Source: http://host.madison.com, December 13, 2-13 By: Charlie Talbert An editorial in the Wisconsin State Journal recently asserted that there would be public outcry if a factory farm had been responsible for the 300,000 gallons of phosphorus-laden manure spilled on Nov. 24 into Six Mile Creek, a tributary to Madison’s lakes. But in fact, factory farms […]

Source: http://ifawebnews.com, December 13, 2013 U.S. construction firms on average paid more for their insurance in the first half of 2013 as underwriters continue to seek price increases across the breadth of their contractor portfolios, according to a report published by Marsh. Pricing for contractors general liability, project-specific general liability, umbrella and excess liability, workers’ […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 5, 2013 By: Carl A. Salisbury, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP The most striking development in coverage law in 2013 was the willingness of state high courts to correct prior mistaken precedent on their way to finding that faulty workmanship can be a covered “occurrence” under a construction contractor’s commercial general liability […]

Source: http://www.news-journal.com, December 8, 2013 By: Peggy Jones Federal oversight of the old Longview Refinery property on Premier Road entered a new phase this past week when environmental experts from across Texas met there to inspect existing groundwater monitoring wells and pick locations for new soil and groundwater testing that will begin early next year. […]

Source: http://www.thesundaily.my, December 12, 2013 The Peruvian capital awoke Wednesday under an extensive toxic cloud of black smoke billowing out of a burning warehouse full of tires and fuel, raising fears for public health. Huge fuel explosions ignited by the blaze injured five firefighters and authorities said dozens of people have been treated for respiratory […]

Read here about a Wisconsin court that declared that manure is not a pollutant as defined in an insurance policy.

Read here about improvements made to a meat processing plant in South Dakota that have pleased state officials.  

Read here about a new rule in West Virginia regarding fracking waste.  

Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA), December 3, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Capt. John Cota, who crashed the Cosco Busan cargo ship into the Bay Bridge in 2007, causing the worst oil spill in San Francisco Bay in two decades, has lost his battle to restart his sailing career. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge […]

Read here about clean up of an oil spill in the Mississippi River that resulted from a sunken towboat.  

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 […]