Southern Water Fined for Sewage Spill That Killed 2,000 Fish in England February 28, 2024 By Jessica Shankleman Southern Water was fined £330,000 on Tuesday after admitting a raw sewage spill that killed thousands of fish on the...
Rio Tinto Faces Pressure From Investors Over Water Contamination Claims February 12, 2024 By Melanie Burton Global mining giant Rio Tinto, which sparked outrage after destroying an ancient Indigenous site in Australia in 2020, faces new...
Chicago Files Lawsuit Against Monsanto and Univar for Polluting Water, Air, and Soil with Harmful Chemicals September 21, 2023 By Kim Chipman and Tarso Veloso Chicago is suing Bayer AG’s Monsanto and Univar Solutions Inc. for polluting the city’s water, air and soil with chemicals...
District of Columbia Sues Manufacturers for ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination July 19, 2023 District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb has filed a lawsuit against more than 25 chemical companies for manufacturing,...
UK Water Companies to Face Unlimited Fines for Polluting Rivers, Sea April 5, 2023 Water companies will incur unlimited fines for polluting rivers and the sea under new UK legislation to protect the environment,...
Surfers Accuse UK Water Companies of Illegally Dumping Raw Sewage November 29, 2022 By Irina Anghel Water companies illegally dumped raw sewage into the UK’s rivers at least 146 times this year, a campaign group called...
Indiana Steel Mill to Pay $3 Million, Improve Waste System February 16, 2022 A steel company has agreed to pay $3 million and improve the wastewater system at an Indiana mill, more than...
3 Firms to Pay $65M to Settle Upstate New York Water Pollution Class Action February 8, 2022 HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $65 million settlement in a class action lawsuit with...
Environmental Group Warns ‘Forever Chemicals’ Widespread in U.S. Drinking Water January 23, 2020 By Timothy Gardner The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the...
Lead, Uranium Found After Detroit River Aggregate Spill, EPA Says January 13, 2020 Federal environmental officials found uranium, lead and several chemicals during testing of an industrial site where limestone construction aggregate material...