Read here about an oil firm in California that has been fined $60,000 for discharging fracking fluid.  

Source: The Columbian (WA), November 19, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Three environmental groups that sued the Port of Vancouver alleging its approval of a lease for an oil transfer facility violated state open public meetings law have broadened their lawsuit to charge the port also violated state environmental laws. In their updated complaint, originally filed […]

Source: Star-Ledger (NJ), November 16, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Superior Court judge has ruled that the owners of the Fenimore Landfill in Roxbury are responsible for all “recoverable costs” associated with the closure of the facility. The order by Judge Thomas Manahan, written Thursday and released yesterday in Morristown, finds that the landfill owner, […]

Read here about millions of dollars that have been approved for oil spill restoration projects in Alabama.  

Source: The Herald (Plymouth, England), November 20, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com MARINE worms are the latest ally in the battle against oil pollution in the sea. Plymouth scientists are studying how the burrowing creatures help speed up the breakdown of oil by microbes. The research is going on at the Marine Biological Association (MBA) as […]

Source: The State (SC), November 20, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com South Carolina’s state-owned electrical utility plans to clean up 11 million tons of contaminated coal ash from three power plants and close most of its remaining coal waste ponds in a decision that’s expected to reduce the threat of pollution leaking into rivers and groundwater. […]

Source: The Columbian, Vancouver, WA, November 20, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Clark County environmental group has filed a lawsuit against a Yacolt mining operation, claiming years of pollution and violations of the federal Clean Water Act. In a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Friends of the East Fork Lewis River claims […]

Read here about new laws in Wyoming that now require oil and gas drillers to test for water pollution prior to drilling.

Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA), November 12, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The nation’s largest facility for turning food scraps into biogas is about to go online in north San Jose. The project is a unique partnership between GreenWaste, which collects garbage, recycled materials and compostibles, and Zanker Road Resource Management, which operates recycling facilities. […]

Read here about oil and gas drillers turning toward water recycling.  

Read here about an explosion in North Dakota that resulted in an oil and saltwater spill.  

Read here about residents in Nevada that have reached a $19.5 million mine pollution settlement.