Source: http://www.lenconnect.com, August 30, 2011 By: Dennis Pelham More than 60 property owners could file separate lawsuits over groundwater pollution from the Tecumseh Products  Co. plant in Tecumseh after a judge denied class action status on Monday. “I do not like the idea of inviting 60-some litigants,” said Lenawee County Circuit Judge Margaret M.S. Noe. […]

Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com, August 26, 2011 By: Richard A. Marini Project manager, not hospital or county, targeted. The first lawsuit stemming from the collapse of an unfinished parking garage in February has been filed by two workers injured in the incident. According to the suit, which names project manager Broaddus + Muñoz as the sole defendant, Joaquin […]

Source: http://theoaklandpress.com, August 16, 2011 By: J. Patrick Pepper The U.S. government has agreed to pay more than $10.8 million for environmental cleanup related to military manufacturing in the city’s South End.

 Ford Motor Co. and Severstal North America will split the money, which is to be used for environmental remediation at the Rouge complex […]

Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com, August 16, 2011 By: Jeff Morganteen State environmental officials and city firefighters on Tuesday helped contain contaminated soil that surfaced from a remediated plot in the South End once home to the Pitney Bowes factory. Contaminated soil entered a sewer line after a construction crew dug into a remediated “brownfield” at the old […]

Read here about the cause of too much chlorine being pushed into a wave pool at a Sacramento water park.

Read here about a new rule for Marcellus shale natural gas drillers filed in W. Virginia.

Source: Lawyers USA, August 15, 2011 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com A pair of South Carolina attorneys recently won millions in a personal injury case after rejecting a low ball settlement offer and overcoming a lack of medical evidence to prove the cause of their client’s life-altering disability. William S. Tetterton and co-counsel Vincent A. Sheheen represented a […]

Read here about a hotel on the Las Vegas strip that is being sued by former guests for alleged exposure to Legionnaires’ disease.

Source: Houston Chronicle, August 25, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new assessment of the Marcellus Shale says the formation in the Northeastern U.S. may contain 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, recoverable natural gas, far more than believed less than a decade ago. The new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey updates a 2002 study […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 On July 28, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new proposed standards that would reduce air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. The rules take aim at smog-forming volatile organic compound (VOC) […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 On July 29, 2011, President Obama unveiled the largest increase in corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards since the 1970s. While the proposal must now enter the interagency review process, the administration hopes to […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is mandated by the Clean Air Act to review ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) every five years. Following the latest scheduled review in 2008, President Bush reduced […]