Read here about how wildlife in the Northeast is being threatened because of the gas drilling boom.  

Read here about an oil spill in Michigan that left a sheen on the Grand River.  

Source: http://www.irmi.com, March 2013 By: Mark M. Bell, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP CGL coverage for pollution-related losses has seen significant changes over the past 40 years. These changes have resulted both because of changes within the standard Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), CGL policy and because of courts’ inconsistent application of the term […]

Source: The Gazette, Colorado, April 1, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A wave of oil and gas exploration in El Paso County may be short-lived. Ultra Resources has shelved plans for drilling in the area after its wells in eastern El Paso County produced disappointing results; Ultra is waiting to see what another company, Hilcorp Energy, […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, March 31, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com (FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 4/1/13) Crews cleaned up thousands of barrels of crude over the weekend after an Exxon Mobil Corp. pipeline ruptured and polluted an Arkansas town — an incident that underscored the fragility of the U.S. pipeline network. Exxon said Friday’s […]

Read here about a $3 million fine to be paid by Honeywell for pollution at its Hopewell, VA plant.  

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 22, 2013 By: David Erickson and Mark Anstoetter The owner of a Colorado company that paints aircraft has pleaded guilty to improper treatment of a hazardous waste. United States v. Teltow, No. 1:13-0027 (D. Colo. 3/12/13). Owner Norman Teltow could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 […]

Source: Wisconsin State Journal, March 27, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Responding to the explosion in the number of frac-sand mining operations in Wisconsin, state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout is circulating a set of five bills that would give local governments and property owners more information and more power over the location and operation of such facilities. […]

Source: The State, Columbia, SC, March 27, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com An Elgin chemical manufacturer will pay a $500,000 pollution fine for a series of alleged environmental violations at its plant and a wastewater treatment facility near Lugoff, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney’s office says the company’s 46-year-old operation illegally discharged […]

Read here about a bill in the Connecticut legislature that is advancing toward banning waste from fracking.

Source: http://www.nasdaq.com, March 22, 2013 By: Zacks.com The U.S.-based retail operations of ACE Limited ( ACE ), ACE USA has introduced a Foreign Casualty Pollution Liability coverage endorsement. ACE came up with this coverage option to provide insurance and risk management solutions to the globally operating mid-sized and large-scale multinational companies located in the U.S.A. […]

Source: The Legal Examiner, March 26, 2013 By: Ed Normand The Federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a comprehensive general liability policy covering a hotel must provide insurance coverage for the death of a tourist visiting Orlando from England who died after contracting Legionnaires disease sourced from the hotel hot tub. The […]