Source: http://www.ibamag.com Insurance Business America recently sat down with expert Stacy Brown of Freberg Environmental Insurance, who speaks about some of the biggest misconceptions employers have about their need for environmental protection insurance in this second installment of a four-part series. Video transcript below: Brian Anderson, Managing Editor, Insurance Business of America Brian Anderson:  The […]

Source: The Bakersfield Californian, March 26, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The pipeline that has been leaking toxic gas in a neighborhood near Arvin High School has never been tested for leaks, according to a state agency. A spokesman for the California Department of Conservation said Tuesday there is no record of the low-pressure pipeline beneath […]

Source: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), March 26, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Criminal charges have been filed against the owner of a Sun Valley recycling company authorities say was illegally dumping toxic materials. Prosecutors allege Jose Guadalupe Romero, 33, oversaw an operation disposing of hazardous waste, including lead, zinc, barium, cadmium, chromium and oil illegally […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com. March 26, 2014 By: Johanna Knapschaefer Three construction workers were injured when a dead load on the 12th floor “ of an apartment building jobsite “pancaked down to the fifth floor” just before 8 a.m. on March 20, said Deputy Fire Chief Robert Calobrisi of the Boston Fire Dept. at the scene in […]

Source: http://wlrn.org, March 27, 2014 By: Jeff Brady A lot has changed for the energy industry since the Exxon Valdez hit a reef in 1989 and began spilling oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The outcry over images of oil-soaked wildlife and a once-pristine shoreline dirtied by crude ushered in greater scrutiny of oil operations […]

Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com, September 9, 2013 By: Adam Kovac and Riley Sparks It came from the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota destined for the Irving refinery in Saint John, N.B., but the trainload full of light crude oil that crashed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic on July 6 changed hands many times along its circuitous route. […]

Source: Orange County Register (CA), March 21, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A local group has filed a lawsuit against the city, the City Council and the developer involved in a project in the Back Bay challenging the validity of the environmental impact report that was approved by council members last month. The developer, Bayside Village […]

Read here about a pipeline break in North Dakota that lead to a 34,000 gallon leak of crude.

Source: http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com, March 20, 2014 By: Pamela D. Hans, John G. Nevius, Gene Devine, and Carl Varteresian, Anderson Kill Real estate development, construction, mining and energy development share a set of risks ranging from construction accidents, earth movement and collapse to environmental clean-up. While these risks may be anticipated in some measure, the fast-changing regulatory […]

Source: Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX), March 19, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com With a court order in place, Tire Recycling and Processing at the city’s industrial park will continue plant operations of shredding tires, with conditions, but it can’t burn tire scraps into char or biofuel through the pyrolysis process, developments show. State District Judge […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Carson City Council passed a moratorium on all new oil drilling citywide late Tuesday night after dozens of residents spoke against a massive proposed oil project by Occidental Petroleum. In a 5-0 vote, council members imposed an immediate ban on new drilling for 45 […]

Read here about thousands of gallons of oil that has leaded from a pipeline in Ohio.