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...
Biden’s Climate Accord Move Welcomed by World Leaders January 21, 2021 By Don Jergler New U.S. President Joe Biden wasted no time on making known his intentions regarding climate change on his first day...
Investors Sue Parent Company Behind Alaska Gold Mine January 6, 2021 The company behind a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska faces lawsuits from investors claiming it misled shareholders who...
California Sues Companies to Recover Costs for Lead Pollution Cleanup December 23, 2020 A lawsuit has been filed against multiple companies connected to a now-closed battery recycling plant years after California regulators pledged...
Montana Requires $285M Cleanup Bond from Coal Company December 21, 2020 Montana environmental regulators have forced the owners of a power plant to provide a $285 million cleanup bond, a move...
Environmentalists Say U.S. Insurers Lag Behind Peers on Fossil Fuels December 3, 2020 By Don Jergler U.S. insurance companies lag behind their global peers by enabling the fossil fuel industry, according to a report from an...
Top Investor Group Including Allianz Warns Firms to Cut Ties to Coal November 9, 2020 By Simon Jessop Some of the world’s largest insurers and pension schemes are warning companies they invest in not to finance, insure, build,...
Oregon Easing Some Asbestos Rules to Speed Wildfire Cleanup October 12, 2020 Oregon officials are relaxing some requirements for handling ash and debris containing asbestos to speed work in removing debris from...
California Ban on Fracking by 2024 Criticized as Too Late September 28, 2020 By Don Thompson California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Wednesday to end issuing new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024, a delay criticized by many...
‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf Much Smaller This Year Following Tropical Storms August 5, 2020 By Janet McConnaughey Tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year’s dead zone off Louisiana’s coast to the third-smallest ever...