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A ruling on whether the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale can be demolished via implosion could come as early as the first week of December. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge John T. McVay Jr., who is presiding over a court case seeking an injunction to stop the implosion, gave
A Texas-based toxicologist testified Tuesday that health complaints reported by some Springdale residents following the June implosion of two towering smokestacks at the former power plant there are consistent to exposure of materials and fibers from the implosion. But the defense attorneys for the landowner and demolition company attempted to
A toxicologist and a safety consultant were the latest two individuals to testify in the injunction case where 16 Springdale residents are seeking to block an implosion of the boiler house at the former Cheswick Generating Station. S. Thomas Dydek, a Texas-based toxicologist, and Jon Pina, a consultant with Evergreen
An absorber tank at the former power plant in Springdale was knocked down Thursday afternoon. The action at the plant, formally called the Cheswick Generating Station, is part of the remediation efforts at the site, said Scott Reschly, vice president of Charah Solutions. Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group, a subsidiary
The smokestack that long stood at the former B.L. England power plant is set to be imploded on Thursday, Oct. 26.The smokestack in Great Egg Harbor Bay in Beesleys Point is set to implode at 10 a.m.Residents can watch on a Facebook Live he…