Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Republican Attorneys General Urge Biden to Drop EPA Emissions Plan
Jul 7 2023 // A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general Thursday urged the Biden administration to abandon its proposal to sharply cut vehicle tailpipe emissions, which would require dramatically more electric vehicles, saying it...
Industrial Gas Maker Messer to Pay $1.9M to Settle WV Pollution Violation Suit
Jun 28 2023 // A producer of industrial gas in West Virginia has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act by dumping copper, aluminum, residual chlorine, iron and phenolics into the Ohio River...
Environmental Changes Put 90% of World’s Marine Food Supplies at Risk: Study
Jun 27 2023 // More than 90% of the world’s marine food supplies are at risk from environmental changes such as rising temperatures and pollution, with top producers like China, Norway and the United States facing the biggest...
Railroad Industry Sues to Block New Locomotive Pollution Rules in California
Jun 19 2023 // The railroad industry sued to block new environmental rules in California, arguing they would force the premature retirement of about 25,000 diesel-powered locomotives across the country long before their zero-emission...
Republican Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose Plan to Combat PFAS Pollution
Jun 7 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Republican legislators have proposed a sweeping new plan to address PFAS pollution that would create grants for local governments, limit regulators’ ability to delay projects on polluted...
3M Is in at Least $10 Billion Forever-Chemicals Pollution Settlement
Jun 2 2023 // Update: 3M Granted Delay in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Trial to Negotiate Settlement 3M Co. struck a tentative settlement of at least $10 billion over water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals,”...
Environmental Platform Urges 1,600-Plus High-Emitting Firms to Disclose Data
May 31 2023 // More than 1,600 companies identified by non-profit platform CDP as having the biggest impact on the environment are not disclosing environmental data, it said as it launched its latest campaign to get firms to provide the...
Eastman Chemical Resins to Pay $2.4M for Environmental Violations in Pennsylvania
May 26 2023 // Eastman Chemical Resins Inc. will pay a $2.4 million penalty for environmental violations at the sprawling 56-acre manufacturing facility in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, that is now owned and operated by Synthomer...
Crum & Forster Policy Covered Accidents, Not Intentional Pollution, Appeals Court Says
May 25 2023 // Greasy, toxin-laden wastewater discharges by a Mississippi animal feed maker were not accidents and thus are not covered by a Crum & Foster pollution policy, a federal appeals court decided this week in a case that...
Wisconsin Republicans Propose $125M to Combat PFAS Pollution
May 24 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Republicans on Thursday announced plans to put $125 million aside to combat pollution from so-called forever chemicals, putting off a decision on what exactly to spend the money on. The...
BP Subsidiary to Pay Record $40M Penalty Over Lake Michigan Refinery Pollution Violations
May 19 2023 // A BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control releases of benzene and other contaminants at its Whiting oil refinery on the Indiana shoreline of Lake Michigan, Biden administration...
BP Unit to Pay Record $40M to Settle Air Pollution Civil Charges
May 17 2023 // A subsidiary of BP will pay a record-setting $40 million penalty to settle civil U.S. charges that its Indiana-based oil refinery violated federal laws aimed at curbing emissions of cancer-causing benzene in wastewater and...
Guyana’s Environmental Agency Appeals Court Decision Against Exxon
May 9 2023 // Guyana’s environmental regulator on Tuesday appealed a court decision that last week declared that the agency and Exxon Mobil unit breached oil-spill insurance obligations for the company’s first offshore...
Shipping Company to Pay $2.25M for Environmental Law Violations
May 8 2023 // A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $2.25 million for violations of environmental laws that were carried out by the captain and chief engineer of one of its oil tankers, federal prosecutors in...
Exxon, Guyana Environmental Agency in Breach of Oil-Spill Insurance Obligations: Court
May 5 2023 // An Exxon Mobil unit is in breach of insurance obligations for its first offshore oil project in Guyana in part due to errors by the environmental regulator, a Guyanese court ruled on Wednesday, a decision the government...
Environmental Groups Sue U.S. Over SpaceX Launch License
May 2 2023 // Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in South Texas without...
EU Lawmakers Back Human Rights, Environmental Checks for Big Companies
Apr 26 2023 // European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed rules requiring thousands of large companies to identify and mitigate human rights abuses like child labor or slavery, and environmental damage by suppliers. The European...
Pollution Lawsuit Could Curb Use of Aerial Fire Retardant
Apr 25 2023 // A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists raised concerns about waterways that are being polluted with the potentially...
New Jersey Sues 8 Pollution Sites to Force Cleanups
Apr 25 2023 // New Jersey announced eight new lawsuits and other action against what it says are companies and individuals who’ve failed to clean up pollutants at sites across the state, the attorney general and top environmental...
EPA to Propose New Vehicle Pollution Cuts, Sees Big EV Jump
Apr 10 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to propose new rules to spur sweeping cuts in vehicle emissions pollution that will push automakers towards a big increase in electric vehicle sales, sources told...
