Source: The State, Columbia, SC, April 1, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A federal jury on Friday ordered the owner of a huge landfill in Lee County to pay $2.3 million in damages to six Bishopville area residents for causing a stench they say has made life miserable for them. The jury award against a division […]

Source: Dallas Morning News, March 31, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Environmental Protection Agency, which made national headlines in December 2010 when it ordered natural gas driller Range Resources to clean up pollution in Parker County drinking water, has dropped its case against the company. In exchange, Range agreed to monitor groundwater around the alleged […]

Source: Courthouse News Service, March 15, 2012 By: Joe Celentino An insurance company can use the “pollution exclusion” to disclaim a Chicago suburb that circulated water from a contaminated well, the 7th Circuit ruled. The village of Crestwood is an 11,000-resident suburb of Chicago. Around 1985, the mayor and other village officials learned that one […]

Source: The Advocate, March 19, 2012 By: Michelle Millhollon The Jindal administration is trying to broker a compromise between landowners and the oil and gas industry on legislation involving what are known as “legacy lawsuits.”” At issue is how to resolve often decades-old pollution caused by oil and gas drilling. The oil and gas industry […]

Source: http://www.mysuburbanlife.com, March 21, 2012 By: Elizabeth Stoever Site remediation depends on owners Since completing construction of his home in the 200 block of Ninth Street in 1956, Alfred Martinez, 89, has lived within sight of what he calls “the most polluted area in St. Charles.” Once located next to an active railroad, the land […]

Source: Commonwealth Journal (Somerset, KY), March 28, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The toxic remnants of a methamphetamine lab can linger long after the arrests have been made and the site is shut down by law enforcement. “You’re basically entering at your own risk,” said Stuart Spillman, environmental director with the Lake Cumberland Area District Health […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, March 19, 2012 By: Jack Buehrer As New York intensifies its debate over whether to employ hydraulic fracturing techniques to recover shale-gas deposits in the Marcellus shale formation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sticking to his pledge to “let the science and the facts” determine if the state’ should lift a two-year moratorium on fracking. […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, March 26, 2012 By: Mike Tsikoudakis Ironshore Inc. said Monday that it has expanded its site pollution liability program with coverage for the oil and gas exploration and production sector. The expansion of Ironshore’s Site Pollution Incident Legal Liability Select program offered by its environmental insurance unit will cover crude oil and natural […]

Read here about a site in Indiana that will have a shared waste cleanup cost of $1.5 million to 32 companies and the city of Terre Haute.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com, February 23, 2012 By: Dennis Cauchon Aaron Dinnin’s last job was as a prison guard. Before that, he was a roofer. Today, the 33-year-old West Virginian works in a shale gas field near his home and earns more money than ever before. “This is the best job I’ve ever had,” he says. Expansive […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, March 12, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com (From The Wall Street Journal) Some energy companies, state regulators, academics and environmentalists are reaching consensus that natural-gas drilling has led to several incidents of water pollution — but not because of fracking. The energy officials and some environmentalists agree that poorly built wells […]

Read here about a paint-stripping chemical used in refinishing bathtubs that has been linked to the deaths of numerous workers.