Read here about a community in Pennsylvania that is worried about bad water and claim it’s the result of drilling for natural gas.

Source: http:/morris.patch.com, March 11, 2013 By: Jake Remaly Contractors replaced after fines from state, developer says. Contractors who were removing asbestos from buildings at the former Pfizer property on Route 53 in Morris Plains had to be pulled from the project because of “fines levied by the NJ Department of Labor for violations during asbestos […]

Read here about new fracking rules that, if approved, could be the counties most strict.  

Source:c, March 6, 2013 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and PulteGroup, Inc. have agreed to pay civil penalties of $130,000 and $56,000 respectively in separate settlements with EPA resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations at construction sites in Maryland and Virginia. EPA alleged that the companies failed to take actions to prevent discharging sediment to nearby surface […]

Source: Zurich, C&DR Briefings, Winter 2013 By: J. Kent Holland, J.D., ConstructionRisk, LLC Pollution Liability Policies Necessary to Fill the Coverage Gap Introduction This newsletter reviews several court decisions from around the United States that applied the pollution exclusion in contractor’s commercial general liability (CGL) policies to deny coverage for damages that were deemed to […]

Source: Daily Herald (IL), March 6, 2013 By: Harry Hitzeman St. Charles-based Aquascape has sued nine contractors, architects and construction firms for $13 million in damages after a section of a green roof at the company’s headquarters collapsed two years ago. The collapse of a 500-foot by 60-foot section of the sloped roof, which contained […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, February 27, 2013 By: Edward V. Walsh, III, Reed Smith LLP Proposed hydraulic fracturing legislation in Illinois, with strong bi-partisan support and the backing of Illinois Governor Quinn, would impose strict controls on fracking companies relative to most other states where fracking occurs, including chemical disclosure requirements and in the case of water […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 5, 2013 By: Joseph F. Bermudez and Jessica C. Collier, Wilson Elser Pursuant to an opinion issued by the Colorado Supreme Court (the Court) on February 25, 2013, insurance coverage may be excluded under absolute pollution exclusion clauses for both nontraditional as well as “traditional” pollution under Colorado law. Mountain States Mutual […]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 4, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com For almost 50 years, trucks drove in and out of Monmouth Petroleum in North Jersey, filling up with heating oil for home delivery. But leaks and abandoned storage tanks left the site contaminated, another spoiled property in a state filled with shuttered industrial sites. Now, a […]

Read here about power plants in Michigan that are burning tires for electricity and leading to pollution concerns.  

Source: XL Environmental eNews, March 5, 2013 Can your clients in the Food and Beverage industry afford to shut down their operations in the event of a pathogen (viral, bacterial, fungus) outbreak and its accompanying media attention? Pollution claims associated with these exposures can be costly and time consuming. In order to address these exposures, […]

Source: Nashville Post, March 4, 2013 By: Pierce Greenberg TDEC says fill material rising 30 feet has clogged stream John Rankin, the developer of the mostly vacant Braxton Condominiums in Ashland City, has been sued by the state of Tennessee for environmental damage inflicted on another property in Cheatham County. The suit filed Friday accuses […]