Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, March 8, 2017 By: Gavin Souter In a complex insurance coverage dispute over alleged asbestos-related claims arising out of industrial talc use and production, a Connecticut appeals court ruled on Monday that a policyholder who previously bought occurrence-based coverage should not be deemed uninsured for long-tail liability claims during years when only limited […]

Source: http://www.cnbc.com, December 21, 2016 By: Berkeley Lovelace Jr. DuPont was ordered on Wednesday to pay $2 million after a jury found the company liable for diseases linked to a Teflon-making chemical, Reuters reported. The multinational chemical giant will pay a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked […]

Source: http://www.charlestondailymail.com, July 13, 2015 By: Andrea Lannon An insurance company recently sued by three South Charleston hotels, says a policy issued to the hotels does not cover damages they say they sustained from the Jan. 9, 2014 chemical spill. The hotel groups alleged the insurance providers wrongfully denied their claim for damages sustained from […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, September 19, 2014 By: Jonathan Matisse A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a $2.9 million settlement that would benefit 300,000 people whose water was contaminated in a January chemical spill. Judge Ronald Pearson filed the order this past Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Charleston. Pearson’s approval lets a U.S. District Court judge […]

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com, September 19, 2013 By: Alexander Smith A fire engulfed a chemical plant in Oklahoma early Thursday, heating pressurized containers and causing several explosions, authorities said. The Danlin plant in Thomas, Okla., caught fire at 10 p.m. local time (11 p.m. ET) Wednesday, according to fire officials. Contrary to previous statements by the Thomas […]

Source: http://content.usatoday.com, October 3, 2011 By: Douglas Stanglin A massive industrial fire at a chemical processing plant is sending plumes of black smoke into the sky near Waxahachie, in north-central Texas, The Dallas Morning News reports. The fire began before noon at the Magnablend chemical processing plant and quickly spread as a burning liquid. At one […]

Source: http://www.azcentral.com, August 28, 2011 By: Art Thomason It’s labeled Site ST035 on an environmental-cleanup map. But more people know it as the location of the former Williams Air Force Base gas station, where leaking fuel contaminated the soil and groundwater with benzene and other pollutants for decades. Today even more people know the site […]

Source: http://articles.philly.com, June 9, 2007 By: Jeremy Rogoff Residents of parts of West Conshohocken and Upper Merion were advised to stay indoors yesterday after a dump truck carrying 40,000 pounds of sulfur waste overturned yesterday morning on a Blue Route off-ramp, spilling its load and causing a cloud of hazardous gas to form. Traffic was […]

Source: Merced Sun-Star (CA), July 15, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The city of Merced will pay $1.5 million to more than 2,200 plaintiffs as a settlement in the 4-year-old Beachwood contamination and flooding case, in which residents alleged a plant near the neighborhood contaminated the air and water around them. The plant used industrial chemicals […]

Source: Bangor Daily News, June 21, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Nearly three weeks after a tractor-trailer accident caused 5,000 gallons of gasoline to spill out onto the ground, officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection and additional crews continue to oversee the cleanup effort. Samantha Depoy-Warren, spokesperson for the DEP, said there are no […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, June 19, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The natural-gas industry, bowing to longtime pressure, will disclose more information about the chemicals it uses in the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing. On Friday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law a bill that will require companies to make public the chemicals they […]

Source: Greeley Tribune (Colorado), June 5, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Last month, researchers at Duke University unleashed a mini bombshell on the oil and gas industry with a study demonstrating a strong link between oil and gas drilling and groundwater contamination. But no sooner did their study come out that many refuted its findings, stating […]