Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Earth Day a Veritable Field of Green Opportunity
Apr 20 2012 // Sunday is Earth Day and one thing you can expect when you have a day for something as big as a planet is some pretty big statements, and now that the economy is on the mend, there are those who believe the already...
Gulf Oil Spill Commission Criticizes Congress for Inaction
Apr 19 2012 // A presidential commission that investigated the Gulf oil spill blasted Congress for inaction in its report card on industry and government response to the massive BP oil spill. “Across the board, we are disappointed...
EPA Approves Eastern Idaho Superfund Cleanup Plan
Apr 17 2012 // An Environmental Protection Agency official says a cleanup plan has been approved for a Superfund site at a former phosphorous production plant in eastern Idaho. The Idaho State Journal reported that spokesman Roger...
Cybersecurity Disclosure Obligations Raise Insurance Coverage Questions
Apr 16 2012 // High-Profile Breaches Highlight Policy, Security Gaps High-profile data breach events have hastened focus on sensitive data and whether a comprehensive approach to protecting it is being used. The magnitude and impact of...
Business Moves – Midwest
Apr 16 2012 // Great American Insurance Group Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s environmental division opened a regional office in New York City. The expansion complements the environmental division’s...
Great American Environmental Division Expands Capacity
Apr 13 2012 // Great American Insurance Group’s Environmental Division is now offering $35 million per occurrence/ $70 million policy aggregate limits of liability for its complete pollution product line. These expanded limits of...
Sunoco Will Pay $2.2M to Settle Hazardous Waste Dispute in Mass.
Apr 10 2012 // Sunoco, a petroleum and petrochemical manufacturing giant, will pay $2.2 million in Massachusetts to resolve a hazardous waste dispute. The company was alleged to have sought payment from a state fund for hazardous waste...
A Chartis Underwriter Joins Great American Insurance’s N.Y. Office
Apr 6 2012 // Cincinnati, Ohio-headquartered Great American Insurance Group said its environmental division appointed Eric McCabe as divisional assistant vice president for its newly opened New York City office. McCabe joins Great...
Great American Insurance Group Opens Regional Office in New York
Apr 3 2012 // Great American Insurance Group’s environmental division opened a regional office in New York City. The expansion complements the environmental division’s home office located in Plymouth Meeting, Penn., and its...
FDA Denies Ban on Chemical BPA Used in Baby Bottles, Food Packaging
Apr 2 2012 // U.S. health regulators denied a request to ban a chemical used in water bottles, soup cans and other food and drink packaging, saying there is not enough scientific evidence it may cause harm. The U.S. Food and Drug...
Oilfield Cleanup a Big-Money Dispute in Louisiana
Mar 28 2012 // A behind-the-scenes firestorm in Louisiana’s legislative session centers on a big-money, years-long dispute between landowners and the oil and gas industry over how cleanup should be handled of environmental damage...
EPA Says Montana Plants Need $90M in Upgrades
Mar 27 2012 // A proposed cleanup of Montana air pollution would force three industrial plants to spend $90 million on measures to improve visibility in some of the nation’s prized public lands, including Yellowstone and Theodore...
Total: “May be Months” to Stop North Sea Gas Leak
Mar 27 2012 // A cloud of explosive natural gas boiling out of the North Sea from a leak at Total’s abandoned Elgin platform forced wider evacuations off the Scottish coast on Tuesday as the French oil company warned it may take...
Oil Spill Panel to Issue Drilling Safety Report
Mar 16 2012 // The seven-member commission selected by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf oil spill is getting back together. This time, it will press for action to improve drilling safety. The re-formed group said it plans...
ARCO to Pay $1 Million to EPA At Montana Superfund Site
Mar 12 2012 // Atlantic Richfield Co. has agreed to pay $1 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for managing the Superfund site at the former Black Eagle smelter. “It really allows us to have a special account to do...
Judge Combines West Virginia Slurry Pollution Cases
Mar 12 2012 // The claims of hundreds of Boone County residents who blame coal companies for contaminating their water supplies will be heard in a single trial, a judge ruled last week. Circuit Judge William Thompson issued an order...
Shell Files Pre-Emptive Offshore Drilling Lawsuit
Mar 5 2012 // Shell Oil Co. is taking the offensive against environmental groups that have put legal roadblocks in the company’s path to offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean. The Houston-based company on Wednesday sued 11 Alaska...
BP’s Potential Pricetag for Gulf Oil Spill
Mar 5 2012 // BP Plc struck a deal on Friday to pay an estimated $7.8 billion to settle claims from individuals and businesses stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But BP and its partners in the ill-fated Macondo well still...
Judge: BP, Anadarko, Transocean May Be Liable for Oil Pollution Claims
Mar 5 2012 // BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. are liable and Transocean Ltd. may be liable for civil damages under federal pollution laws over the catastrophic 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled. The decision by U.S....
Arbitrators Agree to Hear Chevron-Ecuador Pollution Liability Case
Feb 29 2012 // An international tribunal has found that it has jurisdiction to decide if Ecuador violated a treaty with the United States requiring it to guarantee a fair trial to Chevron Corp. in an environmental lawsuit that ended in...
