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...
Environmentalists Sue Over Trump Rollback of Offshore Oil Safety Regulations June 12, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s rollbacks of safety measures put...
West Virginia Coal Industry Data Shows Mines Releasing Excessive Pollution June 5, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici Several West Virginia coal mines, including some owned by the governor’s family, have released many times the allowable amounts of...
Groundwater Near Most Coal Plants Polluted by Coal Ash March 18, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici More than 90 percent of U.S. coal-fired power plants that are required to monitor groundwater near their coal ash dumps...
Groundwater Near Most Coal Plants Polluted by Coal Ash: Environmental Groups March 4, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici More than 90 percent of U.S. coal-fired power plants that are required to monitor groundwater near their coal ash dumps...