Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 15, 2013 By: David Erickson and Mark Anstoetter The Illinois Court of Appeals has held that an insured’s alleged sale of tainted drinking water fell within an absolute pollution exclusion in each of eight insurance contracts. Crestwood v. Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co., Nos. 1-12-0112 & 1-12-0227, (Ill. App. Ct. 2/22/13). The Village […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 20, 2013 By: Lynn T. Manolopoulos and Scott Broadwell, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP A recent decision by a federal court in the Central District of California found the United States liable for 40% of the response costs related to contamination from the manufacture of ammunition and rocket motors for the United States […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 19, 2013 By: Robert S. Sanoff, Foley Hoag LLP In a decision that exalts casuistry over common sense, the Ninth Circuit recently held that an insurer who reimbursed $2.4 million in CERCLA response costs to its policyholder had no subrogation rights against the potentially responsible parties that actually caused the contamination in […]

Source: The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, March 26, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The state Department of Ecology has released plans for a $62 million cleanup of some 1,200 residential yards polluted by the old Asarco smelter in Ruston. The voluntary program will cover homes not only within the one-square-mile Asarco Superfund site but also some […]

Read here about a menhaden processor in Virginia that is facing water pollution charges.

Read here about a Kansas Air Force base with toxic groundwater pollution that the federal government will pay the majority to clean up .  

Source: Dow Jones News Service, March 26, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Goodrich Corp. will be required to pay at least $21.5 million to clean up contaminated groundwater and soil at a Superfund site in Rialto, Calif., the Environmental Protection Agency said. Along with previous settlements, the order will result in a clean-up of the site […]

Source: Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, WA), March 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Breaking their weeks-long impasse, the Washington Department of Ecology and Pope Resources have agreed on a $17-million cleanup plan for Port Gamble Bay. The agreement, to be spelled out in a legally binding consent decree, ensures that Ecology will provide $2 million toward the […]

Read here about the continuing mediation occurring in a Savannah River lawsuit.  

Read here about a fracking bill in Illinois that is being watched closely by mining organizations in Missouri.  

Read here about a fracking chemical lawsuit in Wyoming in which the judge ruled against environmentalists.  

Read here about accusations toward Union Pacific that it contributed to lead pollution along railroad lines.