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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Source: The Miami Herald, September 27, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com There are 194,000 cubic yards of contaminated fill material at the Biscayne Landing development site waiting to either be used or removed, depending on results from independent testing. The county’s newly named Regulatory and Economic Resources Department (formerly the Department of Environmental Resources Management) gave […]

Source: USAToday.com, September 27, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Robin Ingenthron has built an e-waste empire in Middlebury, processing about 13 million pounds yearly of discarded computers, televisions, stereos and miscellaneous electronic equipment in one of the largest operations in New England. Revenues for Ingenthron’s company, Good Point Recycling, have grown to about $3 million annually. […]

Source: Daily Telegraph (UK), September 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com World panel warns of more extreme weather after ‘unprecedented’ rise in temperatures Climate Change Extreme weather events such as droughts and flooding will become more common as a result of the “unequivocal” warming of the climate, a major report has warned. Dry regions will receive […]

Source: http://www.cutimes.com, September 30, 2013 By: Bonnie Cavanaugh Colorado business owners could face unexpected financial repercussions for environmental hazards that settled on their property after the recent flooding in the state, an environmental expert says. And a Sept. 9 spill of some 233,000 gallons of molasses into Hawaii’s Honolulu Harbor near Sand Island has caused […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 30, 2013 By: Jay Sturhahn, Sherman & Howard LLC A recurring risk for licensed professionals remains the threat of liability claims arising from their work. Given the nature of the professional’s practice, the claims are complex and costly, regardless of their merit. Therefore, professional liability insurance is a critical component of any […]