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 […]

Read here about lawsuits against ExxonMobil over a pipeline rupture in Arkansas.  

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, November 27, 2013 By: Amanda Duncan Vacancy isn’t the only headache property owners can face: Empty buildings and land can cause pollution-related liability. Learn about possible options to mitigate environmental liabilities through insurance and risk management. As America’s real estate crisis recovers along with our economy, more than 14 million properties remain vacant […]

Source: Chicago Tribune, November 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com In an online photo gallery of neighborhood picnics and sunrises over Lake Michigan, an image of black dust blotting out the sky galvanized residents of Chicago’s Southeast Side to demand action against companies storing enormous mounds of petroleum coke along the Calumet River. Spread through social […]