Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 27, 2013 By: Amy L. Pierce, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Thirteen years after the complaint was filed, on Monday, December 16, 2013, California Superior Court Judge James P. Kleinberg, in People of the State of California v. Atlantic Richfield Co. et al., Santa Clara Superior Court Case No. 1-00-cv-788657, issued a […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, January 6, 2014 By: Natalie Dubose, Haynes and Boone LLP A variety of businesses from hospitals and hotels to agricultural producers and restaurants may from time to time be faced with the threat of viral or bacterial outbreaks and related claims from third parties. When such outbreaks result in injury to persons or […]

Read here about the economic ramifications that are being felt after a chemical spill in West Virginia.

Read here about ethanol that spilled from a flipped tanker truck in Washington state.

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 24, 2013 By: Loren S. Cohen, Carl J. Pernicone and Jacob R. Graham, Wilson Elser In Country Mutual Insurance Company v. Hilltop View, LLC , 2013 IL App (4th) 130124, an intermediate Illinois appeals court held that the absolute pollution exclusion in an umbrella policy did not preclude coverage for a claim […]

Source: Trenton Times (NJ), January 6, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com In at least four states that have nurtured the nation’s energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review that casts doubt on industry suggestions […]

Source: Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), January 5, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The federal government is again criticizing a bill that would further delay the implementation of water-quality rules and make it easier for builders to construct housing in undeveloped areas. If it is passed this week in Trenton, the bill would continue an already five-year delay […]

Source: Legal Monitor Worldwide, January 6, 0214 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Environmentalists and municipal officials have been celebrating a Pennsylvania state Supreme Court decision striking down key elements of a 2012 law that eliminated local zoning laws in favor of statewide regulations that allowed energy companies to dig gas wells anywhere they wished. But the court’s […]

Read here about violations of waste and air pollution laws in Connecticut that have led to fines of almost $750,000.

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, November 17, 2013 By: Jeff Slivka Although not yet as popular in the United States as in many parts of Europe, public-private partnerships have gained ground over the past few years as long-term alternatives for funding U.S. construction projects. While the projects represent an opportunity to improve U.S. infrastructure, the risks of the […]

Source: http://www.thestar.com, January 3, 2014 By: Raveena Aulakh Here is a look at five environmental issues that will make headlines in 2014. In his highly anticipated speech on climate change in June in Washington, President Barack Obama set hearts aflutter. As he laid out big plans to combat climate change, he said the decision on […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, January 5, 2014 By: Karen Sudol The owner of a proposed residential development off Soldier Hill Road is claiming that borough officials and residents have engaged in a false, yearslong campaign to preserve the land — even referring to it as pristine open space knowing that it served as a dump for household […]