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May 1, 2013

FL Water Pollution Bill Up for Vote

Read here about a water pollution bill that is up for vote in Florida.

May 1, 2013

California Assembly panel OKs three measures to halt fracking for more study

Source: The Sacramento Bee, May 1, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com In the latest sign of Democrats’ determination to rein in the disputed extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a California Assembly committee has advanced three bills that would halt the practice in the state for the foreseeable future. They were not the first […]

April 30, 2013

Pa.: Drilling not to blame in tainted-well case

Pennsylvania environmental regulators on Monday concluded that Marcellus Shale drilling was not responsible for a high-profile case of methane contamination of private water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania. The state Department of Environmental Protection said it has closed the books on an investigation of the methane migration in Franklin Forks, Pa., which anti-drilling celebrities Yoko Ono […]

April 30, 2013

Methane study, EPA debunk claims of water pollution, climate change from fracking

Source: The Washington Times, April 29, 2013 By: Ben Wolfgang After a 16-month investigation, state regulators Monday said that natural gas fracking, contrary to highly publicized claims, isn’t to blame for high methane levels in three families’ drinking water in a northern Pennsylvania town. For fracking proponents, it was another piece of good news. The […]

April 30, 2013

PCB Dredging on Hudson River

Read here about cleaning of contaminated sediment on the Hudson River that has just started its fourth year.  

April 30, 2013

Love Canal suit tied to 2011 sewer work

Source: Niagara Gazette (NY), April 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A 2011 sewer line project that raised concerns about Love Canal-era contamination in Lasalle has prompted a lawsuit seeking damages for “grievously injured” residents of the Niagara Falls neighborhood. A complaint filed April 18 in State Supreme Court in Niagara County alleges that various parties […]

April 30, 2013

PA Says Drilling Didn't Cause Water Contamination

Read here about a decision that was made in Pennsylvania by state environmental regulators that says gas drilling is not responsible for water contamination.  

April 26, 2013

Faulty workmanship can be an accident

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 22, 2013 By: John B. Berringer, Reed Smith LLP After a spate of bad decisions for policyholders on whether general liability policies can ever provide coverage for construction liabilities, three courts, in the past few weeks, have done an about-face, holding that there is coverage in certain circumstances for such liabilities. Relying […]

April 26, 2013

Developer liable to clean up pre-existing contamination for failing to exercise “appropriate care”

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 10, 2013 By: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP A buyer of contaminated property was held to have lost its ability to claim to be a non-liable “bona fide prospective purchaser” under CERCLA because it failed to act appropriately with respect to hazardous substances it found on the site. As a result, […]

April 26, 2013

The Elusive "Pollution" Definition in the CGL Policy

Source: http://www.irmi.com, March 2013 By: Mark M. Bell, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP Over the years, the pollution exclusion in commercial general liability (CGL) policies has provided something of a moving target for insureds, insurers, and underwriters. CGL coverage for pollution-related losses has seen significant changes over the past 40 years. These changes have […]

April 26, 2013

Asarco: Cemex caused pollution

Source: El Paso Times, April 25, 2013 By: Diana Washington Valdez Asarco alleges in a federal lawsuit that two Cemex units are responsible for lead and arsenic contamination found in or near the International Boundary and Water Commission site in West El Paso, and is asking the court to order Cemex to share in the […]

April 25, 2013

Do Bacteria and Other Living Things Qualify as "Pollution" Under Insurance Policies?

Source: Becker’s Hospital Review, April 24, 2013 Hospitals and other medical facilities often deal with the outbreak of viral or bacterial infections in the course of their business. Many may not have considered these outbreaks as a form of “pollution,” but depending on the jurisdiction in which they are located, their insurance companies may very […]

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