US Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Air Pollution Plan January 5, 2024 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on late last month said it would hear a bid to block the Environmental Protection Agency...
California Firm to Pay $1M for Selling Devices to Thwart Truck Smog Controls August 4, 2023 A California company will pay $1 million for violating federal environmental laws by making and selling devices that defeated smog...
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...
Arkansas Challenges EPA’s Blocking of State Ozone Plan February 22, 2023 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reject its plan...
Louisiana Reaches $3.3 Million Settlement With Firestone Over Alleged Clean Air Act Violations February 28, 2022 The United States, together with the State of Louisiana, announced that U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana...
Supreme Court to Weigh Curbing Federal Power to Limit Carbon Emissions November 1, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici and Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by states, including coal producer West Virginia, and industry...
VW to Appeal Court Ruling That Clean Air Act Doesn’t Bar State Suit Over Emissions June 30, 2021 By Nate Raymond Ohio’s Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the state’s attorney general to move forward with a lawsuit against...
Judge: Exxon Mobil Must Pay $14.25M Penalty in Pollution Case March 5, 2021 A federal judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a $14.25 million civil penalty in an 11-year-old lawsuit alleging it...
Apartment Builders Settle Claims of Illegal Asbestos Work in Massachusetts November 13, 2020 The builders of an apartment complex have agreed to pay $335,000 to settle allegations that workers improperly handled asbestos-containing material...
South Carolina Wood Pellet Plant Accused of Violating Clean Air Act September 24, 2020 Environmental groups threatened to sue a wood pellet factory on Tuesday, accusing it of releasing more than 100 tons of...