Bayer Faces Billions in Payouts for Decades-Old Toxic Mess January 16, 2025 By Jef Feeley Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit stopped making toxic PCBs a half century ago, but the legal fallout lingers even as many...
Harris County Officials Say Texas Law Limits Settlements Against Polluters October 10, 2024 By Elena Bruess, Houston Landing It wasn’t immediately clear what chemicals erupted into the air from the Channelview fire. The most anyone knew was that...
Environmental Activist ClientEarth Sues Germany Over Pesticides Use September 23, 2024 Environmental activist charity ClientEarth launched a lawsuit against Germany on Friday to push Berlin to implement an EU law to...
France’s Danone Faces Legal Action Over Plastic Use and Reporting Practices January 9, 2023 By Tassilo Hummel Some environmental groups have taken legal action against French bottled water and dairy group Danone over its plastic use, accusing...
Ohio, Volkswagen Settle Emissions Case For $3.5 Million January 26, 2022 Ohio has settled an environmental lawsuit with Volkswagen over the company’s 2015 emissions scandal for $3.5 million, state Attorney General...
Brazilians Bring Lawsuit Against Norsk Hydro over Alleged Pollution February 10, 2021 By Gwladys Fouche Some 40,000 Brazilians are bringing a group-action lawsuit in the Netherlands against Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro over alleged toxic...
Feds Ignore Risk of Huge Gulf Spills to Endangered Species, Suit Says October 23, 2020 By Janet McConnaughey Environmental groups asked a federal court on Oct. 21 to throw out the Trump administration’s assessment of oil and gas...
Steel Mill Sued over Chemical Spill in Indiana Lake December 17, 2019 Two environmental groups are suing a steelmaker for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act at its northwestern Indiana facility more...
Evidence of Massive California Oil Spill Was Obvious, But Was It A Crime? April 23, 2018 By Brian Melley An acrid stink of petroleum three years ago sent Santa Barbara County firefighters scrambling in a search for a possible...
Judge Allows Washington City’s Pollution Suit against Monsanto to Proceed November 2, 2016 A federal judge says Spokane’s lawsuit against the agrochemical giant Monsanto regarding pollution in Washington’s Spokane River can move forward....