Source: http://www.salemnews.com, February 23, 2016 By: Dustin Luca SALEM — City officials attempted to assuage residents’ fears about exposure to pollutants if F.W. Webb starts digging up the contaminated Universal Steel site on Bridge Street for a new warehouse, but negative comments nevertheless continued to rain down on the plans Tuesday night. The City Council […]

Source: http://wfpl.org, February 23, 2016 By: Erica Peterson Marvin Hayes fumbled with a chain on his gate. “This kind of neighborhood you got to keep everything locked,” he laughed. “No free access.’” Behind the gate is the backyard of his house in Louisville’s Park Hill neighborhood. And right over the barbed-wire fence is an abandoned […]

Source: Mondaq Business Briefing, February 22, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued its decision in Templo Fuente Vida Corp., et al. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., (No: A-18-14)(074572), which may prove to deprive unwary insureds of valuable insurance coverage rights under their claims-made policies. The Templo Fuente court held […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, February 23, 2016 By: Phil Gusman Once in the realm of niche coverages requiring a lot of education and persuasion to get buyers interested, Environmental policies are now in high demand by a wide audience. Part of that is attributable to progress in the economic recovery, as more construction and development leads to […]

Source: http://mtpr.org, February 22, 2016 By: Edward O’Brien Coal ash ponds have leaked contaminants into ground and surface water surrounding eastern Montana’s Colstrip plant for decades. Three environmental groups have sued the state of Montana for dragging its heels on the clean up effort. Coal ash is the hazardous material left over after coal is […]

Source: http://www.sanduskyregister.com, February 17, 2016 By: Andy Ouriel Area officials ordered a site analysis at a former sandwich shop, eating away at nearby property values and community morale for many years. Together people representing Erie County and Castalia recently applied for state money to remove underground storage tanks at 604 S. Washington St., where Ohio […]

Source: http://swtimes.com, February 22, 2016 By: Chad Hunter Whirlpool’s annual report to the state indicates that contamination cleanup efforts in and around the company’s shuttered Fort Smith plant reduced toxic concentration levels between 53 percent to 83 percent in targeted areas. A portion of Whirlpool Corp.’s sprawling property on Jenny Lind Road has been contaminated […]

Source: The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT), February 16, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 9 sued Michael’s Convenience Stores Inc., seeking damages for an alleged 10,000 gallons of gasoline that leaked from a Kalispell gas station in 2007. The civil suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Missoula, alleges […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, February 19, 2016 By: David M. Governo, Bryna Rosen Misiura, J.D. The incredible complexity and variety of environmental claims challenge the most seasoned claims professionals. Simply interpreting the policy and determining the actual facts are tasks fraught with obstacles that can lead to a bad faith claim. How can you turn the chaos […]

Source: http://news.stanford.edu, February 18, 2016 By: Mark Shwartz Faulty, shallow wells can leak oil and natural gas into underground drinking-water supplies, Stanford Professor Rob Jackson finds. Does living near an oil or natural gas well affect your drinking water? “The answer to the question is usually ‘no,’ but there are exceptions,” according to Rob Jackson, a […]

Source: http://www.businesswire.com, February 17, 2016 Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it has launched a Contractor’s Protective, Professional and Pollution (CP3) Liability Policy, which is available on a primary and excess basis for practice or project-specific risks in the U.S. “This Policy is a natural next step in our development of meaningful, long-term […]

Source: http://www.cspnet.com, http://www.cspnet.com, February 17, 2016 Court grants request for preliminary injunction SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against the owner of a Lake County gas station over a gasoline leak that caused soil and groundwater contamination and vapors to enter nearby residents’ homes. Madigan’s filed the complaint in […]