Inside the LA Fire Cleanup’s Rush to Remove Tons of Toxic Rubble February 6, 2025 By Todd Woody Removing toxic waste from the foothills and coastal canyons where more than 16,000 homes and businesses burned down in the...
Environmental Groups Sue Suncor for Colorado Refinery Pollution August 7, 2024 By Nia Williams Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against Suncor Energy on Tuesday, alleging that pollution from the company’s Commerce City refinery in...
Petroleum Asphalt Remains in Yellowstone River in Montana After Train Derailment September 1, 2023 By Matthew Brown Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana’s Yellowstone River, the cleanup...
Low Levels of Radioactive Tritium From Minnesota Energy Company May Be Near Mississippi River July 24, 2023 Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River, the energy company responsible...
Train Derailment in Northern Montana Spills Freight July 24, 2023 A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left 25 cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor...
$3.4M Fine Proposed for 2021 California Oil Pipeline Leak May 11, 2023 An energy company should be fined nearly $3.4 million for safety violations involving a 2021 oil pipeline spill that fouled...
Pipeline Break Spills 45,000 Gallons of Diesel in Wyoming August 15, 2022 By Matthew Brown A diesel pipeline in Wyoming owned by a company that’s being sued by federal prosecutors over previous spills in two...
Dredging Company Paying $1M for Restoration in Louisiana Oil Spill June 24, 2022 A Houston dredging company has been ordered to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when...
$230M Settlement Reached in 2015 California Oil Spill May 16, 2022 The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015...
12,000 Gallons of Petroleum Products Spilled in Oregon Fire April 19, 2022 Environmental cleanup is underway following a fire at a gas station in Medford, Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality...