Source: The New York Times, September 4, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com As the Obama administration pulls back on a broad rule to combat ozone pollution, a different rule that would also reduce smog-forming chemicals in Texas remains on track. The White House announced on Friday that ground-level ozone levels would be reviewed in 2013 rather […]

Source: Muskogee Phoenix (OK), September 4, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com More than 18 months have passed since the parties involved in the state’s poultry industry pollution lawsuit rested their cases. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell, who presided over the 52-day trial that spanned nearly five months, has yet to render an opinion. Former Oklahoma Attorney […]

Read here about a site in Orlando, FL that is being cleaned up of a toxic solvent dumped nearly 50 years ago.

Source: Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), September 4, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The state Department of Environmental Protection has investigated a much-maligned crab shell-roasting operation in Kelly Township and warned the operator to control the bad smell coming from the Hoffa Mill Road farm. But there’s no indication the creation of fertilizer and feed from the […]

Source: http://www.boston.com, August 24, 2011 By: Rona Fischman Chelsea is the site of a precedent regarding mold litigation. Richard D. Vetstein is here to tell you about it. Toxic mold is a dangerous condition that can arise in buildings with untreated water leaks and penetration. The most common form of “toxic mold” is Stachybotrys chartarum (also known […]

Source: http://news.opb.org, August 25, 2011 By: April Baer Oregon’s Congressional delegation wants to finish the job of cleaning up the Portland harbor Superfund sites. It’s not an easy time to go in search of money – public or private. But the players say a confluence of events has made these sites a problem the region […]

Source: http://theoaklandpress.com, August 16, 2011 By: J. Patrick Pepper The U.S. government has agreed to pay more than $10.8 million for environmental cleanup related to military manufacturing in the city’s South End.

 Ford Motor Co. and Severstal North America will split the money, which is to be used for environmental remediation at the Rouge complex […]

Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com, August 16, 2011 By: Jeff Morganteen State environmental officials and city firefighters on Tuesday helped contain contaminated soil that surfaced from a remediated plot in the South End once home to the Pitney Bowes factory. Contaminated soil entered a sewer line after a construction crew dug into a remediated “brownfield” at the old […]

Read here about a new rule for Marcellus shale natural gas drillers filed in W. Virginia.

Source: Lawyers USA, August 15, 2011 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com A pair of South Carolina attorneys recently won millions in a personal injury case after rejecting a low ball settlement offer and overcoming a lack of medical evidence to prove the cause of their client’s life-altering disability. William S. Tetterton and co-counsel Vincent A. Sheheen represented a […]

Source: Houston Chronicle, August 25, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new assessment of the Marcellus Shale says the formation in the Northeastern U.S. may contain 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, recoverable natural gas, far more than believed less than a decade ago. The new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey updates a 2002 study […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 On July 28, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new proposed standards that would reduce air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. The rules take aim at smog-forming volatile organic compound (VOC) […]