Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
13 People Arrested in Croatia for Illegally Disposing Hazardous Waste, Europol Says
Feb 18 2025 // Thirteen people suspected of illegally importing and disposing of hazardous waste have been arrested in Croatia, the European Union’s law enforcement agency said Friday. The main suspects, two Croatian nationals, are...
Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Launches Combined General, Environmental Liability Cover
Feb 14 2025 // Mosaic Insurance has launched a combined environmental product that merges primary commercial general liability with a suite of added pollution and professional coverages. The company’s new Site Pollution &...
People Moves: AXA XL Hires Bakker for Environmental Post; Tokio Marine HCC Appoints Gaine Head of N.A. Distribution
Feb 5 2025 // AXA XL Hires Bakker as Head of Environmental Package Solutions, Middle Market, Americas Peter Bakker AXA XL in the Americas hired Peter Bakker as head of environmental package solutions for the middle market in the...
Louisiana Parish Cleared of Violating Environmental Activist’s Freedom of Speech
Feb 3 2025 // Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist as she attempted to speak during a public meeting did not violate her right to freedom of speech, a unanimous civil jury ruled...
Amid Clean up From LA Wildfires, Some Residents Furious Over Hazardous Waste
Feb 3 2025 // Not far from where Ceci Carroll lives, a rock-mining company has polluted the air with dust across the San Gabriel Valley, she said. Now, as crews clean charred remains from the Los Angeles wildfires, she worries about a...
‘World’s Largest Truck Stop’ Fined $390K by EPA
Jan 28 2025 // Two truck stops in Iowa and Missouri – Iowa 80, advertised as “the world’s largest truck stop,” and Joplin 44 – agreed to pay a combined $390,784 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean...
Update: Auditors Get Tougher Guidelines on Judging Firms’ Environmental Claims
Jan 27 2025 // International auditors have been given new guidance on what to check when assessing firms’ environmental, social and governance claims – and how – as part of efforts to increase rigor and consistency, the...
Trump Administration Halts Environmental Litigation, Sidelines Lawyers: Sources
Jan 27 2025 // U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has halted all pending environmental litigation and reassigned four career Justice Department attorneys focused on environmental issues, according to three sources...
Actuary Group Forecasts Climate Change to Have Massive GDP Hit Without Policy Action
Jan 17 2025 // Here’s stark warning in a new report from a group of actuaries: the global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090. That is if immediate policy actions on risks posed by climate change are not...
Maine Town’s Plan to Remove Two Dams Includes Marina Insurance Measure
Jan 16 2025 // The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades...
Bayer Faces Billions in Payouts for Decades-Old Toxic Mess
Jan 16 2025 // Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit stopped making toxic PCBs a half century ago, but the legal fallout lingers even as many of the building materials made with the chemicals are no longer used in US homes, schools and...
Russian Insurer Says US Sanctions Against it Increase Risk of Environmental Disaster
Jan 14 2025 // Russian insurance company Ingosstrakh said on Friday [Jan. 10] that U.S. sanctions against it would increase the risk of environmental disasters. The Biden administration on Friday imposed its broadest package of sanctions...
Exxon Sues California AG, Environmental Groups Over ‘Smear’
Jan 7 2025 // Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit alleging that California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups made defamatory comments about the oil company’s ability to recycle plastic. Exxon accused Bonta,...
Maryland Sues Gore-Tex Maker Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution
Dec 30 2024 // Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear, alleging its leaders kept using “forever chemicals” long after learning about...
Group Calls New Jersey’s Toxic Waste Dump Settlement ‘Woefully Inadequate’
Dec 20 2024 // Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement...
EPA Approves California’s Plan to Ban Sale of Gas-Only Cars in 2035
Dec 19 2024 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has approved California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035. The decision in the final weeks of President Joe Biden’s...
EPA Awards $135M to California to Phase out Big Diesel Trucks
Dec 16 2024 // The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $135 million in grants to fund 13 projects in California to help the state wean off fossil fuels and phase out big rigs that run on diesel. The money will go to the state...
Federal Court Affirms $14M Penalty Against Exxon for Pollution in Texas
Dec 12 2024 // A federal court on Wednesday affirmed a federal judge’s 2021 ruling imposing a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon Mobil for thousands of violations of the federal Clean Air Act at the company’s refinery and...
New Mexico Seeks $47.8M Fine for Excess Air Pollution by Natural Gas Processor
Dec 9 2024 // New Mexico environmental regulators have issued a $47.8 million fine on allegations of excess air pollution at a natural gas processing facility in a prolific oil production region near the Texas state line. The state...
Insurer Says Pollution Exclusion Sinks Coverage for Pool Chemical Injuries
Nov 26 2024 // A commercial general liability policy with a pollution exclusion does not protect a Virginia homeowners association from lawsuits filed by swimmers alleging they were injured by chemicals discharged into the community...
