Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 6, 2012 By: Alba Alessandro, Hodgson Russ LLP The growth of clean technology is explosive. The U.S. government injects billions of dollars into the market to support demand. For example, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes more than $100 billion for the cleantech industry and several states require cleantech […]

Source: Insurance & Financial Advisor, December 11, 2012 Maryland’s Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission recently held its first vote, and endorsed four recommendations including bonds and self-insurance if hydraulic drilling is allowed in Western Maryland. The Cumberland Times-News reported the commission endorsed four financial safeguards when drilling for natural gas, known as “fracking”: […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 4, 2012 By: Elizabeth A. Holden, Hodgson Russ LLP A new Market Barometer survey published by Turner Construction Company, the largest green builder in the United States, provides an updated look on sustainability practices in new building projects. The study, which included a survey of more than 700 executives from a wide […]

Source: The Washington Post, December 9, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com As states in the mid-Atlantic region lined up for the jobs and tax revenue that would come with drilling deep into the shale to release gas, Maryland held back. Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) and other state officials said no thanks, wary that poisonous chemicals used […]

Source: Erie Times-News (PA), December 9, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Opponents additionally fear that seepage from the disposal wells would contaminate nearby Tamarack Swamp and that disposal operations would lower local property values, Prather said. Wastewater injection plans meet federal environmental standards, and operations will be monitored to make sure that groundwater is not contaminated, […]

Read here about the debate over whether gas drilling is safe or dangerous.  

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 1, 2012 By: William A. Ruskin, Epstein Becker Green There is a significant risk that there will be a resurgence of mold claims and mold litigation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Sandy left behind thousands of homes and offices in New York and New Jersey with flood-soaked flooring and sheet rock […]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 8, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A state appellate court ordered a Washington County court Friday to consider hearing arguments to unseal records in a case in which a Washington County family claimed it was harmed by nearby gas drilling. Stephanie and Chris Hallowich sued Range Resources, MarkWest Energy Partners and Williams […]

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 7, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Paulsboro woman has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Conrail and its parent companies because of the train derailment that released a toxic chemical into the air and water. Alice Breeman filed the suit in federal district court in Camden, seeking more than $150,000 […]

Source: Asbury Park Press (NJ), December 4, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The pile of storm debris loomed nearly two stories high in Sea Bright. Cranes worked through the afternoon one Sunday to sort the sodden, moldy refuse. A month after superstorm Sandy flooded homes along the New Jersey Shore, piles of destroyed appliances and mud-soaked […]

Read here about a Chinese drywall supplier in New Orleans that has been cleared in a lawsuit.

Source: Odessa American, Texas, December 5, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A man injured in an oil spill on North Loop 250 in Midland has requested to join an environmental lawsuit filed by Ector County against Monahans-based Quell Petroleum. In response to that request, Quell Petroleum filed a motion to transfer the personal injury case and […]