Source: Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Natural gas companies that regularly use hydraulic fracturing to drill disclose the risks to shareholders, but not to landowners, according to a report released Monday. As a result of disclosure requirements in federal securities law, some companies that have led the push into the mid-Atlantic […]

Read here about a multi-million-dollar coal slurry pollution settlement in West Virginia that received court approval.

Read here about hospitals in San Diego that will pay nearly $400,000 for improperly disposing of medical waste.

Source: http://www.buffalonews.com, December 10, 2011 By: Patrick LaKamp A jury this week awarded $2 million to a Niagara Falls man who filed an asbestos lawsuit a year ago in State Supreme Court. Gerald Failing, 66, was diagnosed in December 2010 with peritoneal mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Under state […]

Source: http://www.mercurynews.com, December 10, 2011 By: Paul Rogers The owner of a San Jose landfill is facing one of the largest water pollution fines ever issued in the Bay Area by state regulators, following a spill of thousands of gallons of foul-smelling liquid last December into a creek at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. Waste Management, […]

Read here about a Superfund site in Montana where contamination resulted from a former dry cleaner could take more than 30 years to clean up.

Read here about a Rhode Island landfill where air monitoring equipment was installed to measure gases potentially causing noxious odors.

Source: Best’s Review, December 1, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Pollution claims are driving up premium costs, especially in Marcellus Shale country. The energy potential being unlocked from shale beds beneath North America continues to fuel new volumes of exposure and specialized coverage needs. As advancements continue in the hydraulic fracturing method used to create and […]

Source: The State, Columbia, SC, December 13, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com More than 5,000 gallons of sewage have spilled from a prison on Broad River Road, prompting state health officials to warn against fishing or kayaking in the area northwest of downtown Columbia. Two spills — one Sunday morning and another this morning — leaked […]

Read here about an announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that fracking may lead to groundwater pollution.

Source: Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2011 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com The Environmental Protection Agency said that hydraulic fracturing, a controversial natural gas drilling process, probably contaminated well water in Wyoming, a finding sure to roil the debate about expanding natural gas drilling around the country. The EPA’s new draft report found dangerous amounts of benzene […]

Read here about a lawsuit that has been filed in California to restrict oil and gas development.