Climate’s ‘Catch-22’: Cutting Pollution Will Accelerate Global Warming November 3, 2023 By Jake Spring and David Stanway Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of...
How Excess Emissions Ballooned in Texas June 8, 2023 By Naveena Sadasivam, Chad Small, Jessie Blaeser and Clayton Aldern In the early hours of Aug. 22, 2020, Hurricane Laura was still just a tropical storm off the coast of...
BP Subsidiary to Pay Record $40M Penalty Over Lake Michigan Refinery Pollution Violations May 19, 2023 By John Flesher A BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control releases of benzene and other contaminants...
California Approves Rule Phasing out Big Diesel Trucks May 2, 2023 By Sophie Austin New big rigs and buses that run on diesel would not be sold in California starting in 2036, according to...
Regulators Order CO2 Pipeline Company to Comply with Rules After 2020 Release April 11, 2023 Transportation regulators entered into a federal order with a carbon dioxide pipeline company three years after its pipeline ruptured in...
Environmental Groups Say Texas Isn’t Holding Polluters Accountable March 24, 2023 By Julia Forrest More than 21,000 unexpected pollution releases by Texas companies have released over 400,000 tons of air pollution in Texas from...
EPA Will Help Extinguish Alabama Landfill Fire January 20, 2023 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill...
EPA to Hold Meeting on Toxic Air Pollution in Ardmore, Oklahoma October 13, 2022 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is committed to reducing health risks associated with toxic air pollution and is working to...
EPA Denies Request to Exempt 2 Gulf Coast Plants From Air Pollution Rule September 8, 2022 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday denied a request by Cheniere Energy, a leading U.S. producer of liquefied natural gas,...
Texas-Based Petrochemical Company to Cut Air Pollution June 13, 2022 Three subsidiaries of a Texas-based petrochemical company settled allegations that they violated federal and state pollution control laws. The U.S....