150 Years of Spills: Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Reveals Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels February 16, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici and Laila Kearney Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning...
Coal Executive Murray Files for Federal Benefits to Treat His Black Lung Disease October 2, 2020 By Valerie Volcovici U.S. coal baron Robert Murray, whose company Murray Energy filed for bankruptcy last year, has applied for federal benefits to...
Connecticut Sues Exxon for Allegedly Deceiving Consumers About Climate Change September 15, 2020 By Valerie Volcovici Connecticut filed a lawsuit on Monday against oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp for misleading the public over the impacts of...
Climate Change Litigants Argue Human Rights, Consumer Harm in Suing Oil Firms July 6, 2020 By Matthew Green, Valerie Volcovici and Emma Farge LONDON/WASHINGTON/GENEVA — Climate change may be having its day in court. With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers...
District of Columbia Sues 4 Oil Majors for Misleading Consumers on Climate Change June 26, 2020 By Valerie Volcovici The attorney general for the District of Columbia on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp, BP Plc, Chevron...
Minnesota AG Sues Exxon, Koch and API over Climate Change ‘Deceptions’ June 25, 2020 By Valerie Volcovici The state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Koch Industries for...
Trump Safety Regulator Blocks Washington State’s Crude Oil Train Rules May 13, 2020 By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. pipeline regulator late on Monday blocked an effort by Washington state to tighten vapor pressure restrictions on the...
Trump Wants to Speed Infrastructure Projects by Dropping Climate Impact Assessment January 9, 2020 By Valerie Volcovici The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a plan to speed permitting for major infrastructure projects like oil pipelines, including by...
Insurers Pressured to Drop Coverage of Canada’s Oil Sands Pipeline August 8, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici A coalition of 32 environmental and indigenous groups on Thursday urged insurers to stop underwriting the Trans Mountain pipeline to...
Environmentalists Lose Bid to Restore EPA Ban on Chlorpyrifos Pesticide July 19, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will not ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been...