Source: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), March 1, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Facing complaints from South Los Angeles residents living near oil fields, the Los Angeles City Council moved Friday to place a moratorium on fracking and other drilling methods, a move opposed by oil companies. On a 10-0 vote, the City Council ordered that […]

Source: Navigators Environmental, March 3, 2014 The Navigators Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAVG) today announced that its principal underwriting agency subsidiary, Navigators Management Company, Inc., has increased its Environmental Casualty capacity from $15 million to $25 million, effective 2/15/14. Navigators Environmental offers the following portfolio of environmental casualty products: Contractors Pollution Liability (Practice, Project, Wrap-ups) – Primary […]

Source: http://www.circleofblue.org, February 28, 2014 By: Codi Kozacek On January 9, a chemical storage tank on the bank of West Virginia’s Elk River leaked approximately 10,000 gallons of 4-methyl-cyclohexane-methanol (MCHM), a chemical used to process coal, into the river just 1.5 miles upstream of the drinking water intake for 300,000 people in Charleston, the state […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, March 3, 2014 By: James M. O’Neill, The Record A $400 million gas pipeline that cuts through parks and forests in North Jersey — and which sparked lawsuits and protests — was quietly completed on schedule in November and is now in operation. But the construction left a barren swath through 7.6 miles […]

Source: http://www.lakewyliepilot.com, March 1, 2014 By: Bruce Henderson A pair of 80-foot-high earthen dams, one of them built in the Eisenhower era, stand between Charlotte’s water supply and more than 5 billion pounds of coal ash. Duke Energy promises the dikes at its retired Riverbend power plant on Mountain Island Lake are safe. The latest […]

Source: XL Group, Construction Insider, March 2014 Introduction The fungus that causes Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) is a found in the soil of dry, low rainfall areas. It is endemic (native and common) in many areas of the southwestern United States (See Figure A. below), Mexico, Central and South America. Valley Fever is a common cause […]

Source: http://www.alaskadispatch.com, February 26, 2014 By: Dermot Cole Flint Hills Resources has told potential buyers of its North Pole Refinery that several conditions would have to be met to reduce the company’s liability, including action by the state to allow a higher level of sulfolane pollution on the 240-acre site. Flint Hills said it would […]

Read here about an Iowa company that will pay millions as a result of the demolition of three buildings that were contaminated with PCBs.

Source: Charleston Daily Mail (WV), February 26, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Charleston attorney seeking to hold Freedom Industries’ shareholders and members legally liable for last month’s chemical leak thinks Tuesday’s testimony could have strengthened his claim. However, there still are several remaining questions that attorneys hope to be resolved in upcoming depositions. As previously […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, February 25, 2014 By: Nicole Mulvaney, The Times of Trenton A Superior Court judge today rejected arguments that AvalonBay, the developer that wants to convert the former Princeton hospital on Witherspoon Street into housing, had not addressed concerns about dust levels, asbestos and medical waste disposal. Township residents concerned about the environmental impacts […]

Source: Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA), February 24, 2014 Posted on: http://constfpn.advisen.com Pennsylvania is moving ahead with plans to quickly replace hundreds of its nearly 4,500 structurally deficient bridges with the help of a private consortium. The consortium would design and build the bridges within five years, then maintain them for a quarter century. Several bridges […]

Source: http://www.shreveporttimes.com, February 24, 2014 By: Jason Clayworth Allegations of unsafe practices prompt libel suit A contractor initially involved in renovations at the former Younkers building in downtown Des Moines claims that hundreds of people are being exposed daily to asbestos or lead poisoning at the site. Multiple state officials say a complaint about the […]