Source: Daily Camera (Boulder, CO), December 20, 2011 Posted on: http://enr.construction.com A new study led by a University of Colorado engineering professor shows that green construction poses more dangers than traditional projects — partly because workers are more likely to be cut on recycled construction materials or fall while installing solar panels. Matthew R. Hallowell, […]

Source: Desert Dispatch (Barstow, CA), December 18, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com It’s been more than a year since officials discovered perchlorate in Barstow’s drinking water, but a new wave of tests by water experts conducted last week should determine the extent of the plume. Geologists and water experts began drilling and sampling groundwater Dec. 12. […]

Source: New York Times Online, December 18, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Amwell Township is a 44-square-mile plot of steep ravines and grassy pasturelands planted with alfalfa, trefoil and timothy in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. Its home to some 4,000 people, most of whom live in villages named Amity, Lone Pine and Prosperity. From some […]

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com, December 17, 2011 By: Ashley Portero While hydraulic fracturing has been employed in Western states for years by oil and gas companies seeking to extract valuable natural gas from deep within the ground, the controversial process has remained largely unregulated while simultaneously coming under scrutiny due to concerns about its potentially harmful effects […]

Source: New York Times Online, December 14, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com As energy companies move to drill in densely populated areas from Pennsylvania to Texas, battles are breaking out over who will have the final say in managing the shale gas boom. The fight, which pits towns and cities against energy companies and states eager […]

Read here about residents in Kauai, Hawaii who are a suing a seed company over dust being blown into their homes for more than 10 years.

Read here about Colorado’s new rules on disclosure of fracking chemicals that will become effective in April 2012.

Source: Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Natural gas companies that regularly use hydraulic fracturing to drill disclose the risks to shareholders, but not to landowners, according to a report released Monday. As a result of disclosure requirements in federal securities law, some companies that have led the push into the mid-Atlantic […]

Read here about a multi-million-dollar coal slurry pollution settlement in West Virginia that received court approval.

Read here about hospitals in San Diego that will pay nearly $400,000 for improperly disposing of medical waste.

Source: http://www.buffalonews.com, December 10, 2011 By: Patrick LaKamp A jury this week awarded $2 million to a Niagara Falls man who filed an asbestos lawsuit a year ago in State Supreme Court. Gerald Failing, 66, was diagnosed in December 2010 with peritoneal mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Under state […]

Source: http://www.mercurynews.com, December 10, 2011 By: Paul Rogers The owner of a San Jose landfill is facing one of the largest water pollution fines ever issued in the Bay Area by state regulators, following a spill of thousands of gallons of foul-smelling liquid last December into a creek at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. Waste Management, […]