PROFESSIONAL INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTION NOTICES: Buyer may conduct at Buyer’s expense (unless payment for such expense is otherwise required by governmental regulation) any or all of the following inspections of the Real Estate by one or more licensed or certified inspection services: home, radon, environmental, lead-based paint, lead-based paint hazards or wood-destroying insect infestation, or any other inspections desired by Buyer in the exercise of reasonable due diligence.

How do you prevent or insure against environmental contamination.   

WOW, beautiful home, and environmentally friendly. 

Whoever did the environmental Phase 1 inspection for you should be fired as they are to determine if this is an issue.

It's like placing a bet of 1.00 to make 10 cents versus placing a bet of 1.00 to make 500.REWARD vs RISK and time to get there.In commercial real estate environmental doesn't scare away buyers as much if location is good because of large spreads.

Local economy, major employers, crime rate by area, appreciation history, default history, possible environmental hazards.

That fellow suggested a call to the environmental department because there's a yard violation.

Building a road probably means a EIS (environmental impact study) and that's not cheap.

Has an environmental site assessment been done yet?

There are ways to be environmentally conscious without putting everyone around you on a guilt trip or putting yourself out of business setting up a $50,000 solar system to run a light bulb.