Read here about a lawsuit claiming a Louisiana coal terminal has been polluting the Mississippi River.

Source: Charleston Daily Mail (WV), March 19, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The chief restructuring officer that Freedom Industries may hire to help wind down business after its leak contaminated the water for 300,000 West Virginians won’t come cheap. According to a motion filed by Freedom, Mark Welch will be paid either an hourly rate of […]

Read here about an industrial plant in New York that has been fined millions for polluting.

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 18, 2014 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Acuity v. Chartis Specialty Ins. Co., 2014 Wisc. App. LEXIS 201 (Wisc. App. Mar. 12, 2014), the Court of Appeals for Wisconsin, District Two, had occasion to consider whether damages resulting from a gas line explosion […]

Source: http://www.baxterbulletin.com, March 18, 2014 By: Frank Wallis Waste Management Board holds permit on massive site The state’s top enforcer of environmental law says a facility at 831 County Road 784 that holds hundreds of thousands of waste tires is front-and-center for the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’s legal team. “We’re just going to have […]

Source: http://www.ksdk.com, March 18, 2014 By: Allison Sylte Citing tests suggesting that radioactive material has spread between the West Lake and Bridgeton Landfills, Mo. Attorney Chris Koster sent a letter Tuesday imploring the Environmental Protection Agency to expedite its actions. The letter calls for the EPA and Republic – the landfill’s owner – to speed […]

Read here about the chemical cleanup that is set to begin at the old Chemfax facility in Mississippi.

Source: http://www.dailygazette.com, March 18, 2014 By: Kathleen Moore Waterfront development in the works Invisible remnants of the Alco locomotive plant are about to be removed to make way for a waterfront brimming with people. Condos, restaurants and even a casino have been discussed for the site along Erie Boulevard. But before people can move in, […]

Source: http://www.buffalonews.com, March 18, 2014 The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that Merani Hospitality is applying for a brownfields cleanup project at the site of its planned new eight-story, 184-room hotel on Buffalo Avenue. The property is the site of the former Fallside Hotel. Before the hotel was built there, the property was used […]

Source: http://www.wlwt.com, March 18, 2014 240 barrels of oil estimated to have leaked Fire and environmental officials were trying to determine Tuesday how a crude oil pipeline ruptured, spilling about 10,000 gallons of crude oil the area of the Oak Glen Nature Preserve in Hamilton County. By late Tuesday evening, the smell of petroleum still […]

Source: http://thetimes-tribune.com, March 18, 2014 By: David Falchek Release of brine probed A pipeline interchange in Susquehanna County released brine that appeared to leave a copper-colored dust over land owned by the Loomis Lake Association. The state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating the release, which affected about 200 square yards of ground in Harford […]

Source: Anchorage Daily News, March 15, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Seattle-based seafood processing corporation and one of its employees were ordered to pay fines this week after pleading guilty to federal and state charges of illegally dumping ammonia into the city sewer in Kodiak. On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered North Pacific Seafoods, which […]