Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Top Court Rejects Exxon’s Appeal of $236M Verdict in N.H. Pollution Case
May 16 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s appeal of a $236 million judgment against the oil company in a case brought by the state of New Hampshire over groundwater contamination linked to a...
8 Suits Filed over Crude Oil Spill along Louisiana’s Bayou Teche
May 16 2016 // Eight lawsuits have been filed by people seeking damages from a Texas industrial services company that spilled about 12,500 gallons of crude oil in March along and into the Bayou Teche in Louisiana. The Advocate reports...
Toxic Metals Found in Los Angeles Homes Near Gas Leak: Study
May 16 2016 // Homes located near a gas well blowout that spewed the nation’s largest-known release of methane had higher levels of toxic metals that could have caused symptoms Los Angeles residents have suffered from for months,...
Massachusetts Firm to Pay EPA $199K Over Hazardous Waste Claims
May 13 2016 // A Massachusetts company that manufactures materials used in laboratory analysis has agreed to pay $199,500 to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it violated state and federal hazardous...
Brown Named CEO of Willis Programs
May 11 2016 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Stacy D. Brown as president and CEO of Willis Programs, the company’s program administration business. Brown brings 28 years of experience in the insurance and environmental...
Schwarzenegger Discusses Risk at California Insurance Forum
May 9 2016 // It turns out characters like Conan the Barbarian, the cyborg from Terminator and Dutch the protagonist in the original “Predator” movie, know a thing or two about risk. Definitely the actor who portrayed them...
New Jersey Shore Towns Challenge Sand Dunes Plan as Storms Gather
May 5 2016 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s warning of Hurricane Sandy-like destruction of the shore will be tested as the worst storm season in three years approaches and beachfront homeowners delay his building protective...
Vermont Issues Bulletin on ‘Non-Cumulation’ Policy Provisions
May 4 2016 // The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has issued a bulletin reminding carriers that “non-cumulation” policy provisions and endorsements in occurrence-based liability policies are not permissible...
CNA Reports Mixed Bag in Q1 Results; Profit Falls But Combined Ratios Improve
May 4 2016 // CNA Financial Corp.’s first three months of 2016 produced a mixed bag of results. Fallout from a 2010 agreement to cede asbestos and environmental pollution liabilities to National Indemnity Co. also caused some...
Institutional Investors Ignore Climate Risks Despite Bank of England Warning
May 2 2016 // The number big investors ignoring climate change risk increased last year despite a stark warning from Bank of England Governor Mark Carney about the potential for “huge” losses from a sudden shift in...
Proposed Restrictions Building in Oregon’s Flood Plains
May 2 2016 // Building in flood zones is about to get harder across much of Oregon, due to new federal recommendations. The government published the recommendations, called a biological opinion, in response to a lawsuit from...
Idaho Ski Park Developer Settles with EPA over Asbestos Violation
May 2 2016 // A Boise, Idaho ski and snowboard park developer has agreed to pay the federal government $10,000 to settle a claim that it violated asbestos removal regulations. Gateway Parks LLC was accused of not giving the U.S....
EPA Nails Tesoro’s Washington Oil Refinery for Safety Violations
Apr 28 2016 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes, Wash. nearly $720,000 for alleged safety violations. The EPA said last week it filed a complaint seeking penalties for violations...
Chubb Expands Environmental Insurance Products, Services
Apr 28 2016 // Chubb has broadened the availability of its premises pollution liability and other environmental insurance coverages and risk management products through its newly expanded distribution network. Chubb’s Environmental...
Mitsubishi Motors Faces Uncertain Future as Fuel Test Scandal Deepens
Apr 27 2016 // For the second time in about a decade, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. faces a scandal that poses an existential threat. The Japanese automaker has improperly tested the fuel economy of its cars for the past quarter century,...
Howard Promoted to Shareholder, Vice President at Gillis, Ellis & Baker
Apr 26 2016 // New Orleans-based insurance and risk management firm, Gillis, Ellis & Baker (GEB), announced that Jeff Howard has been promoted to shareholder and vice president of the firm. Howard joined Gillis, Ellis & Baker in...
American Lung Association Says California Has Nation’s Dirtiest Air
Apr 21 2016 // Millions of Californians live in places with dirty air, according to an annual report card issued this week that ranks two major urban areas in the state as the nation’s most polluted. Bakersfield tops the list for...
VW Reported Close to $10 Billion Deal with U.S. for Diesel Fraud
Apr 21 2016 // Volkswagen AG has agreed to set aside at least $10 billion to resolve civil claims by the U.S. government and lawsuits by American car owners over diesel vehicles rigged to cheat pollution controls, a person with direct...
Idaho Ski Park Developer Settles with EPA over Asbestos Violation
Apr 19 2016 // A Boise, Idao ski and snowboard park developer has agreed to pay the federal government $10,000 to settle a claim that it violated asbestos removal regulations. The Idaho Statesman reported that Gateway Parks LLC was...
Company to Pay $10.3M for Cleanup of South Dakota Mine
Apr 18 2016 // A Colorado mining company will pay $10.3 million to the state of South Dakota and the federal government to cover part of environmental cleanup costs at an abandoned gold and silver mine in the northern Black Hills, a...
