Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Banks Demanding Stricter Environmental Criteria When Financing Shipping Companies
Oct 20 2021 // Banks are demanding much stricter environmental criteria when financing shipping companies as investor pressure grows on the sector to accelerate going greener, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Shipping, which...
California Spill Not the Environmental Disaster First Feared
Oct 11 2021 // After a crude oil sheen was detected on the waters off the Southern California coast, environmentalists feared the worst: A massive spill that would wreck the ecosystem. A week later, the region and its signature beaches...
Louisiana Firestone Plant to Pay $4M to Settle Pollution Charges
Oct 5 2021 // A major manufacturer of synthetic rubber, Firestone Polymers LLC, has agreed to pay $4 million in fines and an environmental project and make numerous improvements to settle a long list of state and federal air pollution...
California Oil Spill Called ‘Environmental Catastrophe’
Oct 4 2021 // HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.— A large oil spill off the southern California coast left fish dead, birds mired in petroleum and wetlands contaminated, in what local officials called an environmental catastrophe. The U.S....
Tests Show No Health Risks From U.S. Steel Plant Discharge: EPA
Oct 1 2021 // Preliminary tests indicate iron-contaminated wastewater that leaked from a northwestern Indiana steel plant into a Lake Michigan tributary presents no risk to public health, the Environmental Protection Agency said. U.S....
Northrop Grumman Knew Chemical Contaminated Missouri Homes: Lawsuit
Oct 1 2021 // Defense company Northrop Grumman knew for more than a decade that chemicals from a site it owns near Missouri’s Springfield-Branson Airport were contaminating groundwater in surrounding property, according to a...
Pennsylvania Eyes $500M from Feds for Environmental Program
Oct 1 2021 // A state Senate committee in Pennsylvania approved legislation to use federal coronavirus relief aid to revive a long-running program designed to help clean up waterways, fix up parks and preserve open space. The bill,...
EPA Urged by 21 States to Toughen Vehicle Emissions Rules
Sep 28 2021 // A group of 21 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia, and several major U.S. cities urged the Biden administration to finalize significantly stricter vehicle emissions rules than it has proposed. The U.S....
Biden to Restore Legal Foundation for Limits on Mercury Pollution, Discarded by Trump
Sep 27 2021 // President Joe Biden plans in coming days to shore up one of the most consequential environmental regulations in history by moving to restore the legal foundation for limits on mercury pollution from power...
Chilean Court Approves Caserones Mine Environmental Damage Remediation Plan
Sep 1 2021 // A Chilean court on Tuesday approved a plan by JX Nippon’s Caserones Mine to rectify environmental damage despite a fresh challenge to its validity raised by farmers in the country’s northern Copiapó...
Global Fast Fashion Brands Helping to Drive Pollution of African Rivers: Report
Aug 18 2021 // JOHANNESBURG – Global fast fashion brands are helping drive pollution that has dyed African rivers blue or turned their waters as alkaline as bleach, according to a report published on Tuesday. Water Witness...
People Moves: Chubb’s Kocsondy Joins Beazley Cyber; Ames & Gough Adds Martin; WTW’s Kinzer Moves to Zurich Construction; AXA XL Adds 4 to Pollution Team
Aug 17 2021 // Beazley Appoints Chubb’s Kocsondy as U.S. Cyber & Tech Chief Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Patricia Kocsondy as head of U.S. Cyber & Tech. Kocsondy, an experienced cyber underwriter and manager,...
NFL Owner Kraft Sued Over South Carolina Paper Mill’s Harmful Pollution
Aug 17 2021 // A South Carolina paper mill, whose foul smell has triggered more than 30,000 complaints, has become one of the dirtiest polluters in the United States since being acquired by an investment group led by Robert Kraft, the...
3 Midwest Manufacturers Pay More Than $400K to Settle Hazardous Waste Violation Cases
Jul 29 2021 // Three manufacturing companies in Midwest states reached settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)....
Polluters, Not Taxpayers, Should Pay to Clean Up Environmental Damage: EU Auditors
Jul 6 2021 // BRUSSELS – Taxpayers are too often being forced to pay to clean up environmental damage while the companies responsible dodge the costs, the European Court of Auditors said on Monday. The European Union’s executive...
Environmentalists To Sue West Virginia Over Pollution At Greensdale Coals Site
Jul 2 2021 // A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site. In a letter to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection,...
AIG Releases Its First Environmental, Social and Governance Report
Jul 1 2021 // The International Renewable Energy Agency says a surge in private lending for renewable energy projects this decade is a must in order to meeting global targets to limit the rise of temperatures worldwide. That’s...
EPA Orders Rancher, County to Clean Up Sand-Deluged Nebraska River
Jun 30 2021 // Federal regulators have ordered a Nebraska rancher and county officials to clean up a remote stream after it was deluged with enough sand and sediment to change the shape of the waterway. The rancher and county will share...
Ship Carrying Chemicals Sinks Near Sri Lanka Capital, Prompting Pollution Fears
Jun 18 2021 // COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A container ship carrying chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday nearly a month after catching fire, raising concerns about a possible environmental disaster. The ship’s...
EPA to Revisit Health Standards for Harmful Soot From Industrial Plants, Cars
Jun 11 2021 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it would re-examine health standards for harmful soot that the previous Trump administration had left unchanged. This is the latest federal air and water...
