Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Governor Wants Stiffer Fines for Cities That Pollute
Sep 20 2019 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will ask the Legislature to increase fines for local governments that pollute state waters and give the Department of Environmental Protection more power to enforce pollution laws. DeSantis...
BHSI Taps Executives from AIG and AXA XL as Claims & Product Line Leaders in France
Sep 19 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its leadership team in France, naming Katell Pouliquen as head of Claims, Louis du Ché as head of Property and Ludovic Ruiller as head of...
Following Chemical Plant Fires, Texas’ Harris County to Hire More Environmental Experts
Sep 13 2019 // Harris County plans to hire additional environmental personnel to better respond to dangerous chemical plant and refinery fires like ones that occurred this year near the Houston Ship Channel. The Houston Chronicle reports...
New Ironshore Environmental App Offers Real-Time Incident Alerts, Reporting
Sep 10 2019 // Ironshore Environmental introduced IronResponse, a smartphone app that allows risk managers real-time access to claims professionals upon immediate notice of an environmental incident. IronResponse simplifies the reporting...
Hog Waste Fears Raised Again as Dorian Hits North Carolina
Sep 6 2019 // Environmental groups are watching dozens of lagoons of swine waste stored directly in Hurricane Dorian’s path in North Carolina with growing trepidation, fearful that a breach will release millions of gallons of...
BP North America Fined $71K for 2018 Diesel Fuel Spill in Iowa
Sep 5 2019 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says BP North America must pay a fine of more than $71,000 for a diesel spill last year in northeast Iowa. The EPA said the fine is for violations of the Clean Water Act. BP owns a...
Toxic Chemical at PES Refinery Mostly Cleared, Aiding Probe of June Blaze
Sep 3 2019 // Most of a highly toxic chemical stored at a fire-damaged Philadelphia oil refinery has been rendered inert, clearing the way for closer inspections of the site following a June blaze that led to the plant’s closure,...
Sickened Coal Ash Workers Blame Tennessee Utility for Exposure to Health Hazards
Aug 30 2019 // The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill a decade ago, with potentially serious consequences...
Lawsuit in Vermont PFOA Contamination Case Now Class Action
Aug 29 2019 // A lawsuit filed by Vermont residents seeking damages for chemical contamination in groundwater in their Bennington neighborhood can proceed as a class action, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling by U.S. District Judge...
Waste from Chinese-Owned Nickel Plant Spills into Papua New Guinea Bay
Aug 29 2019 // Waste from a nickel plant in Papua New Guinea owned by Metallurgical Corporation of China spilled into the adjacent Basamuk Bay over the weekend, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Locals noticed red discharge...
DuPont Says It Will No Longer Buy Firefighting Foam With Suspect Chemicals
Aug 28 2019 // Industrial materials maker DuPont said on Wednesday it would stop buying and using firefighting foams made with a controversial class of chemicals, which are at the center of multiple environmental lawsuits, by the end of...
Toxic Gas, EPA Silence Raise Concerns for Residents Near Georgia Factories
Aug 28 2019 // Residents near two Georgia plants which have emitted toxic gas say they’re furious that the government did not alert the public about a federal report on potential health dangers. Hundreds of people packed two recent...
Southeastern Grocers to Spend $4.2M to Settle Clean Air Act Violations
Aug 27 2019 // A supermarket company has agreed to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting gases from refrigeration equipment at more than 500 stores in seven southeastern states, federal authorities said Friday. The Department of Justice...
Retreat as an Answer to Climate Change?
Aug 22 2019 // Think retreat is never an option? Think again. “Faced with global warming, rising sea levels, and the climate-related extremes they intensify, the question is no longer whether some communities will retreat—moving...
Suits Filed Against Operator of Illinois Medical Equipment Cleaner
Aug 22 2019 // Nearly three dozen people have sued the operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant they claim emits fumes that have adversely affected their health, lawyers for the plaintiffs announced. The 32...
Water Distribution Continues as Lead Problem Assessed in Newark
Aug 22 2019 // Newark’s large-scale bottled water distribution is continuing as officials try to understand the failure of two filters intended to eliminate lead from water. The Environmental Protection Agency, which earlier called...
Unsafe Arsenic Levels Found at Beckham Soccer Stadium Site in Miami
Aug 22 2019 // An environmental report poses a new problem for the proposed site of David Beckham’s Major League Soccer stadium in Miami: Tests show the soil is far more toxic than expected. According to the Miami Herald, the...
Illinois Sues Company over Lead Found in Drinking Water
Aug 20 2019 // Illinois alleges that a company that provides water to a Chicago suburb made changes without permission from state regulators that caused lead to contaminate the village’s drinking water. Attorney General Kwame Raoul...
Fidelity Battles IRS Over Tax Credits for Coal Investment Involving A.J. Gallagher
Aug 14 2019 // Fidelity Investments’ courtroom battle with the IRS over disallowed tax credits drew to a close on Tuesday when lawyers clashed over whether the mutual fund giant was a bonafide partner in the production of...
Idaho Tribe Sues Mining Company Over Pollution
Aug 12 2019 // The Nez Perce Tribe has filed a lawsuit to force a Canadian company to clean up an idle central Idaho mining area – which the company says it plans to do if it gets approval from U.S. officials to restart mining at the...
