Source: Property Casualty 360, January 2013 By: Dave Lenckus While Pollution Coverage Is Gaining Traction Among Discretionary Buyers, Many Businesses Remain Underinsured and at Risk AIDED BY LOW PRICES—AND LARGE UNCOVERED LOSSES CAUSED BY RECENT EVENTS—ENVIRONMENTAL CARRIERS AND PRODUCERS SEE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND PURCHASES BY NEW BUSINESS CLASSES, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE, HIGHER ED & HOSPITALITY […]

Read here about pollution claims settlement between a chemical manufacturer and residents in West Virginia.

Source: The Brunswick News (GA), January 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com While site of the new Glynn County Detention Center under construction is near a previously known environmental Superfund site, employees and inmates should have no health concerns once the facility is opened next year. That’s the assessment by county and environmental officials, including Daniel […]

Source: PR Web, January 28, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Lawsuits associated with high-volume, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) are increasing amid the escalation in fracking activity. In the wake of several multi-million dollar settlements, the insurance industry has a major stake in understanding the scope and extent of risks potentially posed by fracking, writes LeClairRyan partner Michael […]

Source: Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 30, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Norfolk Southern Corp. contractor dumped hazardous waste at a Scott County landfill in December, and now the company is working to clean up the mess and move the soil to an appropriate location, according to state officials. Shannon Ashford, a communications officer with the Tennessee […]

Source: Southwest Farm Press, January 30, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Dr. Don Parker, NCCs manager of Integrated Pest Management, told attendees at the American Honey Producers Assoc. (AHPA) 2013 national convention that the U.S. cotton industry is concerned with the level of attention being given to pesticides as a factor of declining bee colonies. An […]

Read here about two companies in North Dakota that will pay $50,000 for improperly dumping sewage.

Read here about a cruise line that will pay for discharge of pool water into Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Source: http://www.lexology.com, January 29, 2013 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in United Fire & Casualty Co. v. Titan Contractors Service, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10716 (E.D. Mo. Jan. 28, 2013), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, applying Missouri law, had occasion […]

Read here about the cleanup of an oil leak from a barge in Mississippi.

Read here about a fruit processor in Michigan that is being sued over contamination caused by blueberry waste.

Source: StarTribune (MN), January 31, 2013 By: Jim Anderson A panel looking at long-term needs was examining some of the same issues as the state was in the lawsuit. Three years ago, officials in Woodbury and Cottage Grove began looking at a fundamental but vital question: Will there be enough safe drinking water for our […]