Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Regulators Propose $2.2M Settlement with CSX Over West Virginia Derailment
Aug 1 2018 // Federal officials have announced a $2.2 million proposed settlement with CSX Transportation to resolve the company’s liability for water pollution violations stemming from a train derailment that caused an oil spill...
Court to Revisit Dismissal of $210 Million Hyundai-Kia Fuel Economy Settlement
Jul 31 2018 // A U.S. appeals court will reconsider its decision to throw out a $210 million nationwide class-action settlement for owners of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. vehicles whose fuel economy was inflated. The 9th U.S....
Petrobras Reaches $3.5M Settlement in Texas Refinery Emissions Case
Jul 26 2018 // A U.S. unit of Brazilian state-run company Petrobras agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit over alleged toxic emissions from its Pasadena, Texas, oil refinery, the company said. The settlement, which is subject to...
Corporate Fines, Penalties Plummet Under Trump Administration
Jul 26 2018 // While Donald Trump has positioned himself as a tough, “law and order” president, he has mostly excluded one group of offenders from his sights: those of the corporate class, according to a report released...
Burns & Wilcox Hires Cunningham to New York City Office
Jul 25 2018 // Burns & Wilcox, a wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, has hired Jeffrey R. Cunningham to its New York City office as a senior broker in its Environmental Insurance practice. Cunningham previously...
Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Seen as Business Friend, Regulation Skeptic
Jul 17 2018 // Brett Kavanaugh could add a powerful new voice on the Supreme Court to restrain what government agencies can do, ushering in a new era of tougher scrutiny of federal regulations loathed by businesses. In a dozen years on...
Ben & Jerry’s Hasn’t Cleaned Up Its Act, Consumer Group Claims
Jul 13 2018 // It’s summer in America, and that means action-packed movies, piles of hot dogs and plenty of ice cream. But according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a consumer food-advocacy group, if your choice of ice cream is Ben...
Europe’s Banks Move to Greener Finance in Response to Climate Change Risks
Jul 12 2018 // Some of Europe’s largest banks are unveiling plans to lend and manage money in greener ways as pressure mounts to account for risks associated with climate change. “It is coming, it’s a trend that’s...
Arkansas Company to Pay $38K in Gender Pay Discrimination Case
Jul 12 2018 // An Arkansas company will pay $38,000 in the settlement of a gender pay discrimination case brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC reported that TrueCore Behavioral Solutions, a manager of...
Appeals Court Upholds Volkswagen’s $10 Billion Diesel Settlement with Owners
Jul 11 2018 // A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Volkswagen’s $10.03 billion settlement with the owners of nearly 500,000 polluting diesel vehicles announced in 2016. The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...
Lawsuits Against Monsanto’s Roundup Cleared for Trial
Jul 11 2018 // Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto Co. by cancer survivors or families of those who died can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, finding there was sufficient evidence for a jury to hear the cases that...
Maine, EPA, Tribes Spar Over Water Quality Rules
Jul 10 2018 // The state of Maine is locked in a legal battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a pair of American Indian tribes about the way clean water standards apply in and around tribal lands. Maine is arguing in...
People
Jul 2 2018 // Cassie Brown has been appointed Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. She succeeds Ryan Brannan, who left the division on May 1....
New York Attorney General Leads Suit Against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jul 2 2018 // New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood, joined by Attorneys General Xavier Becerra of California and Brian Frosh of Maryland, has led a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for...
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jul 2 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
West Virginia Issues Violation Notices to Mountain Valley Pipeline Project
Jun 28 2018 // West Virginia regulators have issued two additional violation notices to the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the two additional violation notices to the pipeline project are for water...
Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
Jun 21 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
Nuclear Contamination Found on Worker at New Mexico Weapons Lab
Jun 20 2018 // Reports from an independent safety panel show radioactive contamination was found on a worker’s hands and other places at a nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico, the latest safety lapse at the facility as it ramps up...
Maryland Suing EPA on Power Plant Pollution in Other States
Jun 18 2018 // A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to respond to Maryland’s request for a declaration that power plants in five upwind states are contributing to Maryland’s air quality...
Declarations
Jun 18 2018 // Pesticide Safety “EPA’s indefinite suspension of critical pesticide safety training is reprehensible – and illegal.” — New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood said about a lawsuit she...
