Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration’s View of Clean Water Act April 27, 2020 By Mark Sherman The Supreme Court ruled last week that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under landmark clean-water protections...
Group Preparing to Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution January 29, 2020 By Brian Witte A conservation group announced Monday that it’s preparing to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce the Clean...
One of Lawsuits by Kids Against Trump Climate Policies Dismissed February 21, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two Pennsylvania boys and an environmental group seeking to stop U.S. President...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could Limit Clean Water Act February 19, 2019 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider limiting the scope of a landmark law aimed at curbing water...
North Carolina Utility Sues Chemours, DuPont Over Water Contamination October 19, 2017 A utility that provides water in southeastern North Carolina has sued a company it accuses of polluting the Cape Fear...
Black Elk Energy Agrees to $4.2M Penalty Over Deadly Gulf Oil Platform Fire May 15, 2017 By Kevin McGill An energy company pleaded guilty on May 12 to safety and environmental charges, agreeing to a $4.2 million penalty and...
Judge OKs Duke Energy Environmental Compliance Plan in North Carolina January 14, 2016 A federal judge is approving two Duke Energy plans describing how the country’s largest electricity company says it will comply...
Kentucky Mining Company Fined for Clean Water Act Violations December 10, 2015 Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet has agreed to levy a stiff fine against a coal mining company that acknowledged thousands...
BP’s Oil Spill Settlement with Gulf States, U.S. Tops $20 Billion October 6, 2015 By Del Quentin Wilber, Margaret Cronin Fisk and Rakteem Katakey The value of BP Plc’s settlement with the U.S. government and five Gulf states over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill...
Coal Plant Owners in Las Vegas Area to Settle Lawsuit for $4.3M August 3, 2015 By Ken Ritter Owners of a soon-to-close coal-fired power plant outside Las Vegas, Nev. have agreed to pay $4.3 million to settle a...