Legal Fights over California Oil Spill Likely to Last Years October 13, 2021 By Brian Melley It took little more than 48 hours from the moment a major oil spill was discovered off Southern California until...
Popular California Beach City Reopens After Massive Oil Spill October 12, 2021 By Amy Taxin A Southern California beach that was closed more than a week ago because of a leak of crude oil from...
Slow Response to Report of California Oil Spill, Records Show October 6, 2021 By Brian Melley, Matthew Brown and Stefanie Dazio The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than...
CITGO Agrees to Settle for 2006 Louisiana Refinery Spill July 7, 2021 CITGO Petroleum Corp. has agreed to pay $19.7 million to restore natural resources damaged during a 2006 spill at its...
Settlement in Longtime Contamination Suit Reached Between Montana Residents, ARCO June 11, 2021 A civil lawsuit between Montana residents and an oil company that dragged on for more than a decade has ended...
Montana Judge Rules Polluter Law Can Be Used Against Mining Company June 2, 2021 A Montana judge has sided with state environmental regulators who are using a law that provides protection from repeat polluters...
California Governor Wants Ban on New Fracking by 2024 April 26, 2021 By Adam Beam Gov. Gavin Newsom said said California will stop issuing fracking permits by 2024 and halt all oil drilling by 2045,...
Washington Commissioner Asking Insurers to Craft Consent Policies with Tribes March 24, 2021 Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is urging the insurance industry in his state to work with Native Americans on adopting...
Alaska Companies Fined for Asbestos Violations March 2, 2021 A man and two companies in Alaska have been sentenced to three years probation and a $35,000 fine for violating...
Oil Company Paying $1.9M for Wyoming spills February 12, 2021 An oil company has agreed to pay almost $2 million for spilling crude oil and wastewater at two central Wyoming...