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...
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...