Source: Yakima Herald-Republic (WA), December 1, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Almost two years after the state ordered the formation of a Groundwater Management Area to find solutions to the Lower Yakima Valley’s nitrate pollution problem, the committee in charge is still debating how to proceed. Committee members say ongoing litigation between an environmental group and […]

Source: Houston Chronicle, December 1, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Delta Air Lines, which paid $150 million for a Philadelphia refinery last year in hopes of controlling fuel costs, is hitting turbulence in the form of U.S. biofuel mandates. Through its year-old refinery unit, Monroe Energy, Delta is mounting its own legal and lobbying challenge to […]

Read here about lawsuits against ExxonMobil over a pipeline rupture in Arkansas.  

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, November 27, 2013 By: Amanda Duncan Vacancy isn’t the only headache property owners can face: Empty buildings and land can cause pollution-related liability. Learn about possible options to mitigate environmental liabilities through insurance and risk management. As America’s real estate crisis recovers along with our economy, more than 14 million properties remain vacant […]

Source: Chicago Tribune, November 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com In an online photo gallery of neighborhood picnics and sunrises over Lake Michigan, an image of black dust blotting out the sky galvanized residents of Chicago’s Southeast Side to demand action against companies storing enormous mounds of petroleum coke along the Calumet River. Spread through social […]

Source: The Dominion Post (WV), November 24, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a consent order about violations concerning water pollution and waste disposal by Clarksburg-based Central Supply Co. (CSC), including several at its Monongalia County locations. The Mon County Notices of Violation (NOVs) were issued following inspections […]

Source: Times Union (Albany, NY), November 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The world’s largest oil company is paying the state more than $8 million to cover disputed costs of a state-run cleanup of a former oil terminal on the St. Lawrence River, according to state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. The payment from ExxonMobil settles […]

Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican, November 24, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com It is a script destined for a Hollywood movie: A rural, low-income, mostly Hispanic New Mexico county passes a community rights ordinance, bans oil and gas drilling, and is sued by rich, greedy oil and gas barons. “We’re protecting our water,” say two […]

Source: The New York Times, November 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com In energy-friendly Wyoming, oil and gas companies are getting a clear message: Drill, baby, drill — but carefully. Last week, state regulators approved one of the nation’s strongest requirements for testing water wells near drilling sites. The measure is intended to address concerns that […]

Read here about Beijing’s attempt to cut air pollution by destroying open air barbecues.

Source: Guardian (UK), November 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Fracking may be impractical in parts of Britain where water supplies are scarce, the water industry revealed as it announced a deal with the oil and gas industry. Hydraulic fracturing technology is a controversial process of shale gas and oil extraction where water and chemicals at […]

Source: Asian News International, November 27, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new study has revealed how pollution causes thunderstorms to leave behind larger, deeper, longer lasting clouds. Researchers had thought that pollution causes larger and longer-lasting storm clouds by making thunderheads draftier through a process known as convection. But atmospheric scientist Jiwen Fan and her […]