Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 28, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Oil-field service company Baker Hughes Inc. said minor formatting tweaks to an online form at FracFocus.com will allow it to fully spell out all the chemicals it uses to help coax out oil and gas out of the ground. Baker Hughes is one of […]

Source: http://www.greenvilleonline.com, April 28, 2014 By: Eric Connor The cost for Duke to dispose of the toxic byproducts of burning coal in North Carolina could cost upwards of $10 billion. The figure, cited by a company executive, raises questions in SC The cost for Duke Energy to safely dispose of the toxic byproducts of nearly […]

Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, March 25, 2014 By: Dan Reynolds Risk Scenarios are created by Risk & Insurance editors along with leading industry partners. The hypothetical, yet realistic stories, showcase emerging risks that can result in significant losses if not properly addressed. Disclaimer: The events depicted in this scenario are fictitious. Any similarity to any corporation or […]

Source: http://www.mysuncoast.com, April 21, 2014 By: Ray Collins Some call the once beautiful grassy area at the 301/41 split, known as Luke Wood Park, the gateway to Sarasota. But for the past few years, construction has stopped and started on a high-tech underground sewage station. Now the news comes that the project isn’t anywhere near […]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 19, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com What has been termed a “significant” leak of drilling waste water has occurred at Range Resources’ John Day impoundment in Amwell Township, Washington County. Lisa Kasianowitz, a state Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman, confirmed the gas-drilling company discovered the leak during an inspection and reported it […]

Source: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 21, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Crews remain on scene in Washington County after a three-truck crash early Monday spilled diesel fuel and fracking water into Chartiers Creek. Two trucks carrying discharged fracking water stopped at a red light on Route 18 in Canton at 3 a.m. when a tractor trailer […]

Source: San Antonio Express-News, April 21, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Two recent fuel spills on the San Antonio River’s Mission Reach have put a spotlight back on a nearly 60-year-old refinery with a history of industrial accidents and disputes with regulators. Officials of the San Antonio River Authority said last week that they would ask […]

Source: the Dickinson Press (ND), April 21, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A proposed lower limit of silica exposure from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would drastically affect the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, industry, a trade group said. The American Petroleum Institute is one of about 80 organizations and industry groups that will speak in […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, April 20, 2014 By: Daniel M. Kavouras The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is tightening permit conditions for horizontal drillers after a report from state geologists found a “probable connection” between hydraulic fracturing and a string of small earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio. The ODNR’s new rules require companies drilling within 3 miles […]

Source: http://www.stltoday.com, April 18, 2014 By: Blythe Bernhard Residents who live in the 400 homes closest to the smoldering Bridgeton Landfill will be compensated thousands of dollars for enduring foul odors from the site in an agreement reached Thursday in a lawsuit against the landfill’s owners. Bridgeton Landfill LLC, a subsidiary of Republic Services, agreed […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, April 16, 2014 By: Scott Fallon It is touted as the largest Superfund cleanup ever, one that will remove 4.3 million cubic yards of sediment contaminated with a stew of pollutants from the Passaic River and even make it safe for people to fish there again without significantly raising their risk of cancer. […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 8, 2014 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Church Mut. Ins. Co. v. Clay Ctr. Christian Church, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 5450 (Mar. 25, 2014), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, applying Nebraska law, had occasion to consider whether a […]