Introduction
Environmental problems create heavy burdens in all communities around the world. From the arid and semi-arid countries in Africa like Namibia to low-lying countries like Bangladesh, to northern hemisphere countries all have felt the weight of environmental degradation in one way or the other. Over the last twenty-five years, sea levels have risen, deforestation has been witnessed everywhere, earth’s temperature has been increasing at an alarming rate, and rivers have dried up. Despite governments and organizations teaming up and trying to conserve forests and prevent the destruction of the climate system, their efforts have failed terribly (Lesser 2013, p. 32). Even after trying for that long, we are not yet environmentally sustainable. The question that needs to be answered is why the environment has continued to go downfall despite there being plans and agendas by organizations and the government to protect the environment from pollution and destruction. Why has
PFAS Water Utility Lawsuit Shows An Increasing Trend Wednesday, February 17, 2021
In the latest PFAS water utility lawsuit (PAWC Complaint – PFAS), the Pennsylvania-American Water Co. (“PAWC”) sued numerous PFAS manufacturers over allegations that the companies knowingly or negligently allowed the contamination of the drinking water in the state of Pennsylvania. Now, the PAWC alleges, it will need to spend significant amounts of money to remediate drinking water sources, which many estimate will be alleged to be hundreds of millions in alleged damages sought by the PAWC. While the lawsuit by the water utility is certainly not the first of its kind, it is nevertheless significant due to the fact that the PAWC owns and controls 67 public water systems and over 100 groundwater wells throughout Pennsylvania, which provide drinking water to approximately 2.4 million citizens, making the scope of the impact and potential remediation costs some of the largest to date.