The US Environmental Protection Agency on April 28 announced a series of steps it plans to take to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

In a news release, the agency lists 21 actions across three “principles”: strengthening the science, fulfilling statutory obligations and enhancing communication, and building partnerships.

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WOODBRIDGE – The state is going to court to force a township company and its owner to comply with court orders dating to 2018 for illegal dumping and pay nearly $200,000 in penalties.

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A 12-acre property in Kearny, described by state officials as an “enormous illegal junkyard,” is the focus of a new environmental enforcement lawsuit.

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HARTFORD — There were only a few lawmakers in the state Senate chamber the other afternoon when veteran Sen. Joan Hartley introduced a bill that was 45 years in the making and now more than five years into developing a balance between potentially expensive environmental cleanups and economic development opportunities.

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Pennsylvania officials last week launched a $4.4 million lead testing and remediation program for schools and childcare facilities across the state.

And while health advocates are happy for recognition of the problem of lead in school water, some say it's so pervasive that action, rather than testing, is what's needed.

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This is the second in a series of excerpts from “Rebuilding Pittsburgh: RIDC and the Transformation of the Steel City.”

For the past 70 years, the Regional industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania (RIDC) has played an integral role in rebuilding the Pittsburgh region’s economy. A new book, “Rebuilding Pittsburgh: RIDC and the Transformation of the Steel City,” written by award-winning journalist Jeffery Fraser and edited by Pittsburgh Quarterly publisher Douglas Heuck, showcases RIDC’s efforts to transform abandoned steel mills and industrial sites into thriving business and technology parks – using a unique, mission-driven approach that combines economic development advocacy with community and regional revitalization. 

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The state will have to take "more muscular action" to facilitate construction of hundreds of thousands of new housing units in the next decade to meet demand, according to Congressman Jake Auchincloss.

During an address to the Charles River Chamber on Monday, he listed the high cost of housing as the "single biggest economic challenge" facing Massachusetts and encouraged more action to spur production.

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Our last blog on PFAS air issues promised a follow-up, but we are deferring that discussion in lieu of some observations on the values proposed by EPA as health protective levels of PFAS in surface water and biosolids, as there is opportunity to provide comment.

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SAYREVILLE - The borough has begun the process of remediating the Old Fire House on Main Street.

The Borough Council has authorized the borough engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the environmental remediation portion of the property.

Upon approval of the plans and specifications, the Borough Clerk is authorized to advertise for bids.

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UTICA, N.Y. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison, and Oneida Counties (WDB HMO) a $500,000 brownfields job training grant, the board announced.

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