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The Tri-Town Boards of Health unanimously approved a motion by Lenox member Dr. John Kearns to plan an educational session on the Upland Disposal Facility — “and then decide where we go from there.”
Lawyers are gearing up for the next — and possibly last — legal fight over the government’s plan to remove toxic pollutants strewn into the Housatonic River decades ago by the General Electric Co.
After waiting years for help, Berkshire Community College now has the money to deal with a longstanding environmental concern. The college will replace old windows, ridding two major buildings of caulking that contains a probable carcinogen that’s notorious in Pittsfield: PCBs.
Every year, the General Electric Co. is required to make sure that 50 small signs are still in place along the Housatonic River warning people…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s new approach to removing toxins from the Housatonic River, first outlined in broad terms two years ago, now us official. Opponents have not exhausted their legal options.
Two environmental groups came up short Tuesday in their legal efforts to block disposal of toxic sediments in a landfill near the Housatonic River in Lee.
A family business that’s operated in Lee for half a century will drop use of one of its properties, after being cited by the state environmental officials. The Department of Environmental Protection says L.B. Corp. has been running a materials recycling plant without a required permit.
PITTSFIELD — General Electric Co., which still owns a significant amount of property in Pittsfield, is among the 10 companies listed in the St…
Members of Lee‘s top board did not misstep legally, a judge says, when they decided to accept a PCB landfill as part of a dramatic reset last year on plans to remove toxins from the Housatonic River.
An attempt to overturn the EPA permit allowing a PCB landfill in Lee goes to a hearing today before the Environmental Appeals Board in Washington, D.C. The proceeding is being conducted by videoconference, starting at 1:30 p.m. The Eagle will provide live updates during the hearing.
