Wind Could Spread Oil Leak from Pertamina’s Undersea Well in Indonesia July 29, 2019 By Yoga Rusmana and Eko Listiyorini Wind is threatening to spread a growing 52-mile (84-kilometer) oil sheen in Indonesia from an undersea well that began leaking...
AGCS Offers Crisis Management Response Services with Its Pollution Liability Cover May 22, 2019 Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced it is offering expanded emergency response services as part of its Environmental Impairment...
Pollution Charges Filed Against Texas Petrochemical Facility That Burned May 1, 2019 By Juan A. Lozano Water pollution charges have been filed against a company that owns a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility where a large fire...
Aluminum Producer Norsk Hydro Denies Brazil Refinery Contaminated Local Waters April 9, 2018 By Joachim Dagenborg and Terje Solsvik Aluminum producer Norsk Hydro denied on Monday its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil had contaminated local waters, contradicting the findings...
Anglo American’s Ruptured Pipeline Is 2nd Mine Incident in Brazil in 2018 March 13, 2018 By R.T. Watson Anglo American Plc’s Brazilian iron-ore mine suffered operational delays after a pipeline ruptured Monday morning, the company confirmed by email....
Contamination Found at Norsk Hydro’s Alumina Refiner in Brazil, Say Researchers March 12, 2018 By Marta Nogueira A Brazilian government-backed institute is readying new evidence of contamination near the world’s biggest alumina refiner, Norsk Hydro ASA’s Alunorte,...
Florida Judge Finds Pollution Notification Rule is Invalid January 4, 2017 A Florida judge says a rule requiring companies to notify the public of pollution events within 24 hours is invalid....
Another Worker Dies From October Pipeline Explosion in Alabama December 15, 2016 Officials say a second worker injured in the Oct. 31 explosion of a major gasoline pipeline in Alabama has died....
U.S. Safety Board Investigating Alabama Colonial Pipeline Accident November 6, 2016 The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday it had opened an investigation into the Colonial Pipeline Co accident...
Alabama Pipeline Explosion Update: 1 Death Reported, Pipeline to Restart Saturday November 2, 2016 By Laura Blewitt This story is an update to an earlier one updating the worker injuries and one fatality. The owner of the...