Source: Web Newswire (India), September 29, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Until now, chemicals have often been used to clean up oil disasters, to break up the oil/water emulsion, making oil more soluble and thus removing it from the surface water. According to data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) around seven million litres of […]

Read here about a medical incinerator company in Utah that has denied violating emissions limits.  

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune, September 26, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Rite Aid is the latest big chain store to pay a multimillion- dollar settlement for dumping hazardous materials from its shelves into landfills. This week, the drugstore chain was slapped with $12 million in civil penalties and other costs, and ordered to adopt new […]

Source: The Miami Herald, September 27, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com There are 194,000 cubic yards of contaminated fill material at the Biscayne Landing development site waiting to either be used or removed, depending on results from independent testing. The county’s newly named Regulatory and Economic Resources Department (formerly the Department of Environmental Resources Management) gave […]

Source: USAToday.com, September 27, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Robin Ingenthron has built an e-waste empire in Middlebury, processing about 13 million pounds yearly of discarded computers, televisions, stereos and miscellaneous electronic equipment in one of the largest operations in New England. Revenues for Ingenthron’s company, Good Point Recycling, have grown to about $3 million annually. […]

Source: Daily Telegraph (UK), September 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com World panel warns of more extreme weather after ‘unprecedented’ rise in temperatures Climate Change Extreme weather events such as droughts and flooding will become more common as a result of the “unequivocal” warming of the climate, a major report has warned. Dry regions will receive […]

Source: http://www.cutimes.com, September 30, 2013 By: Bonnie Cavanaugh Colorado business owners could face unexpected financial repercussions for environmental hazards that settled on their property after the recent flooding in the state, an environmental expert says. And a Sept. 9 spill of some 233,000 gallons of molasses into Hawaii’s Honolulu Harbor near Sand Island has caused […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 30, 2013 By: Jay Sturhahn, Sherman & Howard LLC A recurring risk for licensed professionals remains the threat of liability claims arising from their work. Given the nature of the professional’s practice, the claims are complex and costly, regardless of their merit. Therefore, professional liability insurance is a critical component of any […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, September 24, 2013 By: Jared Zola and Clark Schweers Colorado residents and businesses face devastating water inundation that many are dubbing a one-in-500-years weather event. Early reports confirm nearly 2,400 square miles saturated with water causing massive dislocation and loss of life. As recovery efforts begin, some environmental groups are turning their attention […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, September 25, 2013 By: Mark C. Rouvalis and Kenton Villano, The McLane Law Firm Environmental claims brought by governments or private parties against owners or operators of property inevitably raise the question of whether insurance coverage is available to pay for all or some of the costs associated with such liabilities. In many […]

Source: Star-Ledger (NJ), September 24, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The state Attorney General’s Office plans to sue the owners of a troubled Morris County landfill today over a stench-producing cleanup effort at the site, where state officials are now hauling in new equipment in hopes of quelling the smell, The Star-Ledger has learned. Two civil […]

Source: Star-News (Wilmington, NC), September 24, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Smithfield Foods and its subsidiary Murphy-Brown have responded to the nearly 1,000 Eastern North Carolina residents that have sued or planned to sue the companies and other individual farmers over foul smell and pollution from farms, saying the lawyers that have signed them up for […]