Read here about an oil refiner in Indiana who will pay millions to settle Clean Air Act violations.  

Read here about a landfill gas lawsuit filed in Hawaii by the EPA.

Source: http://www.lexology.com, February 22, 2013 By: Andrew H. Perellis and Ilana R. Morady, Seyfarth Shaw LLP If you sell products that you no longer need that contain residual hazardous substances, and the buyer mishandles them so as to create the need for remediation, are you liable under CERCLA for having arranged for disposal of the […]

Source: The Baltinore Sun, February 28, 2013 By: Scott Dance Faulty boiler systems caused similar poisonings in 1990s New Jersey Health officials continue to investigate how contaminated hot water sickened nearly two dozen people at the Johns Hopkins at Keswick complex Monday, but the case is similar to previous ones involving faulty water-heating systems that […]

Source: Indoor Environment Connections, April 2012 By: Thomas P. Bernier and Susan E. Smith, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., Baltimore MD Legionnaires’ disease is a serious, potentially lethal, type of pneumonia that is caused by bacteria of the genus Legionella. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 8,000 to 18,000 persons […]

Source: Business Insurance, February 24, 2013 By: Douglas McLeod Insurance coverage disputes are bound to follow fracking liability suits, including arguments over the scope of pollution exclusions in general liability policies, lawyers say. Along with operators extra expense policies, which cover cleanup costs from a well blowout, general liability policies also cover “sudden and accidental” […]

Source: http://theenergycollective.com, February 24, 2013 By: Jim Pierobon Illinois is on track to go where no push for hydraulic fracturing has gone before in the U.S.: a consensus on how to regulate the controversial practice of injecting chemicals and large amounts of water deep underground to flush out large quantities of natural gas and crude […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, February 25, 2013 By: Ryan Hutchins/The Star-Ledger A resolution may be near for scores of towns, public authorities and corporations that were dragged into one of the costliest hazardous waste cases in U.S. history. A confidential proposal, a copy of which was provided to The Star-Ledger, would allow towns to extricate themselves from […]

Source: http://www.heraldonline.com, February 22, 2013 By: David Wren The Southern Environmental Law Center on Thursday filed a notice with the Environmental Protection Agency and others alleging that state-owned utility Santee Cooper is violating the federal Clean Water Act by allowing pollution at its Grainger electric generating plant here to seep into the Waccamaw River. Santee […]

Read here about a regulatory bill in Illinois that is being negotiated to address ground rules for the hydraulic fracturing industry.  

Source: Xinhua News Agency (China), February 25, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Tap water for 60,000 people was cut off Monday due to the pollution of a water source in east China’s Jiangxi province, government sources said. Around 10 a.m. Monday, an oily substance was seen floating near a water intake used by a tap water […]

Source: Columbus Dispatch, February 25, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com When Crystal Sullivan moved into her Croton Road house more than a decade ago, the flies from the nearby egg farm were so thick that they coated the porch ceiling. The infestation was widespread. Neighbors complained of flies crowding their cars and ruining their picnics. Nearby, […]