By Jim Turner | June 15, 2017
Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet agreed to use $15 million from the Florida Forever program to buy 407 acres in Gilchrist County — preserving a cluster of natural springs — and to protect 6,071 acres of agricultural land in Polk and Hardee counties.
By Mark L. Greenfogel | June 15, 2017
Following a vote of 32-17 in the Senate earlier this month, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Committee on Environmental Resources & Energy is considering an amendment to the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of April 27, 1966, P.L. 31, as amended, 52 P.S. Sections 1406.1-1406.21 (BMSLCA or Mine Subsidence Act).
By Candee Wilde | June 15, 2017
The Commonwealth Court recently held that certain comprehensive general liability (CGL) "occurrence" insurance policies issued before the institution of a blanket pollution exclusion cover latent environmental contamination that occurred during the policy period, even when such contamination does not manifest until after the policy period expires. This holding identified latent environmental contamination as falling within an exception to the longstanding rule that CGL occurrence insurance policies are triggered by the first manifestation of injury, as in Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance v. Johnson Matthey, No. 330 (Pa. Commw. Ct. April 21).
By B. Colby Hamilton | June 13, 2017
The Second Circuit reversed a ruling that found a pollution settlement with several oil companies and a district attorney in California precluded legal action by the local water board.
By Max Mitchell | June 12, 2017
The Commonwealth Court has approved the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's decision to allow a unique drilling process that a challenger argued is an "abnormally dangerous activity" occurring too close to an active oil refinery.
By Sue Reisinger and Colby Hamilton | June 9, 2017
After a busy news week, here's a look at a few corporate enforcement issues we previously missed.
By Jeffrey Gracer and Michael Mahoney | June 7, 2017
Jeffrey Gracer and Michael Mahoney write: New Yorkers can do more than endure a reduction of our carbon footprints; we can thrive in a new clean energy economy. In so doing, we can inspire others to follow our lead.
By C. Ryan Barber | June 7, 2017
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is warning federal consumer product-safety regulators that their lifesaving effort to restrict the emissions of portable generators could fall outside the scope of their authority. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt suggested that the Consumer Product Safety Commission's rule-making could intrude on the environmental agency's powers.
By Alex Berry | June 6, 2017
Water company invites firms to tender for BLP's managed legal services role alongside new panel for 'high-visibility, substantial and complex work'
By Lewis Goldshore | June 5, 2017
This article identifies 2017's top 10 state environmental issues, many of which will continue to have a long shelf life.
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