Source: El Paso Times, May 5, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com The insurance on the fertilizer plant that blew up in West, Texas, on April 17 was a “drop in the bucket” next to the damage it caused, the spokesman for an industry group said Friday. Meanwhile, the state agency that regulates insurers said there is […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, May 6, 2013 By: Candy McCampbell One month after a pipeline rupture sent 210,000 gal of heavy crude oil through an Arkansas neighborhood, officials announced initiation of a “reentry plan” so residents can start returning to their homes. That return will be “over the next few weeks,” according to a statement from the […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, May 2, 2013 By: John G. Nevius Previously published by The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Inc. Volume 21, No. 4, April 2013 Many jurisdictions have announced that they plan to more actively pursue natural resource damages (“NRDs”) from potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) deemed liable under CERCLA or Superfund. Recent developments in case law have […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 29, 2013 By: Jerome H. Sturhahn, Sherman & Howard LLC Two federal courts in Denver recently addressed a fundamental question that exists in almost every construction defect case – when did the property damage that gives rise to liability, and the insurer’s obligation, occur? The answer to the question of when the […]

Source: http://www.greenvilleonline.com, April 29, 2013 By: Sammy Fretwell An environmental group made good Monday on its threat to sue Santee Cooper for years of arsenic contamination at the state-owned utility’s coal-fired power plant west of Myrtle Beach. In a federal lawsuit, the Waccamaw Riverkeeper says Santee Cooper and state environmental regulators knew for more than […]

Source: http://theenergycollective.com, April 30, 2013 By: Grant McDermott In planning my series on the environmental impacts of natural gas for The Energy Collective, I had always intended for my third post to cover the critical issue of water needs. While climate concerns may dominate for some (see my previous posts), it seems fair to say […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 26, 2013 By: Jonathan A. Cass and Daniel E. Fierstein, Cohen, Seglias, Pallas, Greenhall & Furman PC For most people, there is only one thing more excruciating than a discussion about insurance coverage: a blog post about it. So brace yourselves dear readers. With all kidding aside, the importance for contractors and […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 26, 2013 By: David Erickson and Mark Anstoetter, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP The Louisiana Court of Appeals has ruled that a commercial pollution legal liability policy covered at least some costs to be incurred in connection with the insured’s resolution of the state’s environmental enforcement actions. Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C. v. […]

Source: http://www.wicz.com, April 30, 2013 A response wasn’t long in coming, following the latest bit of news on a very controversial subject. Just one day after the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said methane found in private water wells in Franklin Forks Township was naturally occuring and not the result of natural gas development, one […]

Source: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (MN), May 1, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Minneapolis developer known for cleaning up industrial sites has plans to turn Fridley’s biggest and most polluted parcel into a sprawling business campus. Paul Hyde of Hyde Developments has been in discussion with city officials for nearly two years to buy 122 […]

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

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 […]