Cleanup to start at Capehart Mill TheDay, CT - 9 hours ago EPA officials said the contamination came to light after the July 2007 spill, when oil from vandalized transformers seeped into the river. ...

Gasoline leaked into ground at Riverside station Danville News, PA - Oct 8, 2008 By Gina Morton RIVERSIDE -- A contamination problem at the Sunoco gas station in Riverside may halt upgrades or repairs now underway at the convenience ...

Environment focus of Essex debate Essex Free Press, Canada - 4 hours ago ... our communities from the potential health effects of water contamination. Since 1986, there have been 700 documented chemical spills in that corridor. ...

Exxon fined $4 million for gas leak Baltimore Sun, United States - Sep 17, 2008 Residents near the gasoline spill remain concerned about groundwater and well contamination from MTBE, and have filed at least two other lawsuits against ... Video: Md. Settles With ExxonMobil After 2006 Leak wbal Md. settles with ExxonMobil after 2006 leak CNNMoney.com ExxonMobil to Pay Maryland $4M for Gas Leak at Jacksonville Gas ... RedOrbit ABC2 News - Baltimore Sun all 28 news articles

Agency studies old solvent spill Cibola County Beacon, NM - Oct 6, 2008 The contamination was discovered in 1993 by the New Mexico Environmental Department and the agency immediately contacted the EPA and the investigation began ...

Firefighters battle to stop alcohol spilling into River Almond ... Edinburgh Evening News, UK - 12 hours ago ... Environmental Protection Authority, and a regional analyst, to assess the risk of contamination of the River Almond from the 6000 litres of spilled ...

County health officials worry about cut in funding for water testing San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 7, 2008 By Julia Scott State funding for a program that monitors water contamination in San Mateo County's creeks and beaches has been cut by Gov. ...

Comment sought on Emerson clean-up Ithaca Journal, NY - Oct 7, 2008 By Krisy Gashler • Journal Staff • October 7, 2008 ITHACA — An updated plan on how to clean up environmental contamination at Emerson Power Transmission on ...

Twin Estuaries Provide Climate Change Lab RedOrbit, TX - Oct 9, 2008 Even the section affected by an oil spill in 2006 was doing well. The bay's 4 -metre tides probably contribute to the resilience of the local ecosystems, ...

The Challange of Making Iraq and Afghanistan Battlefields "Green" Newsweek - Oct 3, 2008 As US forces have battled the insurgency in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan over the past half-decade, concerns over the wars' environmental impact ... Report: Army making toxic mess in war zones NavyTimes.com all 6 news articles

Sarah Palin's Alaskan Wasteland CBS News, NY - 8 hours ago Finally, Palin was pushed by environmental activists and Alaska Natives to pressure the military in its cleanup of one of the most contaminated sites in ...

EPA won't limit toxic chemical in drinking water The Associated Press - 22 hours ago The Pentagon could face liability if EPA set a national drinking water standard that forced water agencies around the country to undertake costly clean-up ...

New use of chemical facility sought after cleanup DetNews.com, MI - 19 hours ago Wayne Co. to pave way for sewerage department or company to acquire former toxic dump site, official says. DETROIT -- After a six month, $2 million cleanup, ... EPA nears end of $2 million cleanup of plant in Delray neighborhood DetNews.com all 5 news articles

Federal lawmaker staff briefed on CTS cleanup Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - 5 hours ago Asheville – At the request of Representative Heath Shuler, twelve representatives from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the North Carolina ...

Event to celebrate landfill transformation UConn Advance, CT - 9 hours ago “The University of Connecticut has taken positive steps to address some long-standing environmental challenges by completing the proper cleanup of areas ...

EPA cites Citgo oil terminal for not filing reports The Patriot Ledger, MA - 13 hours ago So far in fiscal 2008, the EPA has forced polluters to spend an estimated $11 billion on pollution controls, cleanup and environmental projects, ...

Full-court press is on for toxic site cleanup News Transcript, NJ - Oct 7, 2008 The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund is a program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Remediation work on-site ...

Soil contamination worse than first thought Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Oct 9, 2008 "There are sensitive issues that need to be tackled around liability for the clean-up of sites. "In some cases landowners have simply walked away and left ...

Toxic waste on our bonfires will cost a fortune to clean up Herald.ie, Ireland - 13 hours ago "In addition to the bonfire stockpiling clearing service operated by our parks department, our environment department operates a daily bulky household waste ...

Economic competitiveness: easy when taxpayers pay to clean up your ... Grist Magazine, WA - 7 hours ago The report says that Ontario government is "remarkably unengaged" in the question of oil sands' environmental impact, and that state governments in the ...

EPA won't limit toxic chemical in drinking water The Associated Press - 22 hours ago The Defense Department used perchlorate for decades in testing missiles and rockets, and most perchlorate contamination is the result of defense and ...

Ottawa sued over lack of legislation to protect BC killer whales CBC.ca, Canada - Oct 8, 2008 Scientists say killer whales on the BC coast face serious threats such as declining salmon stocks, increased boat traffic, and toxic contamination. ... Killer whales off southern BC face extinction, experts warn Calgary Herald Canada Sued for Failure to Protect Killer Whale Habitat Environment News Service all 97 news articles

Chevron Loses Another Round in Legal Battle over Ecuador ... MarketWatch - Oct 7, 2008 In March of this year an independent expert appointed by the Ecuador court found that Chevron was responsible for the dumping of 18 billion gallons of toxic ...

Soil tested for contamination San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 2, 2008 ... Bay Area Research and Extension Center, commonly known as BAREC, as part of a lawsuit over the testing of toxic substances there from 1921 to 2003. ...

Punishments up to death for breaking dairy laws South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong - 3 hours ago Beijing lawyer Ji Cheng said yesterday that he filed a lawsuit in Henan against dairy giant Sanlu last week, but the court had not notified him whether the ...

Weitz & Luxenberg PC, Steven D. Bell Co and Kennedy & Madonna File ... MarketWatch - Oct 8, 2008 This legal action is prompted by the horrific odors and toxic emissions emanating from the defendants' Countywide Recycling and Disposal Landfill that has ...

Groups launch lawsuit over killer-whale habitat The Province, Canada - Oct 8, 2008 ... are threatened by increased boat and tanker traffic, toxic contamination, and acoustic impacts from military sonar tests, seismic testing and dredging. ...

Court Ruling Protects Organic Farm from Pesticide Drift MarketWatch - Sep 30, 2008 SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept 30, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A Santa Cruz County jury has found that the unintended contamination of organic crops caused by ... Organic Farm Contaminated by Pesticides Wins $1M Verdict Environment News Service all 57 news articles

Canadian killer whales face extinction International Animal Rescue, UK - Oct 9, 2008 ... to threats to their habitat, including a sharp fall in salmon stocks, increased boat traffic, toxic contamination, dredging, and military sonar testing. ...

Pollution suit takes new turn Financial Post, Canada - Oct 1, 2008 They say that nickel oxide emitted by Inco between 1918 and 1984 caused the contamination. And the discovery of that contamination, they allege, ...

Fed regulators OK $53M mine cleanup plan in SD Forbes, NY - 6 hours ago The waste-rock dump also was created and, according to officials, was the main pollution problem. When sulfides in the rock at the site are exposed to air ...

‘Clean up Arctic air’ Maple Ridge News,  Canada - 3 hours ago With pollution levels at unacceptable levels, we cannot accept additional accumulation without technologies to solve existing problems. ...

Sarah Palin's Alaskan Wasteland CBS News, NY - 8 hours ago Finally, Palin was pushed by environmental activists and Alaska Natives to pressure the military in its cleanup of one of the most contaminated sites in ...

International body slashes ship air pollution International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 9, 2008 AP WASHINGTON: Ships that travel on the world's oceans will have to clean up their emissions under new international air cleanliness regulations adopted ... Leading Global Environmental Group Praises Strong New Emissions ... SYS-CON Media all 18 news articles

Economic competitiveness: easy when taxpayers pay to clean up your ... Grist Magazine, WA - 7 hours ago "This expansion promises to bring with it an exponential increase in pollution, discharges into waterways including the Great Lakes, destruction of wetlands ...

Proof or Consequences: Latest cleanup plans must meet goals The Chesapeake Bay Journal, PA - Oct 7, 2008 That is changing with the Bay TMDL, which is a legally required pollution cleanup plan for water bodies that fail to achieve their water quality standards. ...

Macomb pollution mediated by fertilizers Western Courier (subscription), IL - 8 hours ago If the tenants of these houses realized the pollution they are causing daily, they could clean up after themselves, restoring our beautiful campus and the ...

South Phoenix gets $1 million to fight air pollution; climate ... Arizona Capitol Times, AZ - 9 hours ago As for Honeywell, DEQ will monitor the cleanup of contaminants at the company’s 34th Street plant near Sky Harbor International Airport — part of District ...

Coastal cleanup a success Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Oct 9, 2008 “There’s no doubt that our planet today is in danger due to pollution and irresponsible destruction of the environment. “As it is, ordinary people like you ...

State gives companies environmental award for Eunice clean-up Milwaukee Business Journal, WI - 10 hours ago The pollution at the site dates back to the 1940s. The companies who donated funds were not involved in the contamination. The City of Eunice will use ...

TestAmerica Evaluates the Current Trends for Vapor Intrusion at ... WebWire (press release), GA - Sep 29, 2008 William Elcoate, TestAmerica’s Air Product Manager, will discuss aspects of ensuring data quality in Vapor Intrusion (VI) investigations and testing methods ...

US EPA to sample indoor air at Santa Rosa homes, elementary school ... U.S. EPA.gov (press release), DC - Oct 9, 2008 ... soil vapor study, where near-surface soil vapor -- chlorinated solvents, PCE and related compounds -- results indicate a potential for vapor intrusion ...

Agency studies old solvent spill Cibola County Beacon, NM - Oct 6, 2008 After a Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment study was performed, it was determined that the only risk posed is vapor intrusion to residents in indoor air. ...

Comment sought on Emerson clean-up Ithaca Journal, NY - Oct 7, 2008 A likely carcinogen, TCE breaks down slowly in soil and groundwater and can migrate into indoor air through soil vapor intrusion. The strategy Emerson has ...

Marines Unaware of Risks Salem-News.Com, OR - Oct 6, 2008 Others on the base were at some risk for exposure from vapor intrusion from the contaminated soil and groundwater. If contaminated well water was used in ...

Cleanup ends at former IBM site Poughkeepsie Journal, NY - Oct 1, 2008 The DEC, which is running the project, plans to test air for "vapor intrusion" in Building B931, or 229 Manchester Road, one of several ex-IBM buildings in ...

Air Toxics Ltd. Makes Way for Capacity Increases Through Expansion ... E-Wire (press release), TX - Oct 2, 2008 ... remediation and compliance activities the world over. Air Toxics areas of specialization include Vapor Intrusion, Soil Gas, Indoor Air and Ambient Air.

United States: New York Passes New Law Requiring Environmental ... Mondaq News Alerts (subscription), UK - Oct 1, 2008 While the New York law seems to be focused on indoor air contamination and vapor intrusion, "test results" is broadly defined to include any tests conducted ...

EPA begins cleanup of neighborhood Shreveport Times, LA - Sep 30, 2008 "Health risks that are being evaluated would be what we would call vapor intrusion contaminants that can volatilize and move up the soil column into indoor ...

Binghamton man's American dream comes in a small package Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - Sep 27, 2008 The home next door is fitted with a ventilation system found most commonly around here in Endicott, to prevent a process called vapor intrusion in homes ...