Read here about the operator of a California toxic waste dump who is being fined for improper disposal.

Source: New York Times Online, September 6, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Correction Appended GREELEY, Colo. – A new race for water is rippling through the drought-scorched heartland, pitting farmers against oil and gas interests, driven by new drilling techniques that use powerful streams of water, sand and chemicals to crack the ground and release stores […]

Read here about a move by the EPA to clean up the Chesapeake Bay that could affect thousands of farmers.

Source: Aberdeen American News (South Dakota), September 5, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The city of Aberdeen will pay $37,352 to the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources as a result of the city’s discharges of untreated effluent into Moccasin Creek in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011. On Tuesday, the Aberdeen City Council approved a […]

Source: Miami Herald, September 5, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com After working hard to sell drywall in Florida, a Chinese exporter now must also fend off allegations of defective materials in Florida courts. That was the conclusion of a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge who ruled against Chinese drywall maker Taishan, which claimed it was too far […]

Source: Insurance Journal, August 31, 2012 The commercial general liability market for the U.S. construction industry continues to firm with underwriters seeking rate increases of up to 15 percent, according to a report published by Marsh. Construction firms with poor loss histories are experiencing even larger liability rate increases and in some cases receiving non-renewal […]

Source: Wisconsin State Journal, September 2, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Testing has turned up a probable culprit in the contamination of the Madison Water Utility’s Well No. 15 on the city’s East Side: cleaning solvents from a defunct dry cleaning shop on Lien Road. Concerned about the well’s increasing levels of tetrachloroethylene, utility officials contracted […]

Read here about a utility in South Carolina that settled a lawsuit alleging illegal discharge of contaminants.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com, August 23, 2012 Jury Finds Dow Chemical Subsidiary Union Carbide And Others Responsible For Knowingly Using Cancer Causing Asbestos Products. DALLAS (PRWEB) August 23, 2012 In June 2012, the family of a mesothelioma patient was awarded $48 million by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury after finding Dow subsidiary Union Carbide Corp., Riverside Cement, […]

Read here about a settlement that has been reached in a case alleging improperly handled and disposed radioactive waste in Kentucky.

Source: http://www.lexology.com, August 7, 2012 By: Andrew R. Kwiatkowski and Douglas J. Feichtner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP If a firm states that a construction project possesses sustainable features or energy-efficient attributes relative to traditional practices, certain risk mitigation issues and practices must be addressed. Green construction claims differ from conventional claims in three key areas: relatively […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, August 16, 2012 By: Cori C. Steinmann, Sedgwick LLP Since the late 1990s, there has been a boom in natural gas and oil drilling across the United States. It is estimated that 13,000 new natural gas wells are drilled each year, or about 35 wells per day. According to the U.S. Energy Information […]