Source: http://www.charlestondailymail.com, July 13, 2015 By: Andrea Lannon An insurance company recently sued by three South Charleston hotels, says a policy issued to the hotels does not cover damages they say they sustained from the Jan. 9, 2014 chemical spill. The hotel groups alleged the insurance providers wrongfully denied their claim for damages sustained from […]

Source: Midland Reporter Telegram (TX), July 13, 2015 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The illegal dumping of wastewater from oil and gas activity continues to beleaguer law enforcement agencies throughout the Permian Basin. Scofflaw haulers dump truckloads of waste water in remote sites in order to cut costs of proper disposal. Yet despite how directly law enforcement […]

Source: http://www.businesswire.com, July 13, 2015 W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) today announced the creation of Berkley Construction Professional Liability Underwriters, a W. R. Berkley Company®, to provide professional liability, pollution liability and protective coverages for contractors and project owners across all forms of non-environmental construction. Products will be available on both a primary and excess […]

Source: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com, July 8, 2015 Lead contamination near the Exide Technologies battery-recycling facility in Vernon could be far worse than previously thought. According to environmental health experts, the contamination goes far beyond areas previously known, reported CBS2’s Randy Paige. Last year, two residential areas within the toxic emissions of the nearby facility were tested and […]

Source: http://www.times-standard.com, July 11, 2015 By: Will Houston A couple of faulty hose lines was all it took. Now, more than 30 years after hazardous cleaning chemicals from a Eureka dry cleaning business seeped into the soil and groundwater beneath the E Street property near the Henderson Center, a multi-million dollar, multi-agency cleanup effort to […]

Source: http://www.masslive.com, July 9, 2015 By: Dan Glaun The site of the future MGM Springfield casino is suffering from contamination, according to documents filed with the state Department of Environmental Protection. Nine parcels acquired by Blue Tarp ReDevelopment, MGM Springfield’s property company, are contaminated with reportable levels of hydrocarbons, arsenic or lead, the company told regulators last […]

Source: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com, July 10, 2015 By: April Burbank For some neighbors, dirty soil has overstayed its welcome in Burlington’s Leddy Park. The massive piles of contaminated soil — left over from construction on the city bike path — were dumped in the parking lot last fall and covered with plastic and tires. At the time, […]

Source: http://www.smokymountainnews.com, July 8, 2015 By: Holly Kays A riverside petroleum leak in Cherokee has had cleanup crews scrambling since contamination was first discovered in April — and feeling flummoxed the further they’ve probed into the leak’s potential cause. “When we removed the tanks, there was just one little hole in the diesel tank and […]

Source: http://www.bigclassaction.com, July 8, 2015 An environmental class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of fishers, fish buyers, and other affected businesses, against Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE:PAA) and Plains Pipeline, L.P., stemming from the Refugio State Beach oil spill in Santa Barbara. The lawsuit claims that the Texas-based companies negligently operated the […]

Source: http://www.delawareonline.com, July 9, 2015 By: Jeff Mordock An Ohio federal judge dealt a blow to DuPont and the fledgling Chemours Co. less than a week after the companies separated. Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against DuPont will not be required to prove their individual level of exposure to a chemical linked to illnesses, the […]

Source: http://louisianarecord.com, July 7, 2015 By: Kyle Barnett The City of Breaux Bridge is suing some of the largest oil companies in the world claiming a gasoline additive has tainted the city’s water supply. It is being represented by local firm Boyer Hebert Abels & Angelle, as well as some of the biggest toxic tort attorneys […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 6, 2015 By: Hunton & Williams LLP The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that CERCLA enforcement proceedings brought by the EPA are a “suit” as that term is used in commercial general liability insurance policies. In doing so, Texas joins the majority of other jurisdictions to consider the issue. McGinnes Industrial […]