Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Everest Insurance Adds Biermann in California to Environmental Team
Jun 8 2018 // Everest Insurance has added Becky Biermann as a senior underwriter within the environmental division. Biermann will be located in the company’s Walnut Creek, Calif., office and will be responsible for managing...
In Boston’s Booming Seaport, the Namesake Is Also the Threat
Jun 7 2018 // In Boston’s booming Seaport District, General Electric is building its new world headquarters, Amazon is bringing in thousands of new workers, and Reebok’s red delta symbol sits atop the new office it opened...
Climate Change at ‘Tipping Point,’ Says Europe’s Biggest Asset Manager
Jun 1 2018 // The world’s deepest-pocketed investors are starting to take climate change seriously, according to Amundi SA. “We are really observing a tipping point among the institutional investors on climate change,”...
New York Attorney General Leads Suit Against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May 31 2018 // New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood, joined by Attorneys General Xavier Becerra of California and Brian Frosh of Maryland, has led a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for...
Professor Says Window to Prevent Dangerous Impacts from Climate Change Closing Fast
May 24 2018 // Costs from climate change-driven extreme weather events are on the rise, and the amount of time left to stop those impacts before they get progressively worse is rapidly closing, according to a Columbia University...
California Organized Investment Network Launches High Impact Service for Insurers
May 23 2018 // The California Organized Investment Network has launched the Impact Investment Marketplace, a portal to help facilitate high impact investments in underserved communities and environmental projects in California. The...
EPA Wants to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Regulations
May 18 2018 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took steps on Thursday to roll back and delay Obama-era rules aimed at improving safety at chemical plants, which had come in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in...
Lake Superior Mayors Want Refinery to Cease Using Dangerous Chemical
May 4 2018 // The mayors of the Lake Superior twin port cities near last week’s oil refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a dangerous chemical compound at the site. Husky Energy in Superior is one of...
Environmental Group Files Notice to Sue Newark Over Lead Levels in Water
Apr 27 2018 // An environmental group has filed a notice of its intent to sue the city of Newark over what it says are elevated levels of lead in the city’s drinking water. The Natural Resources Defense Council has 60 days to file...
S.S. Nesbitt & Co. in Alabama Hires Leeth, Rogers
Apr 27 2018 // S.S. Nesbitt & Co. Inc., a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries Inc. (EBSCO), has added attorney Tracy Leeth as a senior benefits compliance consultant and Tim Rogers as safety manager and...
Duke Energy to Pay $156K Fine for North Carolina Coal Ash Pollution
Apr 24 2018 // Duke Energy Corp. will pay a $156,000 penalty to for polluting ground and surface waters in North Carolina with potentially toxic coal-ash waste around three power plants, an amount one critic compared to a couple of days...
New York Court Affirms Gas Company on the Hook for Environmental Cleanup Costs
Apr 16 2018 // The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that KeySpan Gas East Corporation is responsible for costs to clean up environmental contamination caused by manufactured gas plants owned by its predecessor during years when there...
Salmonella in Chicken Salad From Iowa Kills 1, Sickens 265 in 8 States
Apr 12 2018 // Chicken salad made by an Iowa food processing company and distributed by Fareway Stores in the Midwest sickened 265 people in eight states and caused one death in Iowa from salmonella contamination, the U.S. Centers for...
What to Expect in Commercial Insurance Pricing for Rest of 2018: WTW Spring Forecast
Apr 12 2018 // Commercial property insurance rate increases are easing off initial spikes following 2017’s record natural catastrophe losses, but commercial insurance buyers still face upward pricing pressure on many lines of...
North Carolina Regulators Say Chemours Lied About Chemical Discharge ‘For Years’
Apr 12 2018 // North Carolina should tackle an emerging problem of water and air pollution from little-studied industrial chemicals by beefing up the state’s health and environmental agencies, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday. Cooper...
Court Rules Employers Cannot Use Salary History to Justify Gender Wage Gap
Apr 11 2018 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday ruled employers cannot use workers’ salary histories to justify gender-based pay disparities, saying that would perpetuate a wage gap that is “an embarrassing reality of our...
U.S. Steel to Pay More than $1.2M in Lake Michigan Chemical Spill Case
Apr 5 2018 // U.S. Steel will pay a $600,000 civil penalty and $630,000 to reimburse various federal agencies for costs and damages after one of its plants discharged wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a...
Oil Platform Worker Pleads Guilty to Pollution Violation in Gulf Blast
Apr 4 2018 // A contract worker has pleaded guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act in connection with a deadly oil platform explosion off Louisiana’s coast. Prosecutors said in court documents that Don Moss, of Groves....
Lawsuits over Arkema Chemical Disaster in Texas Add Up
Apr 3 2018 // Note: This story originally ran in The Texas Tribune. Most of the houses along Crosby Eastgate Road in Southeast Texas and its neighboring streets are one-story outfits on sprawling green lots. In their driveways are spare...
3 Petrochemical Companies to Pay $11M for Waste Violations in Louisiana
Apr 2 2018 // Three petrochemical companies have agreed to pay $11 million to settle charges of illegally disposing hazardous waste that damaged natural resources in part of a Louisiana river’s estuary. The Environmental...
