Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 15, 2015 By: Jeanine L.G. Grachuk, Beveridge & Diamond PC Two Massachusetts municipalities are down but not out in their attempts to hold manufacturers of PCBs responsible for the environmental effects of PCB-containing products decades later.  In March, the Federal court in Boston issued several opinions involving claims bought by towns against […]

Source: http://alextimes.com, April 16, 2015 By: Chris Teale The planned cleanup of two leaking underground oil storage tanks at the former GenOn coal-fired power plant in North Old Town reached a vital stage last month as the proposed Corrective Action Plan was approved with some additional requirements and clarifications requested by the Virginia Department of […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, April 15, 2015 By: Brian Nearing Walgreens is under state pressure to fund removal of pollution The state is planning steps to compel Walgreens, a national pharmacy chain, to support a state-proposed $500,000 cleanup of underground chemical pollution from a former dry cleaners at a busy Loudonville intersection. Walgreens has owned the property, a […]

Source: http://host.madison.com, April 15, 2015 By: Jeff Glaze Dane County officials will require a Canada-based company to carry special pollution insurance in order to gain permits for planned upgrades to a pipeline running through the county. The Dane County Zoning and Land Committee’s unanimous decision follows a consultant’s recommendation that the county require Enbridge Energy […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, April 16, 2015 By: Travis Loller Two environmental groups claim toxic pollution from a Gallatin, Tenn., power plant is seeping into the Cumberland River and state regulators are not doing enough to stop it. The allegations are part of a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday against the Tennessee Valley Authority. The […]

Source: http://www.scnow.com, April 13, 2015 By: Sammy Fretwell Evidence that Duke Energy’s power plant site near Hartsville is more contaminated than previously suspected continues to grow as state regulators, environmentalists and company officials learn more about the property. Records show that a coal ash waste pond at the H.B. Robinson plant contains about six times […]

Source: http://www.oedigital.com, April 14, 2015 By: Torgeir Willumsen and Terje Holte Analyses foresee 2015 as being the toughest year for drilling companies since 2009. On the back of falling oil prices, contractors are facing increased pressure as operators shift risks and liabilities, often in contradiction with entrenched industry-accepted allocations. Offshore contracts are changing and contractors […]

Source: http://www.berkshireeagle.com, April 13, 2015 By: Phil Demers Workers operating backhoes have begun carefully dismantling a polluted former dry cleaning business site — an eyesore located behind City Hall — beginning what promises to be a costly, multi-year environmental remediation project. The 83-year-old structure at 35-41 Federal St., which housed Stetson Dry Cleaners, is expected […]

Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov, April 13, 2015 A Boise ski and snowboard park owner and developer has received an asbestos abatement Compliance Order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency following the partial demolition of the Lazy J Tavern complex near Eagle, Idaho, just northwest of Boise. In January 2014, developer Gateway Parks LLC, purchased a parcel of […]

Source: Wisconsin State Journal, April 13, 2015 By: http://envfpn.advisen.com Dane County should require Enbridge Energy to purchase $25 million in special pollution insurance to address concerns about a possible spill of tar sands crude and toxic chemicals as the company sharply increases the load carried by an underground pipeline, according to a new consultant’s report. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com, April 9, 2015 By: Ariana Eunjung Cha A new study published Thursday reported a disturbing correlation between unusually high levels of radon gas in mostly residences and an oil and gas production technique known as fracking that has become the industry standard over the past decade. Writing in the journal Environmental Health Perspective, researchers analyzed […]

Source: http://www.thestate.com, April 9, 2015 By: Sammy Fretwell Evidence that a Duke Energy power plant site near Hartsville is more contaminated than previously suspected continues to grow as state regulators, environmentalists and company officials learn more about the property. Records show that a coal ash waste pond at the H.B. Robinson plant contains about six […]