December 8, 2023
Talks over a multibillion-dollar settlement for a 2015 mining disaster at an iron ore venture of Vale SA and BHP Group have been suspended by a Brazilian court until early 2024 after the companies and authorities in the country failed …
October 20, 2023
With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous waste. For years, the debate surrounding vaping largely …
October 20, 2023
A medical waste processing company has pleaded guilty to dozens of environment-related charges and agreed to pay $1.75 million in fines after state prosecutors in Maryland accused a south Baltimore incineration plant owned by the firm of exposing the public …
September 11, 2023
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Construction work has been temporarily stopped on a $2 billion new electric vehicle plant in South Carolina being built by a Volkswagen Group-backed group trying to revive a brand that was a forerunner to today’s SUVs. …
September 6, 2023
The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing to investigate the source of an oil spill that contaminated more than 19,000 gallons of water at Port Manatee in Tampa Bay. The spill was reported last week and crews have worked since then …
September 1, 2023
In a warehouse on the outskirts of Barcelona, women stand at conveyor belts, manually sorting T-shirts, jeans and dresses from large bales of used clothing – a small step towards tackling Europe’s towering problem of discarded fashion. Within a year, …
August 29, 2023
In early June 2022, an employee of a Vermont agricultural equipment company observed the company pumping wastewater from the facility’s service bays onto the ground bordering the Winooski River in Berlin and was concerned about the environmental implications. According to …
August 18, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A California-based company will pay just under $5 million in fines for discharging wastewater into a publicly owned sewage treatment plant in Mississippi without obtaining a valid state permit, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. View Inc., …
August 8, 2023
Vale on Monday lost a bid to block fellow mining giant BHP Group’s bid to have it share potential liability in a 36 billion-pound ($46 billion) London lawsuit over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. More than 720,000 Brazilians are suing BHP, …
July 27, 2023
A group of 22 states and U.S. territories on Wednesday moved to block a proposed $10.3 billion settlement that would resolve claims against 3M Co over water pollution tied to “forever chemicals,” claiming the deal fails to adequately hold the …