Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New York Attorney General Leads Suit Against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jul 2 2018 // New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood, joined by Attorneys General Xavier Becerra of California and Brian Frosh of Maryland, has led a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for...
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jul 2 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
West Virginia Issues Violation Notices to Mountain Valley Pipeline Project
Jun 28 2018 // West Virginia regulators have issued two additional violation notices to the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the two additional violation notices to the pipeline project are for water...
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jun 21 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
Nuclear Contamination Found on Worker at New Mexico Weapons Lab
Jun 20 2018 // Reports from an independent safety panel show radioactive contamination was found on a worker’s hands and other places at a nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico, the latest safety lapse at the facility as it ramps up...
Maryland Suing EPA on Power Plant Pollution in Other States
Jun 18 2018 // A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to respond to Maryland’s request for a declaration that power plants in five upwind states are contributing to Maryland’s air quality...
Declarations
Jun 18 2018 // Pesticide Safety “EPA’s indefinite suspension of critical pesticide safety training is reprehensible – and illegal.” — New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood said about a lawsuit she...
Becoming a Socially Responsible Agency
Jun 18 2018 // Social responsibility is becoming increasingly important to all agencies, especially for millennials. Whether the social issue is local, national, or global, the concern for some aspect of society is becoming more and more...
People
Jun 18 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added risk management and insurance professionals Rose Nordbrock, Jeff Breskin, Pabla Barros and Jose Fuentes to the firm’s operations in Southern California. Nordbrock...
Greenwalt Named General Counsel at Oklahoma’s Workers’ Comp Commission
Jun 15 2018 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has named Sarah Greenwalt as the agency’s new general counsel, effective June 25. Greenwalt most recently served as senior counsel to the administrator of the...
EPA Settles With Georgia Manufacturing Plant Over Hazardous Emissions
Jun 15 2018 // Federal authorities say they’ve reached a settlement with a Georgia manufacturing plant which had been cited for failing to take steps to prevent hazardous air emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on...
XL Catlin Updates Coverage for Environmental Contractors, Consultants
Jun 12 2018 // The North American Environmental Unit of XL Catlin has updated its professional and pollution insurance coverages for contractors and environmental consultants. New additions to XL Catlin’s Professional and Pollution...
$151M West Virginia Chemical Spill Settlement Approved
Jun 11 2018 // A federal judge has given final approval of a $151 million settlement of a lawsuit stemming from a chemical spill into a West Virginia river. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver...
Everest Insurance Adds Biermann in California to Environmental Team
Jun 8 2018 // Everest Insurance has added Becky Biermann as a senior underwriter within the environmental division. Biermann will be located in the company’s Walnut Creek, Calif., office and will be responsible for managing...
In Boston’s Booming Seaport, the Namesake Is Also the Threat
Jun 7 2018 // In Boston’s booming Seaport District, General Electric is building its new world headquarters, Amazon is bringing in thousands of new workers, and Reebok’s red delta symbol sits atop the new office it opened...
Climate Change at ‘Tipping Point,’ Says Europe’s Biggest Asset Manager
Jun 1 2018 // The world’s deepest-pocketed investors are starting to take climate change seriously, according to Amundi SA. “We are really observing a tipping point among the institutional investors on climate change,”...
New York Attorney General Leads Suit Against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May 31 2018 // New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood, joined by Attorneys General Xavier Becerra of California and Brian Frosh of Maryland, has led a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for...
Professor Says Window to Prevent Dangerous Impacts from Climate Change Closing Fast
May 24 2018 // Costs from climate change-driven extreme weather events are on the rise, and the amount of time left to stop those impacts before they get progressively worse is rapidly closing, according to a Columbia University...
California Organized Investment Network Launches High Impact Service for Insurers
May 23 2018 // The California Organized Investment Network has launched the Impact Investment Marketplace, a portal to help facilitate high impact investments in underserved communities and environmental projects in California. The...
EPA Wants to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Regulations
May 18 2018 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took steps on Thursday to roll back and delay Obama-era rules aimed at improving safety at chemical plants, which had come in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in...
