Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, September 24, 2013 By: Jared Zola and Clark Schweers Colorado residents and businesses face devastating water inundation that many are dubbing a one-in-500-years weather event. Early reports confirm nearly 2,400 square miles saturated with water causing massive dislocation and loss of life. As recovery efforts begin, some environmental groups are turning their attention […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, September 25, 2013 By: Mark C. Rouvalis and Kenton Villano, The McLane Law Firm Environmental claims brought by governments or private parties against owners or operators of property inevitably raise the question of whether insurance coverage is available to pay for all or some of the costs associated with such liabilities. In many […]

Source: Star-Ledger (NJ), September 24, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The state Attorney General’s Office plans to sue the owners of a troubled Morris County landfill today over a stench-producing cleanup effort at the site, where state officials are now hauling in new equipment in hopes of quelling the smell, The Star-Ledger has learned. Two civil […]

Source: Star-News (Wilmington, NC), September 24, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Smithfield Foods and its subsidiary Murphy-Brown have responded to the nearly 1,000 Eastern North Carolina residents that have sued or planned to sue the companies and other individual farmers over foul smell and pollution from farms, saying the lawyers that have signed them up for […]

Source: Targeted News Service, September 24, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com As floodwaters continue to rage across the Front Range, our first thoughts are with the victims and their families. And to add insult to injury, Coloradans now have reason to be concerned about their water quality. Oil and gas industry infrastructure in the region has […]

Sources: http://www.washingtontimes.com, September 25, 2013 By: Valerie Richardson Anti-fracking groups drumming up alarm over oil leaks from last week’s epic Colorado floods are running into pushback from those who say the activists are overstating the problem to advance a political agenda. Figures released Tuesday by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission show that 34,524 […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, September 23, 2013 By: Jason D. Sanders and Virginia L. White-Mahaffey, Steptoe & Johnson LLP In Emerson Enterprises, LLC v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. et al., No. 12-4287-CV, 2013 WL 4753564 (2d Cir. Sept. 5, 2013), the Second Circuit, applying New York law, affirmed the district court’s summary judgment order holding that […]

Source: Greeley Tribune (CO), September 21, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The oil and gas carnage in Weld County has grown, now with three exploration companies noting problems due to flooding and almost 22,000 gallons of oil either on the ground or in floodwaters. As of Friday afternoon, four spills had been reported by Anadarko Petroleum […]

Source: Waste Age, September 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Clean Harbors Inc. has agreed to pay a $112,500 fine regarding the transporting and reporting of waste oil. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said in a news release that the Norwell, Mass.-based Clean Harbors agreed to the payment for allegedly transporting waste oil from […]

Source: The Columbus Dispatch, September 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Battelle scientists are leading a search for sites where companies can pump fracking waste underground in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The two-year project, funded by a $1.8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, is a response to the growing amount of polluted wastewater that […]

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 22, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Marquardt well site is indistinguishable from most Marcellus Shale drilling locations: It encompasses about five acres of graded farmland, covered with gravel, containing two active natural gas wells. But this well pad was the scene of a crime, according to state Attorney General Kathleen […]

Source: Fleet Owner, September 19, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Just when it looked like things might be improving for flood-ravaged Colorado, Accuweather is reporting that the state may now be facing another catastrophe, water contamination caused by flood water flowing into and over the thousands of natural gas and oil wells and drilling sites that […]