Source: Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), December 24, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency removed 650 tons of lead-contaminated soil from a former playground and nearby areas on a housing complex in the Ironbound section of Newark, the agency said yesterday. The $1.4 million cleanup project focused on the Millard E. Terrell Homes on […]

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com, December 23, 2013 By: David Kashi Even though hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, uses millions of gallons of water to blast shale rock to release trapped gas, the controversial technique actually saves water, according to a recent study by the University of Texas. The study claims that the Lone Star State is less vulnerable […]

Source: http://www.fresnobee.com, December 23, 2013 A Dec. 8 letter asks: “Exactly how many Californians will get out of the unemployment line due to fracking?” According to a study by the Craig School of Business at Fresno State, developing the Monterey shale could create up to 195,000 direct jobs and generate more than $22 billion in […]

Source: Pasadena Star – News (CA), December 21, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Quemetco Inc., a lead-acid battery recycler located near the residential communities of La Puente and Hacienda Heights, was ordered to perform an extensive health assessment after air quality inspectors found the plant was spewing elevated levels of arsenic into the air. The company […]

Source: USAToday.com, December 21, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Polystyrene foam commonly, but not always correctly referred to by the brand name Styrofoam is cheap, strong and light and used in everything from consumer goods packaging to take-out food containers. And it’s increasingly unwelcome in communities across the USA. The New York City Council last week […]

Read here about a pesticide producer that has agreed to fines of more than $1.7 million.  

Source: USAToday.com, December 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com As Tommy Charles looks out of his dining room window, it’s easy to see why he and his wife moved to Lakeshore Drive here nearly 50 years ago. The Emory River widens as it passes his house. Great blue herons glide above the placid, gray water. It’s […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 18, 2013 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Perini/Tompkins Joint Venture v. Ace Am. Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 24865 (4th Cir. Dec. 16, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, considering both Maryland and Tennessee law, had occasion […]

Source: http://www.eagletribune.com, December 20, 2013 By: Dustin Luca The town has officially settled a District Court lawsuit with Bancroft Road resident James Berberian, bringing an end to a toxic sludge case dating back to 2010. Berberian stands to be paid $500,000 in the settlement, finalized by a unanimous vote from the Board of Selectmen at […]

Read here about a mining company in Wisconsin that has been fined $200,000 in a 2011 pollution case.  

Source: http://www.natlawreview.com, December 18, 2013 By: Jill Berkeley, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP In Selective Ins. Co. v. Cherrytree Cos., 2013 IL App (3) 120959, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Third District drove the final nail in the insurer’s “if there is no duty to defend, there is no duty to indemnify” coffin. Holding […]

Source: http://www.lakenewsonline.com, December 18, 2013 By: Amy Wilson A settlement agreement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit over structural problems with buildings at a lake area condominium complex. A settlement agreement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit over structural problems with buildings at a lake area condominium complex. Mid County Fire Protection District […]