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...
Germany’s BASF to Restore Polluted Superfund Site in New Jersey December 9, 2022 By Wayne Parry TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The German chemical company BASF will restore damaged natural resources at a notorious Superfund site...
Residents Await Fix for Pennsylvania Methane Leak November 22, 2022 By Michael Biesecker and Michael Rubinkam A vent at an underground natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania has been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane...
Biden ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Climate Risk Measure Upheld by U.S. Appeals Court October 24, 2022 A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the “social cost of carbon” calculation used by President Joe Biden’s administration, which...
Investigation Uncovers Significant Radioactive Waste at Missouri Elementary School October 18, 2022 FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons...
Brazil Fines Vale $16.9M for Lack of Reliable Details About Collapsed Tailings Dam August 16, 2022 By Mariana Durao Vale SA was fined 86.3 million real ($16.9 million) for not giving Brazil’s mining regulator accurate information on the conditions...
Energy Transfer Reports Louisiana Natgas Pipeline Ruptured in July August 8, 2022 By Laila Kearney Energy pipeline operator Energy Transfer has disclosed a pipeline rupture in Louisiana last month that released 8.2 million cubic feet...
Science Offers Basis for National Climate Damage Claims: Study July 12, 2022 By Mark John A scientific basis exists to calculate how much one country’s carbon emissions have damaged the economy of another, a study...
Mexico Prepared to Sue U.S. Mining Firm Vulcan Over ‘Ecological Catastrophe’: President May 26, 2022 Mexico will go to local and international courts if there is no agreement with U.S. firm Vulcan Materials over its...
Chilean State Sues Mining Companies, Alleging Environmental Damage April 11, 2022 By Fabian Cambero Chile is suing mines operated by BHP, Antofagasta and Albemarle over alleged environmental damage caused by their operations in the...