Source: The Herald (Plymouth, England), November 20, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com MARINE worms are the latest ally in the battle against oil pollution in the sea. Plymouth scientists are studying how the burrowing creatures help speed up the breakdown of oil by microbes. The research is going on at the Marine Biological Association (MBA) as […]

Source: The State (SC), November 20, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com South Carolina’s state-owned electrical utility plans to clean up 11 million tons of contaminated coal ash from three power plants and close most of its remaining coal waste ponds in a decision that’s expected to reduce the threat of pollution leaking into rivers and groundwater. […]

Source: The Columbian, Vancouver, WA, November 20, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Clark County environmental group has filed a lawsuit against a Yacolt mining operation, claiming years of pollution and violations of the federal Clean Water Act. In a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Friends of the East Fork Lewis River claims […]

Read here about new laws in Wyoming that now require oil and gas drillers to test for water pollution prior to drilling.

Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA), November 12, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The nation’s largest facility for turning food scraps into biogas is about to go online in north San Jose. The project is a unique partnership between GreenWaste, which collects garbage, recycled materials and compostibles, and Zanker Road Resource Management, which operates recycling facilities. […]

Read here about oil and gas drillers turning toward water recycling.  

Read here about an explosion in North Dakota that resulted in an oil and saltwater spill.  

Read here about residents in Nevada that have reached a $19.5 million mine pollution settlement.  

Source: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 2, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Barges have a safety record that environmentalists and gas drillers can both point to as supporting their opposing views about a Coast Guard proposal to allow fracking waste to be shipped along the nation’s rivers to disposal sites. They average seven large spills a year […]

Source: USAToday.com, November 3, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Surging oil and gas production is nudging the nation closer to energy independence. But new research suggests the boom could peter out long before the United States reaches this decades-old goal. Many wells behind the energy gush are quickly losing productivity, and some areas could hit peak […]

Source: The State (SC), November 2, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com State Attorney General Alan Wilson has revived criticism in South Carolina against new controls on greenhouse gas pollution, but his remarks this week drew a sharp response from one of the nation’s leading environmental groups. John Walke, who tracks air issues for the Natural Resources […]

Source: San Antonio Express-News (TX), November 2, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Tesoro Logistics LP said Friday it had restarted a 35-mile section of its North Dakota pipeline that was shut on Sept. 29 after it leaked and spilled crude oil in a farmer’s wheat field. The spill was North Dakota’s largest since at least 2002, […]