Source: The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY), September 20, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A lawsuit filed against the town of Middlefield last week that seeks to overturn its ban on gas drilling could set legal precedent in the state, several who spoke on the subject Friday and Monday said. Cooperstown Holstein Corporation vs. Town of Middlefield was filed […]

Source: http://www.nctimes.com, September 16, 2011 By: Paul Sisson Just as long-awaited efforts to clean up the site of former gravel mine in Oceanside got underway last month, heavy earth-moving equipment uncovered two more patches of contaminated soil near where Buena Vista Creek cuts through the land. Marvin Howell, director of land use planning and permitting […]

Source: http://onlineathens.com, September 20, 2011 By: Lee Shearer An Oconee County land development company has sued the state Board of Regents, claiming a University of Georgia construction waste landfill spilled over onto its property. According to Phoenix Development and Land Investment LLC of Watkinsville, UGA contract workers accidentally buried construction waste on the company’s land, […]

Source: http://www.manufacturing.net, September 19, 2011 Cleanup of household appliances, contaminated soil, drums filled with toxic waste and other hazardous materials was completed recently by the US Environmental Protection Agency at an abandoned one-acre residential parcel in Hillsborough, N.H. The cleanup of the Davison Property site at 471 Second NH Turnpike (Route 31) began in January […]

Source: http://www.dbusinessnews.com, September 19, 2011 Chromium 6 is used in dyes, pigments, leather tanning, wood preserving, and chrome plating. Chromium 6 is a by-product of metal plating and is classified as a carcinogen when inhaled as particles or fumes. When chromium 6 gets into water, the effects are equally as damaging. Out of 1,591 National […]

Source: Reuters, September 20, 2011 Posted on: http://www.businessinsurance.com A lawsuit challenging a small town’s ban on natural-gas drilling could have implications throughout New York state, where officials are poised to approve a controversial drilling method known as fracking. Privately held Anschutz Exploration Corp. filed suit Friday against Dryden, a rural suburb of Ithaca, N.Y., with […]

Read here about an 8 year groundwater contamination cleanup plan that has been outlined at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland.

Source: Baltimore Sun, September 3, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Hurricane Irene did more than topple trees and turn out the lights across the Baltimore area. The storm left behind some nasty, stinky reminders of its fury, as sewage spills forced beach closures and triggered warnings to stay away from the water as summer draws to […]

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 1, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Since 1992, a coal ash pond next to the Ameren power plant here has been ‘seeping,” as the company puts it, leaking into the surrounding area, according to state records. Put another way, one of the plant’s two ponds storing toxic coal waste has been […]

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.