Read here about a natural gas drilling company in New York that is threatening to sue of regulators don’t stop local bans.

Source: Richmond Time-Dispatch, July 31, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Hercules Inc. has agreed to pay a $175,000 penalty and add $200,000 in pollution controls to settle alleged air-pollution violations at its Hopewell chemical plant, federal officials said today. According to the officials, the plant at 1111 Hercules Road had inadequate controls in place for limiting […]

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 23, 2012 Carondelet Coke was one of the most polluted places in Missouri. Allied Chemical and Ironton Coke was one of the most contaminated sites in Ohio. Each scored high enough on a hazard scale to be considered for inclusion on the U.S. government’s priority list for cleaning toxic sites. […]

Source: The Record, Hackensack, NJ, July 23, 2012 Posted on: http://newyork.construction.com Most of the contaminated groundwater at the Maywood Chemical Co. Superfund site will be left untreated to naturally break down over the course of centuries as part of a $36.8 million cleanup plan chosen this month by federal officials. The project by the U.S. […]

Source: Star-News, July 25, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The N.C. Coastal Land Trust will receive $1 million over five years as part of the punishment for Freedman Farms, a Columbus County hog farm that released more than 324,000 gallons of untreated waste into a stream that feeds the Waccamaw River in 2007. The Wilmington-based Coastal […]

Read here about an air quality study that has begun in a Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania.

Source: Trenton Times, July 24, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Pennsylvania remains the largest state without a tax on natural gas production, thanks in part to a study released under the banner of the Penn State University. The 2009 report predicted drillers would shun Pennsylvania if new taxes were imposed, and lawmakers cited it the following […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 24, 2012 Posted on: c Shenango Inc. said Tuesday it will pay a $1.75 million fine to resolve environmental complaints about the company’s Neville Island coke battery dating to 2005, when the plant had different ownership. DTE Energy Services of Ann Arbor, Mich., said it bought the plant in 2008 and […]

Source: http://news.yahoo.com, July 18, 2012 To: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND STATE EDITORS Bulk of Problem Takes Place at Natural Gas Plant Operations; Pattern of “Neglect” Seen As Pollution Sometimes Drags on for Weeks or Even Months. WASHINGTON, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “Accidents” and other non-routine events at Texas oil and gas facilities, refineries and petrochemical […]

Read here about a well drilling company in North Dakota that received a record breaking fine for illegally dumping waste into a former oil well.

Read here about a library in Oklahoma that was temporarily shut down after bed bugs were found on a chair.

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. […]