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Sands Point Risk Acquires New Jersey’s Launch Environmental Underwriters
May 21 2026 // Sands Point Risk, a multi-program managing general agency platform, has acquired Launch Environmental Underwriters, a provider of environmental general liability insurance. Jersey City, New Jersey-based Launch focuses on...
Pollution From Coal Is Hurting Global Solar Output, Study Finds
May 19 2026 // Pollution from coal-fired power plants that can block sunlight is significantly cutting global solar output, and potentially causing an overestimation of climate progress, according to a new study. Aerosols — tiny...
Trump EPA Eyes Gutting Rules on Coal Plant Ash That Threatens Groundwater
Apr 17 2026 // The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations were strengthened under...
Toxic Gas-Emitting Plants Get Pollution Reprieve Under Trump
Apr 16 2026 // After teacher Janet Rau learned that a carcinogenic gas was being released from an industrial plant near her school in 2019, she started a campaign for more oversight. Five years later, the Environmental Protection Agency...
EPA, HHS to Monitor Drinking Water for Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals
Apr 6 2026 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services announced that they will monitor the impact of microplastics and pharmaceuticals on drinking water, the first step toward assessing their...
Warmer Winters Causing Costly Water Pollution Crisis
Apr 2 2026 // When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa’s largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates. It’s a fact of...
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