Read here about clean up of an fuel spill in Alaska that will be taken over by the EPA as a result of the responsible party being “financially incapable of completing the cleanup.”

Source: http://www.dailyitem.com, December 4, 2014 By: Justin Strawser The Line Mountain School Board will receive more than $17,000 from its insurance provider to cover damages related to a heating oil leak inside a former district property, but Liberty Mutual will not be covering the costs of cleaning up the Lower Mahanoy Township Municipal Authority wastewater […]

Source: http://www.globest.com, January 28, 2013 By: Antoinette Martin In the wake of several multi-million dollar settlements over pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing, including two in this state, a New York legal specialist has published an article called “Fracking Know-How” for property owners and insurers. LeClairRyan partner Michael J. Case writes in this month’s issue of […]

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com, January 25, 2013 By: Aaron Sankin An environmental group has filed suit against the state of California for doing what it deemed an insufficient job of regulating the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” In a complaint filed in Alameda County Superior Court earlier this week, the Arizona-based Center For Biological Diversity […]