Polluters, Not Taxpayers, Should Pay to Clean Up Environmental Damage: EU Auditors July 6, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – Taxpayers are too often being forced to pay to clean up environmental damage while the companies responsible dodge...
Aging Oil Pipelines Operated by Canada’s Enbridge Raise Fears over Great Lakes Spills June 10, 2019 By Rod Nickel and Nia Williams Fears about oil spills into the Great Lakes from two aging U.S. pipelines have flared, raising doubts about their future...
Groundwater Near Most Coal Plants Polluted by Coal Ash: Environmental Groups March 4, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici More than 90 percent of U.S. coal-fired power plants that are required to monitor groundwater near their coal ash dumps...
Source of Clean Energy? Wind Turbines Are Spilling Oil in Mexico May 15, 2017 By Adam Williams Wind turbines were planted along a strip of Mexico’s southern coast to make the country’s power industry cleaner. Now they’re...
Demand for Environmental Impairment Liability Cover Rises in Europe: Marsh September 23, 2016 There has been a marked increase in the number of companies purchasing environmental impairment liability (EIL) cover across Europe in...
U.K. Lawmakers Call for Ban on Plastic Microbeads, Citing Dangers to Food Chain August 24, 2016 By Thomas Seal U.K. lawmakers called for a ban on plastic microbeads used in products such as shaving gel, exfoliating scrubs and toothpaste,...
Judge Approves Exxon’s $225M New Jersey Pollution Settlement August 26, 2015 By Jonathan Stempel Exxon Mobil Corp’s $225 million settlement with the administration of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of a longstanding environmental pollution...
Fishermen Group Suing NYC Over Sewage Spill During Sandy January 27, 2014 A group of fishermen are suing New York City over shellfish bed pollution they believe was caused by massive releases...
FERMA Opposes EU Fund for Industrial Accident Environmental Liabilities, Losses December 3, 2012 The Federation of European Risk Management Associations [FERMA), which represents risk managers in 20 European countries, has told the European...