Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Launches Combined General, Environmental Liability Cover February 14, 2025 Mosaic Insurance has launched a combined environmental product that merges primary commercial general liability with a suite of added pollution...
Group Calls New Jersey’s Toxic Waste Dump Settlement ‘Woefully Inadequate’ December 20, 2024 By Wayne Parry Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion...
Judge Rules eBay Not Liable for Selling Harmful Products October 1, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing eBay of violating environmental laws by allowing the sale...
Brazil Confirms Potential $18B Deal With Miners Involved in Deadly Dam Disaster September 17, 2024 By Marta Nogueira The Brazilian government confirmed on Monday it was in talks on a potential $18 billion payout from a trio of...
PFAS Liability for Water District Remediation Costs Estimated Up to $175B August 1, 2024 Economic liability associated with the remediation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in U.S. water districts is estimated to be...
BHP Must Stop Funding Legal Action to Halt Mariana Dam Claim, London Court Rules July 24, 2024 BHP Group must stop funding legal action seeking to halt some Brazilian municipalities from bringing a multi-billion-pound claim over one...
Claimants for Deadly Mariana Dam Collapse File Injunction Against BHP, Vale June 28, 2024 Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and...
Brazil States Ask Court to Double Amount Vale, BHP Should Pay for Mining Disaster May 15, 2024 By Marta Nogueira Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that miners Vale and BHP, plus a...
Brazil Rejects Vale, BHP Settlement Offer for Deadly 2015 Mining Disaster May 6, 2024 Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparations for the...
Vale, BHP Offer $25B Settlement for Mining Disaster, but Brazil Authorities Want More April 30, 2024 By Peter Frontini and Marta Nogueira Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a settlement proposal related to reparations for the...