Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fiat Chrysler to Pay $700M to U.S., States, Car Owners Over Diesel Emissions Claims
Jan 10 2019 // Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will pay more than $700 million to resolve lawsuits from the U.S. Justice Department and diesel owners over claims it used illegal software to allow 104,000 diesel vehicles to emit excess...
Derailed Train Spills Corrosive Chemical Near Georgia Town
Jan 9 2019 // A derailed train spilled various chemicals including hydrochloric acid outside of a small Georgia town, prompting evacuations. The director of the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency, Jim Anderson, says a Norfolk...
2019 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 7 2019 // 2019 CIWA Industry Days Jan 6-8 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, CA CIWA www.ciwa.net 2019 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 9-12 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch St. Louis, MO Independent Insurance Agents...
Judge Grants Monsanto Request Limiting Evidence in Roundup Cancer Claims Trials
Jan 4 2019 // A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer causes cancer has issued a ruling that could severely restrict evidence that the plaintiffs consider crucial to their cases. U.S....
California Commissioner: Impact of COIN Investments Estimated to Reach $29B
Jan 3 2019 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday issued a report today detailing the progress of the California Organized Investment Network during his administration. COIN is a program within the California...
Georgia-Pacific to Pay $600K Fine, Spend $4.7M on Upgrades in Arkansas Settlement
Dec 17 2018 // An Arkansas paper mill would pay a $600,000 fine and spend about $4.7 million on environmental projects and plant upgrades to reduce air pollution under terms of a proposed settlement. The proposal with Georgia-Pacific in...
Environmentalists Claim 11 Georgia Coal Plants Leaking Chemicals
Dec 17 2018 // A study by environmental groups says 11 coal powered plants in Georgia are leaking chemicals into ground water. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice released the...
Reuters Special Report: J&J Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades
Dec 17 2018 // Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was deadly, a...
Take Corporate Citizenship to the Next Level with Coalitions
Dec 17 2018 // Interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has grown substantially in recent years. What used to be just a recommended business practice is now a mandate for organizations across all industries. Employers clearly...
UN Talks Seeking Climate Rulebook Reflect U.S.-China Tension
Dec 14 2018 // China accused some of the richest nations in the world of “backsliding” on pledges to clean up pollution and provide $100 billion a year in climate-related aid by 2020. The comments at a United Nations...
North Carolina’s Environmental Chief Says Chemical Maker Must Change its Ways
Dec 7 2018 // The largest penalty a polluter has paid North Carolina should change the way one of the country’s biggest chemical companies makes compounds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said appear dangerous even in...
Romaine Lettuce Outbreak Highlights Safety Measures in Produce Industry
Dec 7 2018 // After repeated food poisoning outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce, the produce industry is confronting the failure of its own safety measures in preventing contaminations. The E. coli outbreak announced just before...
How Insurance Broker A.J Gallagher Cleans Up on Clean Coal Subsidies: Reuters
Dec 5 2018 // Earlier this year, the chief financial officer of global insurance giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. explained to analysts how the company had turned a little-known U.S. energy subsidy into a profit machine, worth...
Study: River Near Chemours N.C. Plant Contaminated with Industrial Chemicals
Dec 3 2018 // A study performed for a chemical-maker accused of polluting North Carolina’s longest river finds the entire waterway used by thousands for drinking water is laced with industrial compounds. The Cape Fear Public...
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Dec 3 2018 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass.-based independent insurance agency, has hired Ryan Brown to its management team. Brown joins the agency from Safeco, a Liberty Mutual Company, where he was the senior...
Judges Weigh Consolidating Firefighting Foam, Other Water Chemical Lawsuits
Nov 30 2018 // Creating a massive lawsuit over cancer-linked chemicals found in around a third of Americans’ drinking water got a skeptical reception in federal court Thursday. A panel of seven judges in Manhattan repeatedly asked...
Company Building West Virginia Pipeline Fined $122K for Environmental Violations
Nov 30 2018 // A company building a natural gas pipeline in West Virginia has agreed to pay $122,350 for environmental violations. The Charleston Gazette-Mail cited a consent order made public Monday in reporting that Columbia Gas...
Arkansas Plant Board Committee: Regulate Dicamba Use in 2019
Nov 29 2018 // An Arkansas Plant Board committee recommended that the state allow farmers to use the herbicide dicamba next year but extend protections to prevent the weed killer from drifting and damaging crops. The board’s...
Ironshore Enhances Contractors Ability Coverage for Pollution Incidents
Nov 28 2018 // Ironshore Environmental has enhanced its Contractors Environmental Legal Liability (CELL) program to include coverage for damages resulting from pollution incidents caused by the contractor’s work. CELL is offered on...
Proposed North Carolina Order Requires Chemours to Reduce GenX Emissions, Pay $12M Fine
Nov 27 2018 // State environmental officials have proposed a consent order calling on a North Carolina chemical plant to reduce emissions of a compound and pay a $12 million civil penalty. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality...
