Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Power Plant Inundated by Flood Waters
Sep 21 2018 // Duke Energy activated a high-level emergency alert at a retired coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as floodwaters from the nearby Cape Fear River overtopped an earthen dike at the facility and inundated a large...
XL Catlin Names Snyder Lead Underwriter for Construction Excess Casualty in Southeast
Sep 21 2018 // XL Catlin’s North America Construction insurance business has appointed Ann Marie Snyder, senior underwriter, to lead its Construction Excess Casualty business in its Southeast region. Snyder joined XL Catlin in 2012...
Bayer’s Monsanto Wants Judge to Nix $289M Roundup Verdict
Sep 20 2018 // Bayer AG unit Monsanto on Tuesday asked a California judge to throw out a $289 million jury verdict awarded to a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, gave him cancer. The...
After Florence Floods, Uninsured Awaken to Painful Reality
Sep 19 2018 // Flood insurance was far from Stephanie Walker’s mind in 2015 when she moved her family into a home in Fayetteville in central North Carolina, nearly 200 miles (320 km) from the coast. The next year, a creek at the...
Carolinians Must Wait for Flood Waters to Recede to Assess Florence’s Damage
Sep 17 2018 // Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, 9:55 am — Record-setting, still-rising floods covering much of eastern North Carolina are preventing companies, regulators and environmental groups from making a comprehensive assessment of damage...
Florence Floods Cause Sewage, Coal Ash Spills
Sep 16 2018 // A Duke Energy Corp. landfill near Wilmington, North Carolina, failed under the assault of Tropical Storm Florence, spilling about 2,000 cubic yards of coal ash that can carry toxic mercury, arsenic and lead. Authorities...
Florence’s Winds Slow But Serious Floods Continue; Death Count Rising
Sep 16 2018 // Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, 1:57 pm —The still-potent remnants of Hurricane Florence marched through the Carolinas on Sunday and as the winds weakened the flood grew only stronger. New Hanover County and the city of...
How 4,000 Federal Workers Are Being Deployed for Hurricane Florence
Sep 14 2018 // As Hurricane Florence churns toward the Carolinas, bearing a potentially lethal ocean surge and winds and torrential rains, the federal government is marshaling its forces to help communities prepare and recover. President...
Update: Category 1 Hurricane Florence Lands in Carolinas, Threatening Floods, Tornadoes, Power Outages
Sep 14 2018 // Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina, leaving more than half a million people without power and facing at least another day of heavy rain and wind. Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach Friday as a Category 1...
Pipeline Spill Dumps 8K Gallons of Jet Fuel Into Indiana River
Sep 12 2018 // A Texas company says one of its pipelines has spilled more than 8,000 gallons of jet fuel into a river in the northeastern Indiana city of Decatur. Houston-based Buckeye Pipe Line says it immediately shut down the line...
Update: Hurricane Florence Expanding as It Moves Toward Carolinas Coast
Sep 11 2018 // Wed., Sept. 12, 2018, 8:08 am — Florence’s track to the U.S. East Coast shifted slightly to the south and the storm is now threatening to batter the entire Carolinas coast, aiming for landfall near Myrtle...
Hurricane Florence Risks to North Carolina Include Toxic Sludge, Lagoons of Pig Manure
Sep 11 2018 // Hurricane Florence’s potential for destruction also includes increased risks for the environment and public health as torrential rains could overwhelm the pits where toxic waste from power plants is stored....
Chevron Wins Ecuador Environmental Case Before International Tribunal
Sep 11 2018 // Chevron Corp. said on Friday an international tribunal ruled in its favor in an environmental dispute with Ecuador, finding the South American nation had violated its obligations under international treaties. The tribunal...
Volkswagen Investors Seek $10.6 Billion Over Diesel Scam
Sep 10 2018 // Volkswagen went on trial on Monday to face investors seeking 9.2 billion euros ($10.6 billion) in compensation, arguing the carmaker should have informed shareholders earlier about its diesel pollution...
The Lowdown: Top Private Flood Carriers, High Tides, Storm Surges & More
Sep 9 2018 // As I watch the daily tracking of Hurricane Florence and anticipate its potential destruction, I am compelled to revisit this June blog post and share it with you once again. In the words of Peter Criss, “I...
A Year Later, Texas Regulators Taking Action Against Harvey Polluters
Sep 4 2018 // More than a year after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast, state environmental authorities have only just begun enforcement actions against a handful of companies deemed responsible for some of the most massive...
Court Asked to Force EPA Reversal of Monsanto Weedkiller Approval
Aug 31 2018 // Environmental groups argued in federal appeals court on Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to analyze the risks Bayer AG Monsanto’s dicamba-based weed killer posed to nearby crops before...
Boeing Sued Over Contamination of Washington River
Aug 22 2018 // A new lawsuit says the Boeing aircraft company is poisoning the Duwamish River by pumping out pollution that is far and away above the legal limit. KOMO-TV reported environmental groups Puget Soundkeeper and Waste Action...
Federal Judge Keeps Duke Energy Water Pollution Lawsuit Alive
Aug 22 2018 // A federal judge is keeping alive a lawsuit accusing the country’s second-largest electricity company of violating water pollution laws by allowing potentially toxic coal ash sludge into neighboring waterways. U.S....
VW’s CEO Knew About Cheating Software Before Scandal Emerged: Der Spiegel
Aug 21 2018 // Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess was told about the existence of cheating software in cars two months before regulators blew the whistle on a multi-billion exhaust emissions scandal, German magazine Der Spiegel...
