Latest Pollution Headlines
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Texas Oilfield Company Charged With Workers Safety, Environmental Crimes
Mar 9 2022 // A federal grand jury in Midland, Texas, returned an indictment charging an oilfield company and an executive of the company with worker safety and environmental crimes. According to court documents, Aghorn Operating Inc....
Environmental Groups Sue TotalEnergies Over Climate Marketing Claims
Mar 7 2022 // A group of environmental organizations has filed a lawsuit in France against the country’s largest energy company TotalEnergies, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to fight climate change. The...
Report: Nearly a Third of U.S. Hazardous Chemicals Facilities Exposed to Climate Change Dangers
Mar 3 2022 // A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stating that climate change is leading to increasingly irreversible impacts, with a narrowing window to adapt to it, is garnering a lot of reaction. The IPCC...
U.S. Senators Grill Regulators Over Climate Policy on Natural Gas Projects
Mar 3 2022 // Top U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday grilled Democratic energy regulators who recently approved guidelines for approving new natural gas projects that allow consideration of environmental justice, landowner and...
Many Boardrooms Still Fail to Grasp ESG Risk, Marsh Review of Annual Reports Finds
Mar 2 2022 // Many global firms are still failing to prioritize environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks in the boardroom, which is creating worrying gaps in their evaluation and mitigation of these mounting hazards, according...
EPA Power to Curb Carbon Emissions Questioned by Supreme Court
Mar 1 2022 // Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the federal government’s authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in a case that could undermine...
U.S. Won’t Give Water to California Farmers Because of Drought
Feb 25 2022 // With California entering the third year of severe drought, federal officials said Wednesday they won’t deliver any water to farmers in the state’s major agricultural region – a decision that will force many...
New Hampshire Reaches $25M Deal With Monsanto Over PCB Pollution
Feb 24 2022 // New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with agrochemical giant Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution in waterways and other state-owned property, the attorney general’s...
Dakota Access Pipeline Loses Supreme Court Appeal, Leaving Its Future Unclear
Feb 23 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access Pipeline, letting stand a ruling that required a new federal environmental analysis and left the pipeline vulnerable to being shut...
Aging Oil-Storage Ships Pose Safety, Environmental Risks Around the World
Feb 23 2022 // The decades-old, oil-storage ship that blew up off the coast of Nigeria recently — killing some of its crew and spewing its contents into the Atlantic Ocean — is one of many vessels of similar vintage dotted...
Delaware Residents Near Guard Base Report High Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Feb 23 2022 // Residents living near an Air National Guard base in northern Delaware have average blood levels of certain toxic manmade chemicals that are significantly higher than the national average, according to a report by federal...
What the Next Generation of Insurance Consumers Wants
Feb 23 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Did you know that in the next 3 years Millennials and Gen Z will comprise 75% of the workforce? That means by 2025 the majority of working individuals will have been...
School District in Washington Offers $34M in Toxic Exposure Case
Feb 21 2022 // The Monroe, Washington, School District offered a $34 million settlement to students and parents exposed to toxic chemicals on a public school campus. The district proposed the settlement in November under court seal,...
Mississippi Capital Replaces Faulty Water Meters – One of Many Upgrades Needed
Feb 17 2022 // Mississippi’s capital city is installing new meters to try to correct one problem with its water system. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said that residents may soon see Utility Metering Solutions employees in...
Heat Wave Early Warning, Ranking System Proposed in California
Feb 16 2022 // A pair of California legislators and the state’s insurance commissioner are pushing a bill to create an early warning system for heatwaves. California State Assembly Members Luz Rivas (D-San Fernando Valley) and...
Indiana Steel Mill to Pay $3 Million, Improve Waste System
Feb 16 2022 // A steel company has agreed to pay $3 million and improve the wastewater system at an Indiana mill, more than two years after a discharge of ammonia and toxic chemicals killed fish and closed beaches, the federal government...
Most Critical Infrastructure Sectors Haven’t Adopted NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Feb 16 2022 // A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found most of the country’s critical infrastructure have yet to take steps toward adopting a nearly decade-old framework to improve...
Earthquakes in Texas Doubled in 2021. Scientists Cite Years of Oil Companies Injecting Sludgy Water Underground.
Feb 9 2022 // MIDLAND — One local said it sounded like a pickup truck had rammed into the side of their house. Another said it sounded like the air conditioner fell off the roof. A third compared the experience to getting off of a...
School District in Washington Offers $34M in Toxic Exposure Case
Feb 9 2022 // The Monroe, Washington, School District offered a $34 million settlement to students and parents exposed to toxic chemicals on a public school campus. The Seattle Times reports the district proposed the settlement in...
Judge Awards $40 Million to Lawyers in Flint, Michigan Water Settlement
Feb 8 2022 // A judge awarded about $40 million to the lead attorneys in a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and property owners whose water was contaminated with lead, but millions in additional legal fees will also be carved...
