Federal Court Affirms $14M Penalty Against Exxon for Pollution in Texas December 12, 2024 By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune A federal court on Wednesday affirmed a federal judge’s 2021 ruling imposing a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon Mobil for...
Hilcorp Fined $9.4 Million for New Mexico Methane Emissions October 22, 2024 By Kevin Crowley Hilcorp Energy Co., the privately held oil producer run by billionaire Jeff Hildebrand, will pay a $9.4 million civil penalty...
EPA Proposes $4.2M Settlement Related to 2019 Explosion at Philadelphia Refinery October 10, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a tentative $4.2 settlement with a firm that owned and operated a major...
Judge Limits Delaware’s Sweeping Climate Change Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies January 14, 2024 By Randall Chase A judge has rejected several claims lodged by Delaware’s attorney general in a lawsuit alleging that the fossil fuel industry...
Cummins Agrees to Record-Setting Engine Emissions Settlement January 10, 2024 By David Shepardson Truck engine maker Cummins agreed to settle a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Justice Department and California and pay a...
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...