Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), February 18, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A study of the air quality around natural gas drilling sites near Fort Worth schools found significantly high levels of the pollutant carbon disulfide, a committee of the Fort Worth League of Neighborhoods Association reported Thursday night. Among the committee’s recommendations are that wells […]

Source: Times Union (Albany, NY), February 18, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A $150 million lawsuit against a natural gas drilling company in Chemung County is being billed as the first in modern memory against drillers for allegedly polluting ground water, according to a New York City law firm. The suit, filed Feb. 10 in state […]

Read here about a soon to be published paper regarding supposed pollution by the Arkansas Poultry Industry into the Oklahoma watershed.

Source: The Huntsville Item (TX), February 15, 2011 By: Matthew Jackson Sam Houston State University officials evacuated the campus’ Chemistry and Forensic Science building for more than three hours Tuesday morning after a teacher’s assistant spilled a small amount of bromine in a laboratory. The spill occurred just before 8 a.m. and required a Walker […]

Source: Lodi News-Sentinel (CA), February 12, 2011 By: Maggie Creamer The city of Lodi ended a long legal battle over groundwater contamination earlier this month. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board unanimously approved $6.3 million in settlements from a federal lawsuit over groundwater pollution on Feb. 4. These settlements are with insurance companies […]

Read here about an energy company in Denver denies responsibility for water contamination in New York.

Source: The Wall Street Journal, February 15, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Three schools sharing a single Manhattan building joined the growing list of public schools where spot inspections have revealed elevated levels of polychlorinated byphenyls, or PCBs, leaking from aging light fixtures, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. The latest inspection found that 12 of […]

Read here about how and why nine families in Elmira, NY sued a gas driller.

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), February 14, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com For the third time in less than three years, Childers Oil in Whitesburg has been tied to pollution that shut down the city’s water system. Residents smelled petroleum in their tap water Saturday morning, and the municipal treatment plant was immediately shut down. On Monday, […]

Read here about the second phase of a DuPont waste site lawsuit going to jury in West Virginia.

Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov, August 13, 2008 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a plan to clean up contamination at the Computer Circuits Superfund site in Hauppauge, New York. The two-acre property, which is bordered by Marcus Boulevard to the west, is home to a facility that formerly manufactured circuit boards. “EPA has been working […]

Source: Waterloo Region Record, August 12, 2008 The lingering threat of airborne asbestos and serious damage to half a dozen buildings bordering the site of a massive propane explosion left hundreds of people displaced from their homes yesterday, unsure of when they’ll be able to return. Public health concerns kept some 100 homes behind police […]