Toxic Spills at Alberta’s Oil Sands Spur Canada to Boost Regulatory Oversight March 21, 2023 By Robert Tuttle Canada’s federal government is stepping up environmental oversight in Alberta’s oil sands after Imperial Oil Ltd. and the provincial regulator...
Miner BHP Potentially Faces $44B Lawsuit in London Over Brazil Dam Collapse March 16, 2023 Mining group BHP Group is potentially facing a 36 billion pound ($44 billion) lawsuit in London over Brazil’s worst environmental...
Green Groups Sue Biden Admin Over Approval of Alaska Willow Oil Project March 15, 2023 By Timothy Gardner Six environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday over the Biden administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil and gas project...
Exxon Broke Rules With Late Reporting of Methane Leak March 1, 2023 By Aaron Clark and Zachary Mider Exxon Mobil Corp. failed to initially report a release of the super-potent greenhouse gas methane in the Permian Basin that...
Norfolk Southern Ordered to Clean Polluted Ohio Derailment Site February 22, 2023 By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. government on Tuesday ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp. to clean up contaminated soil and water at the...
Maryland AG Files Environmental Complaint Against Recycling Firm for Open Dumps January 27, 2023 Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed a civil complaint, on behalf of the Maryland Department of the Environment,...
Massachusetts Firm Charged with Illegal Dumping of Contaminated Fill in Providence January 20, 2023 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of...
Keystone Oil Spill Cleanup Expected to Last Weeks December 15, 2022 By Rod Nickel Cleanup of the biggest U.S. oil spill in nearly a decade will take at least weeks more, local officials in...
‘Far Too Many’ Companies Fail to Disclose Environmental Data, CDP Shows December 14, 2022 By Juliette Portala Too many companies are failing to respond to environmental transparency requests, non-profit platform CDP said on Tuesday, after only 1.3%...
Big Oil Does Little to Act On Climate Despite Vows December 12, 2022 By Timothy Gardner Major energy companies are not doing enough to prevent the worst effects of climate change despite public promises to fight...