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 […]

Source: http://enewsletters.constructionexec.com, Vol No. 2, Issue 14 Until recently, North Dakota law stated faulty workmanship is never “accidental” and, therefore, a construction defect could never be a covered “occurrence” under Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies. In April, the North Dakota Supreme Court overturned that law, ruling that faulty construction can be accidental. On June 18, […]

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 11, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A board charged with protecting the Wisconsin River must decide this month whether a frac sand mine can be placed within its jurisdiction — a move that some board members feel is contrary to their mission. The Wisconsin River is protected by state law for […]

Source: The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), August 11, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Once an innovative leader in water quality science, North Carolina has fallen behind in meeting federal pollution standards. North Carolina is the only state in its EPA region — which includes Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida — that […]

Source: The Bakersfield Californian, August, 10, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com County lawyers took a hit in Kern County Superior Court Friday when a judge let Measure G, the county’s ordinance restricting medical marijuana dispensaries, stand — but ruled an environmental review eventually must be done. In a ruling being eyed closely by Bakersfield city officials […]