A federal appeals court this week ruled against a challenge brought by two environmental groups that challenged the EPA's plan to clean up the Housatonic River.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given a $650,000 boost to an ongoing cleanup of a series of mill complexes in Vernon that are collectively targeted for a 200-unit apartment mixed-use redevelopment.
U.S. EPA New England Administrator David W. Cash; U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District; and other dignitaries visited the Daniels Mills site at 104 East Main St. Thursday to celebrate the award.
GE will excavate PCB contamination from 45 acres of floodplain and 300 acres of river sediment, resulting in removal of over 1 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated material. EPA issues 'final permit' for GE Housatonic River clean-up; work could take 13 years