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October 9, 2013

Duke researchers publish new paper on gas-drilling waste

Source: The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), October 6, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Duke University researchers say they’ve documented elevated levels of a radioactive element where a western Pennsylvania waste plant discharged treated water previously used in natural-gas drilling. Published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, the findings came from a team led by Nicholas […]

October 9, 2013

Ohio will soon authorize fracking wastewater pools

Source: Vindicator (Youngstown, OH), October 7, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Ohio regulators will soon approve and permit large, exposed centralized impoundments that hold fracking flowback water. These are used widely by oil and gas companies in other states to recycle the waste and serve multiple wells near one another . The impoundments, or pits, which […]

October 8, 2013

Asbestos suit filed by cancer patient over work-related expsosure

Source: http://louisianarecord.com, October 4, 2013 By: Holland Phillips Several companies have been named in an asbestos lawsuit filed by a man who contracted lung cancer, which he attributes to his exposure to asbestos from the early 1970s. Lones James Gagnard Jr. filed suit against Avondale Industries, Inc., Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Inc., Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, […]

October 8, 2013

Chemicals from coal ash leaching into groundwater near Flemington community

Source: http://www.starnewsonline.com, October 5, 2013 By: Kate Elizabeth Queram Before Kimberly Wood takes a shower, brews a cup of tea or boils water for cooking, she makes a deal with herself: Don’t think about it. Just don’t think about it. Don’t think about how this sip, that bite, the very next drop of water could […]

October 8, 2013

Colorado flooding implicates insurance coverage for energy companies

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 30, 2013 By: John D. Shugrue, Kevin B. Dreher and Emily Garrison, Reed Smith LLP The damage caused by the recent flooding in Colorado is catastrophic and has evermore changed the lives of many who live in and around the affected communities. As the waters recede, the impact of the destruction is […]

October 7, 2013

Judge Orders West Des Moines Company, Owner to Pay $80,000 in Environmental Case

Source: Targeted News Service, September 30, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com An Iowa County District Court judge today assessed an $80,000 civil penalty (http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/latest_news/releases/sept_2013/Patel_Santoshi_Consent_Decree.pdf) against a West Des Moines company and its owner for violating state environmental laws in the demolition of a Williamsburg truck stop. Iowa District Court Judge Paul D. Miller assessed the penalty […]

October 7, 2013

Tonawanda crematory hit with lawsuit by attorney general

Source: The Buffalo News, October 2, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman made good Tuesday on threats of legal action against an embattled crematory in the Town of Tonawanda by filing a lawsuit seeking to permanently block its operation. The lawsuit filed in State Supreme Court marks the latest in a […]

October 7, 2013

Potential Groundwater Contamination Leads to Lawsuit

Read here about Louisiana companies being sued over groundwater contamination that may leach into a city’s water supply.  

October 7, 2013

Dangerous levels of radioactivity found at fracking waste site in Pennsylvania

Source: Guardian Web, October 3, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Scientists have for the first time shown dangerous levels of radioactivity and salinity at a shale gas waste disposal site that could contaminate drinking water. If the UK follows in the steps of the US “shale gas revolution”, it should impose regulations to stop such radioactive […]

October 4, 2013

Can bacteria combat oil spill disasters?

Source: Web Newswire (India), September 29, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Until now, chemicals have often been used to clean up oil disasters, to break up the oil/water emulsion, making oil more soluble and thus removing it from the surface water. According to data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) around seven million litres of […]

October 4, 2013

Pollution Violations Denied by UT Company

Read here about a medical incinerator company in Utah that has denied violating emissions limits.  

October 4, 2013

Rite Aid settles environmental lawsuit for $12 million

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune, September 26, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Rite Aid is the latest big chain store to pay a multimillion- dollar settlement for dumping hazardous materials from its shelves into landfills. This week, the drugstore chain was slapped with $12 million in civil penalties and other costs, and ordered to adopt new […]

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