Source: Global Data Point, August 31, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com MarkWest Energy Partners LP agreed to invest $650,000 to reduce flaring events at its Javelina gas processing plant in Corpus Christi, Tex., as part of a settlement of charges it violated the federal Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced. The consent decree […]

Source: Tulsa World (OK), September 1, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com An array of computer monitors blinks with charts and graphs in a dark room at the south Tulsa headquarters of Explorer Pipeline. Employees are looking for even the slightest changes in pressure, outflow, anything that would indicate even the smallest discrepancy. Above the monitors on […]

Source: Legal Monitor Worldwide, August 31, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said “no” and the decision has already prompted at least one new air emissions lawsuit against a power plant owner. In Kristie Bell, et al. v. Cheswick Generating Station, GenOn Power Midwest, L.P., No. […]

Source: Columbus Dispatch (OH), September 1, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A fracking waste disposal well linked to 11 earthquakes that rocked the Youngstown area was the likely source of at least 98 additional temblors that were too weak for people to notice, according to new research. They were discovered by Columbia University researchers who analyzed […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, August 29, 2013 By: Judy Greenwald Units of Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. and Travelers Cos. Inc. initially breached their duty to Land O’Lakes Inc. for failing to provide defense coverage for an environmental cleanup, but Minnesota’s statute of limitation bars the agricultural cooperative from pursuing litigation on the issue, an appellate court […]

Source: Anniston Star (AL), August 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Oxford’s wastewater treatment plant could face thousands of dollars in penalties if it does not comply with state regulations after committing two years’ worth of pollution violations, according to a state environmental official today. Plant management, however, says such penalties will be avoided, citing significant […]

Source: UAE Government News, August 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com An international team of scientists, led by Dr. Tony Gutierrez of Heriot-Watt University, has revealed the first evidence that certain species of bacteria thrived on the oil that was released into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon spill. The Deepwater Horizon Spill The […]

Read here about a judge’s decision stating that legal fees in a pollution suit can not be recouped.  

Source: Cape Time, South Africa, August 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Tony Davis, a 54-year-old construction worker in central Arkansas, said he welcomed the boom in natural gas drilling that brought jobs and new businesses to his home town, starting about a decade ago. But that was before the earth shook. In 2010 and 2011, […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, August 26, 2013 By: Sam Hananel Federal regulators are proposing a long-awaited rule that would dramatically limit workplace exposure to silica dust. Officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration say the new limits would save nearly 700 lives each year and prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancer and lung disease. The rule […]

Read here about a chemical recycling and processing company in Texas that will pay millions for not complying with environmental laws.

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, August 14, 2013 By: Elias Neocleous and Kyriacos Kourtellos, Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC Directive 2004/35 on Environmental Liability with Regard to the Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage [2004] OJ L 143/56 of 21 April 2004 (the “ELD”) establishes a framework of environmental liability based on the “polluter pays” principle, under which […]