Read here about an air quality study that has begun in a Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania.

Source: Trenton Times, July 24, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Pennsylvania remains the largest state without a tax on natural gas production, thanks in part to a study released under the banner of the Penn State University. The 2009 report predicted drillers would shun Pennsylvania if new taxes were imposed, and lawmakers cited it the following […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 24, 2012 Posted on: c Shenango Inc. said Tuesday it will pay a $1.75 million fine to resolve environmental complaints about the company’s Neville Island coke battery dating to 2005, when the plant had different ownership. DTE Energy Services of Ann Arbor, Mich., said it bought the plant in 2008 and […]

Source: http://news.yahoo.com, July 18, 2012 To: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND STATE EDITORS Bulk of Problem Takes Place at Natural Gas Plant Operations; Pattern of “Neglect” Seen As Pollution Sometimes Drags on for Weeks or Even Months. WASHINGTON, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “Accidents” and other non-routine events at Texas oil and gas facilities, refineries and petrochemical […]

Read here about a well drilling company in North Dakota that received a record breaking fine for illegally dumping waste into a former oil well.

Read here about a library in Oklahoma that was temporarily shut down after bed bugs were found on a chair.

Source: Buffalo News, July 19, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Nearly 350 vacant and abandoned gas stations scattered across upstate New York pose a significant hazard to people and the environment, and hinder efforts to redevelop parts of downtown areas that could serve as gateways to business districts. That was the warning issued Wednesday by U.S. […]

Source: BestWire Services, July 17, 2012 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Consulting actuaries Richard Soulsby and Jason Kurtz of Milliman say in a disaster scenario involving hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, comparable historical pollution events show pollution liability limits could be dwarfed by fracking-related pollution claims. Soulsby and Kurtz authored a report on the subject, which notes industry regulators should require companies […]

Source: Detroit Free Press, July 16, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Reduce the smell of decomposing yard waste, or stop composting. That’s what Clinton Township is hoping a Macomb County Circuit Court judge will order in a lawsuit the township filed against Uni-Dig, a dirt and recycling business on Quinn Road. “What we’re requesting is public […]

Source: http://www.cspnet.com, July 13, 2012 Says company wrongfully collected $25 million from UST cleanup fund A state lawsuit says ConocoPhillips used false insurance claims to take $25 million from Utah over 14 years, allegedly misrepresenting it had no other insurance to pay for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, reported The Deseret News. In a complaint […]

Read here about a milestone that has been reached in one Montana town where hundreds have been killed after being exposed to asbestos.

Source: Albuquerque Journal, July 15, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com File this under “no good deed goes unpunished.” Albuquerque’s success in reducing its groundwater pumping to protect the region’s aquifer could make it harder to clean up a massive Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak. As less water was pumped, the aquifer rose, and now it […]