DuPont, Chemours Reach Pact Over Liability for ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAs Pollution January 25, 2021 By Randall Chase The Dupont Co. and its spinoff business Chemours have agreed to resolve legal disputes over environmental liabilities for pollution related...
Mauritius Oil Spill Disaster Caused by Lack of Safety Awareness, Admits Shipowner December 22, 2020 TOKYO — Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping said on Friday [Dec. 18] the grounding of one of its large bulk carriers that...
Japanese Bulk Carrier Splits Apart as Mauritian Authorities Work to Contain Oil Spill August 17, 2020 By Omar Mohammed A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around...
Explainer: Assessing Liabilities from Massive Mauritius Oil Spill August 14, 2020 A Japanese bulk carrier struck a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on July 25, spilling...
Mauritius Seeks Compensation from Owners of Cargo Vessel After Massive Oil Spill August 12, 2020 By Kamlesh Bhuckory Mauritius is seeking compensation from the owners of the cargo carrier that run aground and spilled oil off its coast,...
Oil Leak from Cargo Ship Pollutes Mauritius Beaches as Insurers Assess Liability August 11, 2020 By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Shiho Takezawa The oil cleanup from a leaking cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Mauritius continues while the government...
Russia Requires Firms to Develop Financial/Insurance Contingency Plans for Oil Spills July 14, 2020 President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation requiring companies involved in oil production or handling other hydrocarbons to have adequate...
Russia’s Nornickel Denies Allegations of Cover-Up over Arctic Oil Spill July 13, 2020 By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth Pressure is mounting on Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel over an Arctic oil spill that has wiped about 17% off...
Russian Regulator Seeks $2B in Damages from Nornickel for Arctic Fuel Spill July 7, 2020 Russia’s environmental watchdog has asked a power subsidiary of Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) to pay almost 148 billion...
Unprecedented Arctic Diesel Spill Angers Putin and Could Force Green Reform in Russia June 11, 2020 By Yuliya Fedorinova, Ilya Arkhipov and Olga Tanas The mishandling of the biggest Arctic oil spill ever infuriated Russian President Vladimir Putin and could give a boost to...