Source: http://www.wncn.com, March 11, 2014 By: Jonathan Rodriguez The Environmental Protection Agency updated the Wake Forest community impacted by well water contaminated with the cancer causing chemical called TCE. The EPA has been holding similar meetings to update families on the status of their water. A WNCN investigation revealed that the state knew chemicals were present […]

Source: http://www.wvgazette.com, March 11, 2014 By: Eric Eyre Cutting off cleanup compensation will leave houses vacant, landlords say State legislators’ decision this year to do nothing to reduce methamphetamine labs while no longer reimbursing landlords for meth cleanup costs could leave the state with hundreds of vacant and toxic properties, the president of the West […]

Source: Star Tribune (MN), March 12, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has postponed a widely-anticipated decision on sulfate pollution, saying it needs more time to study variables in wild rice production and water quality before proposing any new rules. Environmentalists and Minnesota Indian tribes had clashed with officials from the […]

Source: Star Tribume (MN), March 12, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Luoma Egg Ranch, an egg producer near Finlayson, Minn., was fined $95,000 by state pollution regulators for violations stemming from chicken manure spills. Luoma failed to report and attempted to cover up the liquid manure discharges from its egg-laying operation, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency […]

Read here about a coal company in Kentucky that has been fined thousands for illegally dumping debris into Appalachian streams.

Read here plans that have been submitted to demolish the facility behind the West Virginia chemical spill.

Source: http://www.ibamag.com, March 11, 2014 By: Brian Anderson As the nature of environmental liability has become more clean and quantifiable, environmental risk insurance has evolved to provide valuable protection at a reasonable cost. As only a small percentage of environmental risks are properly insured today, many businesses need to consider making use of specialized environmental […]

Source: http://www.ibamag.com, March 20, 2014 By: Caitlin Bronson Recent weather incidents and highly publicized environmental events have combined to raise public awareness of environmental liabilities. With it, the profile of environmental insurance and commercial demand for coverage has risen dramatically. In fact, Bill Howard, vice president of Alexandria, Va.-based Clarke & Sampson, now believes so […]

Source: http://www.latimes.com, March 11, 2014 By: Jessica Garrison and Abby Sewell Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to create a “strike team” that will target facilities that emit toxic pollutants — the first being the Exide Technologies battery recycling plant in Vernon. The team of public health officials, prosecutors, fire department officials and others will […]

Source: http://trib.com, March 11, 2014 By: Lauren Donovan North Dakota officials are investigating the illegal dumping of radioactive filter socks in an abandoned gas station owned by a fugitive wanted on Wyoming felony larceny charges. The station in the tiny remote town of Noonan in Divide County. “This is a vacant building filled with toxic […]

Source: The Baltimore Sun, March 10, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com State environmental officials and the owners of the Sparrows Point peninsula are moving toward a settlement to correct alleged regulatory violations at the former steelmaking site. Regulators say an array of problems have occurred over the past year on the 2,300-acre peninsula, including illegal open […]

Read here about the former owner of an Iowa dairy who will pay thousands to settle water quality violations.