Source: Dow Jones News Service, June 19, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The natural-gas industry, bowing to longtime pressure, will disclose more information about the chemicals it uses in the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing. On Friday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law a bill that will require companies to make public the chemicals they […]

Source: http://www.gazette.net, June 10, 2011 By: Chris Huntemann Maryland companies working to make state leader in green building Constructing more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly buildings is becoming a major money-maker for some Maryland companies. For example, Morgan-Keller Construction in Frederick says the percentage of its “green” building projects has jumped from 25 percent to more […]

Source:  http://www.miller-mccune.com, June 13, 2011 By: Ben Ikenson A lawsuit challenges the claims of the nation’s foremost green building effort — the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED certification) program. It is telling that the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., wants the design of a biblical theme park that will showcase a 500-foot-long replica […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, Issue: June 20, 2011 By: Joanne Wojcik An architectural firm agrees to design an office building to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certification, the second-highest level of the U.S. Green Building Council’s sustainability design scale. Meanwhile, the developer that hired the architect advertises the project as having significantly reduced operating […]

Read here about how Pennsylvania’s Health Secretary would like to create a registry to monitor health issues in areas near heavy drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

Source: http://www.weitzlux.com, May 8, 2008 Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. has secured a landmark MTBE settlement against some of the country’s biggest oil companies, which have agreed to pay $423 million in a suit involving the contamination of 153 public water systems nationally. Of the settlement, Robert Gordon of Weitz & Luxenberg said, “This is an excellent settlement on behalf […]

Read here about a Missouri lawsuit that claims tannery sludge causes tumors.

Source: Oakland Tribune, April 7, 2005 For about a year, Lupe Gaytan climbed up and down the 50-foot cofferdam ladders to weld inside the steel legs of the partially built Bay Bridge. When he started, his lungs were fine, he said, referring to a piece of paper indicating he was healthy enough to be fully […]

Source: http://www.vcstar.com, June 14, 2011 By: Kevin Clerici Environmental regulators noted in their latest findings that there is contaminated soil in a drainage canal and lagoon near the shuttered Halaco metals recycling plant at Ormond Beach in Oxnard. Like previous results from a ditch in March, the contamination levels could pose a risk to wildlife […]

Source: http://www.theday.com, June 15, 2011 By: Karen Florin Conservancy claims work was harmful to environment The excavators and wrecking balls are long gone from the Fort Trumbull neighborhood, but the demolition of dozens of homes by the New London Development Corp. is still being litigated in a city courtroom. The heavy machinery’s presence was vindicated […]

Source: http://www.businesswire.com, June 2, 2005 Mold exposure has jumped to the forefront of significant personal injury claims with a recent $925,000 award in Wayne County Circuit Court to an apartment resident. The verdict, the highest ever in Michigan for personal injury damages resulting from mold exposure, could ultimately force a new standard of liability on […]

Source: http://www.redorbit.com, February 26, 2006 By: Josh Adams, Eagle Times, Claremont, N.H. Concerns over a possible mold infestation at the Sarah Porter School in Langdon have prompted the school district to close the building for at least a portion of next week. SAU 60 Superintendent Joe Della Badia confirmed Thursday that students will attend classes at the […]