Oil and gas company E&B Natural Resources Management Corp. does not have a vested right to continue drilling at Livermore Oil Field, a federal court in California ruled. The company claimed Alameda County arbitrarily denied its permit to continue operating at the field because it “could” contaminate the aquifer.
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It took seven years to settle on a plan for cleaning two rivers and floodplains polluted with dioxins from a Dow Chemical Co. plant in central Michigan. The work itself has lasted nearly twice as long, with plenty still to do.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Two Dutch disinfection companies were Wednesday found liable for a 2017 tainted egg scandal that
Read moreThe Second Circuit upheld the denial of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics and Honeywell’s attempt to dismiss personal injury and property damage claims relating to a manufacturing facility that used perfluorooctanoic acid and contaminated the water supply in the Village of Hoosick Falls, New York.
Read moreA federal class action claims Centrus Energy et al.’s uranium enrichment site in Portsmouth, Ohio contaminated the surrounding area, including a middle school.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has reportedly decided to drop regulation of a water contaminant that’s been linked to brain damage in infants, though agency officials deny a final decision has been made.
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A federal watchdog says the U.S. government needs to do a better job of planning for climate change threats to contaminated sites across the country where the government once developed nuclear weapons and researched nuclear energy.
Read moreThe United States is not a necessary party in the City of Riverside’s complaint alleging Black & Decker and other companies contaminated the city’s drinking water with perchlorate, an appeals court in California ruled, reviving a case that was stayed in federal court for several years before being dismissed by a trial court.
Read moreArconic, BASF and 29 other companies sued Cal-Tron Plating, Halliburton Energy Services and 7 other companies in federal court, claiming they poisoned groundwater under Whittier and Santa Fe Springs, California, at the Omega Superfund Site.
Read moreSouth Africa’s central bank has warned citizens against scammers visiting homes to “recall” banknotes and coins they said were contaminated with the novel coronavirus.
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French food giant Danone said Friday it is asking parents to alert the company if they find any worm larvae in packages of its Gallia powdered baby milk, after a couple reported that their three-month-old had regurgitated a parasitic worm.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Thursday reversed a federal jury’s 2018 decision and ordered it to rehear liability and damages claims in a case where it stopped short of awarding damages to a California city whose groundwater was polluted by a chemical company’s fertilizer.
Read moreA class action claims Alaska Airlines threatened employees who dare to speak about alleged “fume events,” when cabin air is contaminated due to improper repairs or servicing after the merger with nonparty Virgin Air, in Alameda County Superior Court.
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California officials said Monday that marijuana vape cartridges seized in illegal shops in Los Angeles contained potentially dangerous additives, including a thickening agent blamed for a national outbreak of deadly lung illnesses tied to vaping.
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Collaborating with an environmental watchdog group, actor and activist Mark Ruffalo announced Wednesday that private testing has found significant levels of controversial PFAS chemicals in the drinking water of dozens of U.S. cities.
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Several oyster farmers along France’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts have been forced to halt sales since December after their sites were contaminated by the highly contagious norovirus, which they blame on overflowing sewage treatment plants.
Read moreA federal court in Pennsylvania dismissed two families’ case against the Navy brought after they discovered the Navy’s facilities had contaminated their private wells with chemicals. The substances, perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, are not considered “hazardous substances,” under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act.
Read moreA suit against Northrop Grumman brought by a family that claims hazardous materials from the company’s manufacturing facility in Bethpage, New York, contaminated soil and water in the area may continue, a federal court in the state ruled. All three family members were diagnosed with cancer between 2015 and 2017.
Read moreConsumers who claim they were scammed into paying top dollar for two brands of premium dog food may continue their suit against Champion Petfoods, a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled. The food was billed as human food grade quality but the consumers provided evidence the food contains high levels of heavy metals and is contaminated with “excessive quantities” of hair, insects, livestock tags, feathers and bones.
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The Supreme Court appeared concerned Tuesday about the practical consequences of siding with a group of Montana landowners who live on land contaminated by arsenic and lead and want a more aggressive cleanup of the Superfund site than what has been approved.
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