The University of Massachusetts has recently reached a consent agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency that will allow for the safe containment and eventual removal of a ...

PCB dredging from the Hudson River is wrapping up for the season, and remains on track for the work to be done by next year, a full year ahead of its original timetable. Dredging crews working in ...

The Bonneville Power Administration recently completed a multiyear effort to remove and replace more than 100,000 capacitors that contained high levels of Polychlorinated BiPhenyls — more commonly ...

As dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River ends for the season later this month, nearly three-quarters of the toxic chemicals that were targeted for removal by the federal government will be gone.

SCHUYLERVILLE >> The large scale Hudson River clean up project is nearing the finish line as General Electric Co. (GE) expects to complete its estimated $2 billion PCB dredging project in October. But ...

After months-long pressure on the city to replace light fixtures containing PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in schools, the Environmental Protection Agency finally got its way yesterday when the ...

The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District will discuss potential actions to take with Malibu High School (MHS) in regards to the district’s removal process of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) in ...

A non-profit, environmental protection organization is claiming the Santa Monica Malibu School District is putting Malibu children and educators in harm's way delaying required removal of toxic ...

NEW YORK -- Following a federal investigation, New York City is stepping in to remove public school lighting fixtures that are leaking toxic chemicals known as PCBs. But the 10-year plan has some ...

ALBANY >> Federal officials said they removed 335,000 tons of PCBs, contaminated soil and other material at the ongoing Superfund cleanup of a shuttered General Motors factory, far more waste than ...