Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Urbanization, Mobility, Gridlock and Predictions of ‘Peak Car’
Feb 24 2014 // The world that Henry Ford put on wheels is poised for a stall. In the globe’s growing megacities, pollution and gridlock are putting a damper on driving. In India, some commuters are leaving their cars at home to...
Industry Update: Riding the Wave in the Marina Marketplace
Feb 24 2014 // As the $4.2 billion marina industry continues to expand, independent agents who seek to leverage their specialization and partner with experienced carriers have a significant opportunity to grow their businesses. With the...
West Virginia Denied FEMA Grant for Chemical Spill
Feb 14 2014 // Federal officials have denied West Virginia’s request for emergency grants to reimburse first responders, nonprofits and public agencies that assisted during last month’s chemical spill. FEMA said in a letter...
Minnesota to BP: Insurance Money Plus State Funds Equals Double Dipping
Feb 12 2014 // Minnesota is suing British Petroleum for $25 million, alleging the company double dipped when it sought state funds on top of insurance payments to clean up contamination from leaking petroleum storage tanks. The...
North Carolina Seeks to Halt Duke Coal Ash Settlement After Spill
Feb 12 2014 // North Carolina has asked a state judge to put a controversial settlement deal with U.S. power company Duke Energy over pollution on hold after a massive coal ash spill into a local river raised fresh concerns about water...
Environmentalists Hit North Carolina Politics Behind Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution
Feb 11 2014 // Over the last year, environmental groups have tried three times to use the federal Clean Water Act to force Duke Energy to clear out leaky coal ash dumps like the one that ruptured last week, spewing enough toxic sludge...
Senate to Take Up Chemical Safety Bill After West Virginia Spill
Feb 6 2014 // U.S. senators said they will take up a bill as soon as this week to require inspections and clean-up plans for chemical storage tanks, over the objection of industry, after a West Virginia spill tainted drinking...
Lockton Adds Wasilchuk as Account Executive in Chicago
Feb 5 2014 // Lockton has hired John Wasilchuk as an account executive in its Chicago office focusing on environmental risk management. He is responsible for placement of environmental insurance coverage for Lockton clients and...
Farm Bill Keeps Lawmakers’ Own Crop Insurance Payouts Secret
Feb 4 2014 // Crop insurers successfully lobbied to keep several proposals out of the farm bill set to pass the U.S. Congress today — such as a requirement that would have forced farmer-lawmakers to disclose benefits they...
Freedom Industries: West Virginia Chemical Spill Bigger Than First Estimate
Jan 30 2014 // The company behind a chemical spill that contaminated the water supply of 300,000 people now estimates some 10,000 gallons of chemicals leaked, up from an earlier figure of 7,500 gallons, state regulators said Monday. West...
West Virginia Seeks Federal Funds for Chemical Spill Assessment
Jan 28 2014 // West Virginia is seeking a $350,000 federal grant to assess the damage of a chemical spill that polluted the water supply for 300,000 people. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said the money would help with monitoring, testing and...
Fishermen Group Suing NYC Over Sewage Spill During Sandy
Jan 27 2014 // A group of fishermen are suing New York City over shellfish bed pollution they believe was caused by massive releases of raw sewage during Superstorm Sandy. The Baymen’s Protective Association represents about 76...
The World’s Biggest Risks
Jan 27 2014 // The chronic gap between the incomes of the richest and poorest citizens is seen as the risk that is most likely to cause serious damage globally in the coming decade. That’s according to more than 700 global experts...
California Offshore Fracking Reports Sought by EPA
Jan 27 2014 // Federal environmental regulators will start requiring oil and gas operations off the Southern California coast to report chemicals discharged into the ocean from fracking. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in...
West Virginia Chemical Spill Firm Says It Has Insurance
Jan 23 2014 // The embattled company behind West Virginia’s chemical spill has reached a bankruptcy court deal for up to $4 million in credit from a lender to help continue operations, an attorney said. The arrangement will allow...
West Virginia Politicians Call for State, Federal Regulation of Chemicals
Jan 22 2014 // West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin this week proposed tighter regulations for chemical storage facilities after a spill contaminated the water supply for 300,000 people. Tomblin, the Democratic...
Poll: Utahns Back Tougher Air Pollution Standards, No-Drive Days
Jan 21 2014 // According to a statewide poll, Utahns favor stricter air pollution standards on industry by a 3-to-1 margin. The survey, commissioned by The Salt Lake Tribune, found 67 percent of those surveyed supported the stricter...
South Carolina Neighbors Sue Plant, Claim Pollution Caused Cancer
Jan 21 2014 // A Spartanburg, South Carolina neighborhood is suing a chemical plant, saying pollution has caused dozens of cancer cases. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court accuses a Hoechst Celanese polyester manufacturing...
New Health Warning Raises Concern in West Virginia Over Chemical Spill
Jan 17 2014 // A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning to pregnant women in West Virginia has raised alarms because officials, relying on the agency’s guidance, had been assuring residents their tapwater was safe...
Worsening Wealth Gap Is World’s Biggest Risk: World Economic Forum
Jan 16 2014 // The chronic gap between the incomes of the richest and poorest citizens is seen as the risk that is most likely to cause serious damage globally in the coming decade, according to over 700 global experts contributing to...
