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June 25, 2013

IL Governor Signs Fracking Regulations Law

Read here about strict fracking regulations that have been signed into law by Illinois’ governor.

June 25, 2013

Government Study on Effects of Drilling Not Complete Until 2016

Read here about a study being done on the effects of shale gas drilling on water quality that will not be complete until 2016.  

June 24, 2013

Environmentalist group threatens lawsuit over NC coal ash pollution

Source: http://www.newsobserver.com, June 19, 2013 By: John Murawski A Chapel Hill advocacy group is threatening to sue Duke Energy Progress over alleged contamination of public water from coal ash pits, a strategy designed to prompt North Carolina regulators to take legal action again the power company. The Southern Environmental Law Center said Wednesday it is […]

June 24, 2013

Pollution From Mines Leads to Lawsuits

Read here about lawsuits that have been filed by environmentalists as a result of water pollution from reclaimed mine sites.  

June 24, 2013

A company can be held liable as an owner under CERCLA even though it does not own the property where the contamination is located

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 17, 2013 By: Gerard M. Giordano, Cole Schotz Meisel Forman & Leonard PA In EPEC Polymers, Inc. v. NL Industries Inc., Civ. Action No. 12-3842 (D.N.J. May 24, 2013), defendant NL Industries Inc. owned property on one side of the Raritan River, where it produced and discharged waste to the river. Plaintiff […]

June 24, 2013

United States: Connecticut Supreme Court Allows Coverage For Pre-Suit Settlement Of Claims For Post-Completion Property Damage Caused By Defective Construction

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, June 19, 2013 By: Edmund Kneisel and Carl A. Salisbury, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP On June 4, 2013, the Connecticut Supreme Court joined a growing number of state high courts to rule that faulty workmanship on a construction project can be covered by commercial general liability insurance policies. The case is Capstone […]

June 24, 2013

United States: EPA Is Hitting Retail Stores For Hazardous Waste Violations

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, June 19, 2013 By: Stephen Berlin and Richard L. Sieg, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. must pay $81.6 Million to the United States government after pleading guilty to criminal charges of mismanagement of hazardous waste. The criminal charge related to the negligent management of hazardous waste at many facilities. This […]

June 24, 2013

Ash Grove Cement agrees to pay $2.5 million fine

Source: http://www.kansascity.com, June 20, 2013 By: Kevin Collison Ash Grove Cement has agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine and upgrade pollution controls at its plants in eight states, which should reduce its harmful atmospheric emissions by more than 17,000 tons a year, according to the U.S. Justice Department. In a consent agreement announced this […]

June 20, 2013

Whirlpool sued over groundwater pollution near Fort Smith plant

Source: Arkansas Times, May 23, 2013 By: Max Brantley Fort Smith residents have filed a lawsuit over chemical contamination of the groundwater in the neighborhood of Whirlpool’s now-closed refrigerator factory in Fort Smith. Here’s some good background from The City Wire, a Northwest Arkansas digital news site. It recently reported: Documents reviewed by The City […]

June 20, 2013

New insurance law designed to help with environmental insurance coverage

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 11, 2013 By: Carson Bowler, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Governor Kitzhaber signed Senate Bill 814 into law yesterday (June 10), a significant piece of legislation affecting environmental insurance coverage. The Bill, sponsored by Senators Shields and Johnson, is designed to clear up certain questions causing friction between insurance companies and their policyholders. […]

June 20, 2013

What to do when you are issued a CERCLA injunction to perform a $1.5 billion cleanup — Lower Fox River superfund update

Source: http://www.lexology.comJune 12, 2013 By: Robert S. Sanoff, Foley Hoag LLP In a 78 page decision in the Lower Fox River Superfund case issued last month, the federal court issued an injunction against NCR Corp. and three other PRPs requiring them to perform a $1.5 billion remedy. No company ever wants to receive such an […]

June 20, 2013

EPA suit seeking remedies for past pollution triggers an insurer's duty to defend under a premises pollution liability policy

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 12, 2013 By: Walter J. Andrews, Lon A. Berk, Lawrence J. Bracken II, John C. Eichman, Robert J. Morrow and Curtis Porterfield, Hunton & Williams LLP In Louisiana Generating LLC v. Illinois Union Ins. Co., No. 12-30651 (5th Cir. May 15, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit […]

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