Read here about a $10 million settlement that has been made in a Missouri asbestos case.

Read here about how the city of Los Angeles settled a contamination lawsuit with a school district.

Biofuels, green design, and alternative energy. XL Group’s Christian Muller on the insurer’s role in building a sustainable future. Read more.

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, November 13, 2011 By: Judy Greenwald Still-evolving needs driven by increased design involvement New approaches to building projects, as well as new techniques, are leading to increased demand for professional liability insurance for contractors, say many observers. While such coverage for architects and engineers has been around for many years, it is only […]

Read here about numerous sites in Indiana that require clean up from leaking underground storage tanks.

Source: The New York Times, November 12, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com For those who have ever stalked deer, turkey and bear here in “God’s Country” in north central Pennsylvania, this hunting season is like no other. For one thing, it is louder. The soundtrack of birds chirping, thorns scraping against a hunter’s brush pants and […]

Source: http://www.newsobserver.com, November 6, 2011 By: Joun Murawski To appreciate the promise and betrayal of the nation’s natural gas rush, look no further than this rural community in southwestern Pennsylvania where the 957 residents barely outnumber the dairy cows. Like dozens of farming communities in the state, the countryside here is dotted with drill pads, derricks, […]

Source: http://www.mininggazette.com, November 4, 2011 By: Garrett Neese Over the next year-and-a-half, crews will be removing asbestos and contaminated soil from the former Calumet & Hecla Mining Power Plant in Lake Linden. The contamination, which includes heavy metals such as lead, arsenic and copper, dates back to the mining days. Honeywell, Inc., the current owner […]

Source: Thomson Reuters News & Insight, November 4, 2011 As New York inches closer to approving the controversial gas-drilling method known as hydro-fracking, environmental groups and some state lawmakers are pushing for legislative changes to traditional tort litigation to assist property owners seeking damages if their water or soil is contaminated. State lawmakers are mulling […]

Source: Fayetteville Observer (NC), November 6, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Beneath an enormous storage tank, where almost 200,000 Fayetteville area residents get their drinking water, lies an elusive plume of groundwater contamination. State officials have known about the contamination, which comes from an abandoned textile mill next to the city’s water treatment plant, since the […]

Read here about the town of Dryden, NY, who is attempting to change zoning laws to restrict natural gas drilling.

Source: San Mateo County Times (CA), November 2, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Sausage maker Columbus Foods Inc. has settled a lawsuit filed by its neighbor Genentech over a large-scale noxious ammonia leak in South San Francisco that sickened nearly three dozen of the biotech giant’s employees in 2009. According to a statement from Genentech, the […]