Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Crafting New Auto Pollution Rules After Trump Attacks
Aug 20 2025 // California’s clean-air regulator is pressing ahead with work on new rules for auto emissions in the state and possible new tax credits for electric cars to counter the Trump administration’s effort to corral...
No End in Sight to Plastic Pollution Crisis as Treaty Negotiations in Geneva Fail
Aug 18 2025 // Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday [Aug. 15], with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the...
Judge Stops Hazardous Waste Shipments to Michigan Landfill
Aug 12 2025 // A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental...
Chemours Must Stop Unlawful Pollution of Ohio River, Federal Court Orders
Aug 12 2025 // A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West...
EPA Set to Unravel US Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
Jul 29 2025 // The Trump administration is set to announce its plans to abolish the US government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, threatening to strike a deep blow at Washington’s ability to fight climate...
EPA to Withdraw Foundation of Greenhouse Gas Rules, Sources Say
Jul 23 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reverse its scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health, removing the legal foundation that underpins all major climate regulations, two...
Trump Exempts Scores of Plants From Biden’s Pollution Rules
Jul 22 2025 // President Donald Trump is allowing chemical makers, coal-fired power plants and other facilities to bypass a range of environmental regulations on grounds that the waivers are needed for national security purposes. The...
EPA Orders Cleanup Following Battery Fire at California Energy Storage Facility
Jul 11 2025 // A company has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a cleanup in the wake of a lithium-ion battery fire that occurred at the company’s energy storage facility in...
Newsom Signs Bill Overhauling California’s Landmark Environmental Law
Jul 1 2025 // Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that will remake California’s landmark environmental protection rules, an overhaul that he says is essential to address the state’s housing shortage and...
Supreme Court Dealt Blows to EPA and Environmental Protections
Jul 1 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court delivered setbacks to environmental interests in a series of recent rulings including by further restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority and relaxing requirements for...
Ryan Transactional Risk Launches Environmental Practice Product
Jun 25 2025 // Ryan Transactional Risk announced the launch of a new product that will specialize in insuring the risk of cost overruns for environmental remediations and clean-ups. Ryan Transactional Risk Enviro is providing...
US Supreme Court Sets Test for Which Courts Can Hear EPA Cases
Jun 19 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court established rules of the road on Wednesday to determine when lawsuits challenging actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions should be...
Justices Back Temporary Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Site
Jun 18 2025 // The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste at a temporary site in west Texas over the objections of local landowners and oil and gas operators. Voting 6-3,...
Groups Notify Musk’s AI Company of Intent to Sue Over Facility Pollution in Memphis
Jun 18 2025 // The NAACP and an environmental group said Tuesday that they intend to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI over concerns about air pollution generated by a supercomputer facility located near...
What to Know About Construction and Environmental Liability
Jun 16 2025 // How do per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impact the environmental liability market in construction, or do they? Do all contractors need environmental liability coverage? And if so, how can agents and brokers...
Trump Poised to Repeal Biden Curb on Power-Plant Pollution
Jun 11 2025 // he Trump administration will propose scrapping Biden-era climate mandates requiring the nation’s power plants to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with...
EPA Reaches $1.1M Settlement With Illinois Chemical Solutions Company
Jun 9 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with chemicals solutions company Stepan Co. of Northbrook, Illinois, for allegedly distributing or selling a misbranded pesticide in violation of the Federal...
Army Corps Finds Great Lakes Pipeline Tunnel Would Have Major Environmental Impacts
Jun 2 2025 // Building an underground tunnel for an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that stretches across a Great Lakes channel could destroy wetlands and harm bat habitats but would eliminate the chances of a boat anchor rupturing the line...
Thames Water Tops List of Firms Facing Criminal Probes Over Pollution
May 22 2025 // Thames Water tops a list of water companies under criminal investigation for pollution by the UK government, a move that could complicate efforts to turn around the beleaguered British utility. The firm, which serves about...
Budget Cuts at EPA Become Flashpoint at a Heated Hearing
May 22 2025 // The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an “aspiring fiction writer” and saying another does not “care about wasting money.”...
