Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota Senate Won’t Hold Oil Execs Liable for Environmental Damage
Jan 22 2021 // The North Dakota Senate has rejected a bill that would have allowed the state to hold liable any corporate officer responsible for oil- and gas-related violations. The North Dakota Petroleum Council and the Greater North...
RenaissanceRe Creates Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategic Areas
Jan 13 2021 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has announced three strategic focus areas as part of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy: Promoting Climate Resilience; Closing the Protection Gap; and Inducing Positive...
Texas Bills Push Tougher Chemical Tank Rules to Stem Explosions, Spills
Jan 8 2021 // Deer Park, Texas, residents sheltered in place. The Houston Ship Channel shut down. Toxic chemicals spilled during Hurricane Harvey. And just last month, seven people were injured in a Corpus Christi fire. These are the...
Trump’s EPA Institutes Curb on ‘Secret’ Science Used in Formulating Regulations
Jan 5 2021 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief said on Monday he has finalized a rule to limit what scientific research the agency can use to formulate regulations, in a concession to big business weeks before...
Texas’ Move to Control Coal Ash Pollution Could Mitigate Tougher EPA Rules
Dec 30 2020 // Texas may soon get authority over the disposal of ash from coal-fired power plants, a change that could insulate coal companies from tougher rules expected under a Biden administration. A proposal introduced by the U.S....
California Sues Companies to Recover Costs for Lead Pollution Cleanup
Dec 23 2020 // A lawsuit has been filed against multiple companies connected to a now-closed battery recycling plant years after California regulators pledged to recover cleanup costs from those responsible for spreading lead pollution...
New Everest Architects & Engineers Policy Offers PL, Pollution, Cyber Coverage
Dec 17 2020 // Everest Insurance has released a new architects and engineers professional liability policy to provide design professionals with professional, pollution and cyber liability coverage. Everest Elevation was developed to...
Oregon Wildfire Hazardous Waste Cleanup Complete
Dec 15 2020 // The Environmental Protection Agency said it has completed the cleanup of household hazardous waste from properties burned in Oregon wildfires. The September fires led to an initial EPA response in Jackson County, which...
$76K Water Pollution Fine Against Iowa Cattle Feedlot Upheld
Dec 11 2020 // An administrative judge has approved a $76,000 fine against an Iowa cattle feedlot for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging polluted wastewater into the East Fork of the Des Moines River. Tony and Joshua Brown, of...
EPA Approves Revised Mississippi Flood Control Project Previously Vetoed
Dec 9 2020 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not object to a revised proposal for a massive flood-control project to pump water from parts of the Mississippi Delta, a regional administrator for the agency...
New Sirius U.S. Excess & Surplus Unit Begins Writing Environmental Business
Dec 9 2020 // Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. announced its new U.S.-based excess & surplus lines (E&S) platform, called Sirius Specialty Insurance Co. (SSIC), will begin underwriting business produced by the...
Missouri Nursing Home to Pay $40K to Settle Gender Pay Discrimination Claims
Dec 3 2020 // A Kansas City-area nursing home has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging it paid female nurses less than male nurses, federal authorities say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that Edgewood...
Connecticut Town Officials Charged in Probe of Hazardous Waste Dumping
Nov 23 2020 // Five former or current officials of Fairfield, Connecticut, are among several people who have been arrested in connection with the illegal dumping of hazardous materials next to the town’s public works garage and...
Pittsburgh Agency Admits Pumping Sludge into Allegheny River
Nov 20 2020 // The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has admitted violating the Clean Water Act when workers illegally pumped sludge into the Allegheny River between 2010 and 2017. The authority on Wednesday pleaded guilty to federal...
Boston Mayor Pledges EV Charging Stations at 10-Minute Walk Intervals
Nov 19 2020 // The Dow Jones Sustainability Index just released their 2020 rankings, and Zurich Insurance Group took the top spot in the insurance sector. The assessment is an annual evaluation of companies’ sustainability...
GRS Appoints Keenan to Head Learning, Marketing Operations
Nov 13 2020 // Global Risk Solutions, Inc., a provider of claims adjusting and environmental risk management services based in Miami, has added Colm Keenan as executive vice president and chief of Learning & Marketing. Keenan will be...
New Mexico Agency Settles Gas Plant Air Pollution Case for $950K
Nov 9 2020 // The New Mexico Environment Department said it has reached a settlement with the operator of a gas plant in northwestern New Mexico over permit and regulatory violations that resulted in excess emissions. The agency said...
English Court Blocks $6.6B Brazil Lawsuit Against Mining Firm BHP Over Burst Dam
Nov 9 2020 // A 5.0 billion pound ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has been struck out, in a blow to a 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group seeking damages after a devastating dam failure in...
Chicago Scrap Shredder to Pay $18K Fine and Improve Safety, Pollution Prevention
Nov 5 2020 // A Chicago scrap shredder with a history of pollution problems has agreed to pay an $18,000 fine and make improvements intended to prevent explosions and stop metallic pollution from drifting into nearby...
U.S. Officially Becomes 1st Nation to Exit Paris Climate Pact
Nov 4 2020 // The U.S. has officially become the first nation to quit the Paris climate agreement, even as the outcome of the country’s presidential race remains undetermined. President Donald Trump, who’s fighting for...
