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...
Vale Faces $3.8 Billion Claim in Dutch Case Over Mariana Dam Break in Brazil March 20, 2024 Victims of the 2015 Mariana dam break in Brazil are seeking about 3 billion pounds ($3.8 billion) in compensation from...
Connecticut Residents Sue Kimberly-Clark Over PFAS Use That Firm Denies March 6, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Some of manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s neighbors in New Milford, Connecticut believe the paper goods manufacturer has contaminated their soil and...
West Virginia Bill Stokes Fears About Pesticide-Producing Logging Facility February 15, 2024 By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill approved by the House of Delegates on Tuesday that limits counties from...
U.S. Steel Agrees to Spend Millions to Settle Suit Over Pollution Violations After 2018 Fire February 1, 2024 U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by...
Connecticut Sues 28 Firms for Alleged Contamination by ‘Forever Chemicals’ January 31, 2024 The state of Connecticut is suing 28 chemical manufacturers that it alleges are responsible for “knowingly contaminating” the state’s waters...
Mississippi Businesses, Cities Sue to Protect Dolphins From Louisiana Spillway January 26, 2024 By Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi...
Brazil Orders Vale, BHP and Samarco to Pay $9.7B in Damages for 2015 Dam Disaster January 26, 2024 By Mariana Durao A Brazilian federal judge ruled that miners Vale and BHP and their joint venture Samarco must pay 47.6 billion reais...
Looming Waste-Landslide Disaster Prompts Review of Environmental Laws in Denmark January 22, 2024 By Sanne Wass A landslide of contaminated soil that threatens to pollute a water stream in Denmark has prompted the nation’s government to...
Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill January 16, 2024 By Marcelo Rochabrun Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its...