EU Lawmakers Approve Tougher Penalties for Environmental Crimes February 27, 2024 The European Parliament on Tuesday approved tougher penalties for environmental crimes such as illegal timber trade, with offenses punishable by...
7 Firms Settle With EPA Over Alleged Underground Storage Tank Violations October 31, 2023 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken action against several companies including gas station operators in New Jersey, New York...
90 Vermont Schools Sue Monsanto Over Toxic PCB Contamination of Buildings July 7, 2023 By Lisa Rathke Dozens of Vermont school districts have sued chemical giant Monsanto over toxic contamination in educational buildings from now-banned industrial chemicals...
Rhode Island AG Sues Manufacturers of Forever Chemicals May 26, 2023 Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha yesterday filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly...
3M Faces Claim in Netherlands Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution December 14, 2022 The Netherlands’s government is exploring its legal options against chemical giant 3M over pollution in the Dutch part of the...
Call to Phase Out ‘Forever Chemicals’ Gains Investor Momentum December 5, 2022 By Simon Jessop Investors managing $8 trillion in assets have written to the world’s biggest chemicals companies urging them to phase out the...
150 Years of Spills: Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Reveals Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels February 16, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici and Laila Kearney Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning...
Bees Endangered by Neonicotinoid Pesticides: EU Food Safety Regulator February 28, 2018 By Kate Kelland Wild bees and honeybees are put at risk by three pesticides from a group known as neonicotinoids, Europe’s food safety...
University of Georgia Settles Hazardous Waste Violations with EPA for $400K November 14, 2016 The University of Georgia will spend more than $400,000 after federal inspectors found dozens of safety violations in the way...
Massachusetts Firm to Pay EPA $199K Over Hazardous Waste Claims May 13, 2016 A Massachusetts company that manufactures materials used in laboratory analysis has agreed to pay $199,500 to settle claims by the...