Source: Buffalo News, July 19, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Nearly 350 vacant and abandoned gas stations scattered across upstate New York pose a significant hazard to people and the environment, and hinder efforts to redevelop parts of downtown areas that could serve as gateways to business districts. That was the warning issued Wednesday by U.S. […]

Source: BestWire Services, July 17, 2012 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Consulting actuaries Richard Soulsby and Jason Kurtz of Milliman say in a disaster scenario involving hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, comparable historical pollution events show pollution liability limits could be dwarfed by fracking-related pollution claims. Soulsby and Kurtz authored a report on the subject, which notes industry regulators should require companies […]

Source: Detroit Free Press, July 16, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Reduce the smell of decomposing yard waste, or stop composting. That’s what Clinton Township is hoping a Macomb County Circuit Court judge will order in a lawsuit the township filed against Uni-Dig, a dirt and recycling business on Quinn Road. “What we’re requesting is public […]

Source: http://www.cspnet.com, July 13, 2012 Says company wrongfully collected $25 million from UST cleanup fund A state lawsuit says ConocoPhillips used false insurance claims to take $25 million from Utah over 14 years, allegedly misrepresenting it had no other insurance to pay for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, reported The Deseret News. In a complaint […]

Read here about a milestone that has been reached in one Montana town where hundreds have been killed after being exposed to asbestos.

Source: Albuquerque Journal, July 15, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com File this under “no good deed goes unpunished.” Albuquerque’s success in reducing its groundwater pumping to protect the region’s aquifer could make it harder to clean up a massive Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak. As less water was pumped, the aquifer rose, and now it […]

Read here about an agreement that has been reached in Texas to clean up a former waste disposal site.

Source: http://www.mercurynews.com, July 12, 2012 By: Ian Bauer, Milpitas Post Out-of-town lawyers specializing in class action lawsuits about pet food recalls, sewage backups and odors generated by landfills say they plan to file a class action suit against the operators of the Newby Island Landfill and Resource Recovery Park on the Milpitas-San Jose border. Evans […]

Read here about a group of residents in Iowa who seek to have the EPA regulate emissions from livestock operations.

Source: Fayetteville Observer (NC), July 12, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Federal prosecutors have re-filed claims against House of Raeford Farms Inc. and its management for illegally dumping turkey blood and organs. According to a grand jury indictment filed June 26 the previously 14 alleged incidents of illegal dumping that were dismissed in February are being […]

Source: Charleston Daily Mail (WV) Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new study being done by the Department of Energy may provide some of the first solid answers to an extremely controversial question: Can gas drilling fluids migrate and pose a threat to drinking water? A drilling company in southwestern Pennsylvania is giving researchers access to a […]

Read here about a major insurance company that announced that it won’t cover damages related to fracking.