Source: http://www.nj.com, April 16, 2009 By: Laura Craven Two environmental groups will announce today that they plan to sue eight public and private entities over pollution in and around Raritan Bay. The nonprofits, Edison Wetlands Association and NY/NJ Baykeeper, said they have sent letters of intent to NL Industries Inc.; NL Environmental Management Services Inc.; […]

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 […]

Read here about how Pennsylvania’s Health Secretary would like to create a registry to monitor health issues in areas near heavy drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

Source: http://www.weitzlux.com, May 8, 2008 Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. has secured a landmark MTBE settlement against some of the country’s biggest oil companies, which have agreed to pay $423 million in a suit involving the contamination of 153 public water systems nationally. Of the settlement, Robert Gordon of Weitz & Luxenberg said, “This is an excellent settlement on behalf […]

Read here about a Missouri lawsuit that claims tannery sludge causes tumors.

Source: http://www.businesswire.com, June 2, 2005 Mold exposure has jumped to the forefront of significant personal injury claims with a recent $925,000 award in Wayne County Circuit Court to an apartment resident. The verdict, the highest ever in Michigan for personal injury damages resulting from mold exposure, could ultimately force a new standard of liability on […]

Source: http://www.redorbit.com, February 26, 2006 By: Josh Adams, Eagle Times, Claremont, N.H. Concerns over a possible mold infestation at the Sarah Porter School in Langdon have prompted the school district to close the building for at least a portion of next week. SAU 60 Superintendent Joe Della Badia confirmed Thursday that students will attend classes at the […]

Source: The Miami Herald, February 26, 2006 By: Jennifer Babson In Key West’s crumbling City Hall annex, wires protrude from ceilings, workers have glued plywood to keep concrete beams from falling, and an air-circulation problem has given the mayor a severe case of itchy eyes. “It’s bad,” sniffled Mayor Morgan McPherson. “I’m taking steroids now.” […]

Source: http://www.allbusiness.com, September 7, 2007 By: Matthew Higbee, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport The town has sued the architectural firm that designed the middle school over a recurring moisture problem that is cracking the ground floor in several classrooms and causing mold to appear. The lawsuit, filed against Fletcher Thompson Architects in Milford Superior Court on Wednesday, […]

Source: http://www.app.com, June 13, 2011 By: Erik Larsen A $20 million settlement has been reached between the former Ciba-Geigy Corp. and thousands of people who contended that the value of their property was diminished by the dumping of toxic waste near their homes in Toms River. The plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit represent those residents […]

Source: The Boston Globe, August 1, 2006 The Big Dig has at least $800 million in insurance coverage that would pay for much of the repair bills, inspection costs, and lawsuits stemming from the deadly Interstate 90 connector tunnel ceiling collapse, according to a memo that circulated yesterday among state lawmakers. The memo, from the […]

Read here about a Tennessee Valley Authority Contractor that agreed to pay over $6 million to the federal government to settle a fraud investigation.