Source: http://www.bloomberg.com, December 22, 2011 By: Tiffany Kary Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) can exclude some evidence from a $15.5 billion pollution lawsuit brought by creditors of Tronox Inc., the chemical maker that says it was driven into bankruptcy after it was saddled with environmental liabilities. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper in Manhattan today agreed to […]

Source: “Legal Insights,” A Publication of Havkins Rosenfeld Ritzert & Varriale, LLP, Spring 2011-Volume 5, Issue 1 By: Tara C. Fappiano Deep within the earth is a layer of sedimentary rock that is the gas-rich Marcellus Shale, a substantial portion of which lies in the Southern Tier, Twin Tiers and Catskills region of New York State. Hydro-fracking, […]

Source: Daily Camera (Boulder, CO), December 20, 2011 Posted on: http://enr.construction.com A new study led by a University of Colorado engineering professor shows that green construction poses more dangers than traditional projects — partly because workers are more likely to be cut on recycled construction materials or fall while installing solar panels. Matthew R. Hallowell, […]

Source: Desert Dispatch (Barstow, CA), December 18, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com It’s been more than a year since officials discovered perchlorate in Barstow’s drinking water, but a new wave of tests by water experts conducted last week should determine the extent of the plume. Geologists and water experts began drilling and sampling groundwater Dec. 12. […]

Source: New York Times Online, December 18, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Amwell Township is a 44-square-mile plot of steep ravines and grassy pasturelands planted with alfalfa, trefoil and timothy in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. Its home to some 4,000 people, most of whom live in villages named Amity, Lone Pine and Prosperity. From some […]

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com, December 17, 2011 By: Ashley Portero While hydraulic fracturing has been employed in Western states for years by oil and gas companies seeking to extract valuable natural gas from deep within the ground, the controversial process has remained largely unregulated while simultaneously coming under scrutiny due to concerns about its potentially harmful effects […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, December 14, 2011 By: Candy McCampbell Binghamton, N.Y., and Johnson City, N.Y., and their joint sewage board have gone back into court, detailing design and construction mismanagement problems at the sewage treatment plant where a 100-ft wall collapsed in May. Defendants now include 10 engineering or construction firms as well as four insurance […]

Source: New York Times Online, December 14, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com As energy companies move to drill in densely populated areas from Pennsylvania to Texas, battles are breaking out over who will have the final say in managing the shale gas boom. The fight, which pits towns and cities against energy companies and states eager […]

Read here about residents in Kauai, Hawaii who are a suing a seed company over dust being blown into their homes for more than 10 years.

Read here about Colorado’s new rules on disclosure of fracking chemicals that will become effective in April 2012.

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.