Read here about a study that showed that chemicals from natural gas drilling did not contaminate drinking water aquifers in Pennsylvania.

Source: http://www.startribune.com, July 13, 2013 By: Tony Kennedy In Wisconsin, frac-sand mines in Trempealeau, Buffalo and Barron counties are creating unstable piles of sand waste and illicit wastewater runoff. In Minnesota, state health officials are studying two chemicals widely used in frac-sand processing as contaminants of “emerging concern.” Four years into a mining boom that […]

Read here about the owner of a Maryland cement plant owner who has been fined $700,000 for Clean Air Act violations.

Source: Wisconsin State Journal, July 17, 2013 By: Ed Treleven Madison-Kipp and two groups of neighbors who sued the East Side vehicle parts manufacturer have agreed to the settlement of the class action lawsuits in state and federal courts for cash payments totaling $7.2 million. The company also agreed to replace contaminated soil on some […]

Source: http://www.globest.com, July 16, 2013 By: S. Ira Grossman In a recent blog post I discussed how a comprehensive Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser (BFPP) liability protection can help to protect you from acquisition environmental risk. Today I’ll look at Environmental Insurance, and how it can help cover […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 9, 2013 By: Patrick Frye, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP In Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. Southern National Gas Co. (Ala. June 18, 2013), the Alabama Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict finding that the leaking of PCB from 8 different locations was one “occurrence.” Sonat (short for Southern National Gas Co.) […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 5, 2013 By: Hillary Coombs Jarvis and John P. Swenson, Steptoe & Johnson LLP In Nautilus Insurance Company v. 3Builders, Inc., Civil No. 11-00303 LEK-RLP, 2013 WL 3223643 (D. Haw. June 24, 2013), the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, applying Hawaii state law, granted Nautilus Insurance Company’s (“Nautilus”) […]

Source: http://www.news-gazette.com, July 14, 2013 By: Bill Anaya Last month, Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act (P.A. 098-0022). Others may continue to seek a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Illinois, but with the governor’s signature, a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Illinois is merely a protest. We can, however, expect challenges […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 12, 2013 Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in GS2 Engineering & Environmental Consultants, Inc. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95137 (D.S.C. July 9, 2013), the United State District Court for South Carolina had occasion to consider the limitations of coverage inherent […]

Source: http://www.environmental-law.net, July 9, 2013 Southern Wine & Spirits of New York vs. Impact Environmental Consultants, 2013 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2081(App. Div.-1st Dept 3/28/13) involves a common source of contamination in Long Island and other suburban areas of New York City-dry wells and septic systems. The parties have yet to begin discovery but based […]

Source: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com, July 2, 2013 By: Matt Sutkoski League of Cities and Towns says CSWD was aware of pollution-exclusion clause; district says it thought it was covered The Chittenden Solid Waste District is suing its insurance carrier to help recover costs as it struggles back from last year’s infiltration of herbicides into the compost it […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 2, 2013 By: Charmian Barton, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Introduction Recent changes to offshore environment legislation include the introduction of an express ‘polluter pays’ obligation. Titleholders are under a duty to eliminate and control any petroleum escape, remediate damage and monitor the environmental impact of the escape. These changes came into effect […]