PFCs nearly three times the permanent lifetime health advisory level for drinking water. The Conservation Law Foundation conducted the tests on three samples taken from surface water around the Coakley landfill after state […]