Electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. is appealing a $750,000 verdict in a pollution lawsuit. A state jury awarded the damages earlier this month to a Myrtle Beach developer who sued AVX saying groundwater pollution by the electronics manufacturer derailed a condominium …
SullivanCurtisMonroe (SCM) has formed a partnership with the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) to launch the Environmental Risk Management (ERM) program. The ERM Program helps CMTA members manage the environmental risks facing their business through the use of ERM …
Environmental activists say three reclaimed mountaintop removal mining sites are still polluting West Virginia waterways, and they’re suing the current landowners in a novel attempt to stop it. The lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Huntington say state and …
A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil Corp liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline additive used to reduce smog in the 1970s …
Arkansas on Tuesday launched an investigation into an Exxon Mobil pipeline rupture that spilled thousands of barrels of crude oil into a housing development last week, just as forecast rain was expected to complicate the clean-up. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin …
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has introduced a foreign casualty pollution liability coverage endorsement. This new endorsement provides a limited pollution coverage extension in conjunction with ACE ATLAS CMP, ACE’s U.S. Controlled Master Program (CMP) …
Enbridge Energy Partners LP said on Wednesday that the costs of additional cleanup from a huge Michigan oil spill three years ago may push the total bill past the limit of its insurance coverage, hampering its financial results. Enbridge Energy …
Honolulu and the operator of the city’s only landfill have agreed to make changes that will reduce the risk of a fire breaking out at the Waianae coast site, as part of a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. …
The Coast Guard let vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg as it evaluates how traffic would affect efforts to remove and clean up oil from a leaking barge, a Guard spokesman said. Chief Petty …
A judge has given final approval to a settlement between chemical manufacturer Monsanto Co. and thousands of West Virginia residents over pollution claims. Circuit Judge Derek Swope in Putnam County approved the settlement in a 385-page order. A $93 million …
