Jury Awards Illinois Woman $363 Million in Suit Over Plant’s Toxic Gas September 22, 2022 A jury has awarded $363 million to a woman who alleged that a now-shuttered suburban Chicago plant that sterilized medical...
BP Reaches $2.75 Million Settlement Over Indiana Refinery Pollution September 21, 2022 By John Flesher Oil titan BP reached a $2.75 million settlement over air pollution from its largest refinery after environmentalists complained of repeated...
EPA Denies Request to Exempt 2 Gulf Coast Plants From Air Pollution Rule September 8, 2022 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday denied a request by Cheniere Energy, a leading U.S. producer of liquefied natural gas,...
Indiana Metalworking Lubricants Company to Pay $310,000 over Clean Air Act Violations August 12, 2022 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management announced a settlement on August 5 with Metalworking Lubricants...
Explainer: Will U.S. Supreme Court EPA Ruling Rein in Federal Regulators? July 5, 2022 By Tom Hals The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from power plants...
‘Forever Chemicals’ Pose Risk Even at Very Low Levels: EPA June 20, 2022 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than...
Texas-Based Petrochemical Company to Cut Air Pollution June 13, 2022 Three subsidiaries of a Texas-based petrochemical company settled allegations that they violated federal and state pollution control laws. The U.S....
EPA Power to Curb Carbon Emissions Questioned by Supreme Court March 1, 2022 By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the federal government’s authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce...
Louisiana Reaches $3.3 Million Settlement With Firestone Over Alleged Clean Air Act Violations February 28, 2022 The United States, together with the State of Louisiana, announced that U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana...
EPA to Conduct Unannounced Inspections in 3 Gulf Coast States January 27, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other...