Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jason Cohen
Oct 3 2016 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group promoted Jason M. Cohen to divisional president of Strategic Comp, succeeding Stephen Rosenthal, who will retire at the end of 2016. Cohen joined Great American in 2006...
Microbeads: Bad for You, Bad for the Environment
Oct 3 2016 // You wake up in the morning, brush your teeth and wash your face. The toothpaste and face wash go down the drain and you’ll never see it again… right? Wrong! What if I told you some of the ingredients, known as...
Federal Investigators Conclude West Virginia Chemical Spill Was Preventable
Sep 30 2016 // A 2014 chemical spill into the water supply of 300,000 West Virginians could have been avoided if a company inspected its storage tanks and saw two tiny holes forming at the bottom, federal investigators said...
Study Links Obesity to Higher Workers’ Compensation Costs
Sep 30 2016 // Obese and overweight workers are more likely to incur high costs related to workers’ compensation claims for major injuries, reports a study in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,...
Florida Governor Issues Emergency Rule on Public Notice of Pollution Events
Sep 29 2016 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has issued an emergency rule requiring public notification of pollution events within 24 hours, a move that comes after it took weeks to notify local residents about a fertilizer plant that leaked...
Alabama Water Utility Sues 30-Plus Flooring Companies Over Water Pollution
Sep 29 2016 // The Water Works and Sewer Board in Gadsden, Ala., has filed a lawsuit against more than 30 carpet and textile companies over pollution in the city’s water supply. Media outlets report that the lawsuit, filed Sept....
Investors Urge Food Giants to Lessen Meat Reliance to Lower Risk
Sep 28 2016 // A group of 40 investors managing $1.25 trillion in assets have launched a campaign to encourage 16 global food companies to change the way they source protein for their products to help to reduce environmental and health...
St. Louis Area Landfill Operator Settles Suit with 34 Homeowners
Sep 27 2016 // The operator of a suburban St. Louis landfill where an underground fire is producing a strong odor has reached a settlement in federal lawsuits filed by nearly three dozen nearby residents. Bridgeton Landfill LLC announced...
Duke Energy to Pay $6M for North Carolina Chemical Plant Spill
Sep 27 2016 // Duke Energy Corp. has agreed to pay a $6 million fine for a big spill that coated the Dan River with liquefied coal ash in 2014, North Carolina’s environment agency said Friday. The fine holds Duke Energy accountable...
Supplier Denies Listeria Was in Product Shipped to Blue Bell
Sep 26 2016 // A supplier of cookie dough that Blue Bell Creameries blamed for a possible listeria contamination of some of its ice cream said that its product tested negative for the pathogen before it was sent to the Texas-based...
Florida Residents Near Sinkhole Filled with Fertilizer File Federal Lawsuit
Sep 26 2016 // A federal lawsuit was filed late Thursday by three central Florida residents who live near a fertilizer plant where more than 200 million gallons of contaminated wastewater leaked into one of the state’s main...
Exxon to Pay $12M to Settle over Yellowstone Oil Spill
Sep 23 2016 // Exxon Mobil Corp. will pay $12 million for environmental damages caused by a pipeline break that spilled 63,000 gallons (238,474 liters) of crude into Montana’s Yellowstone River and prompted a national debate over...
Demand for Environmental Impairment Liability Cover Rises in Europe: Marsh
Sep 23 2016 // There has been a marked increase in the number of companies purchasing environmental impairment liability (EIL) cover across Europe in recent years, mainly due to an increase in regulation and buyer awareness, according to...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Remove Asbestos from New York Factory
Sep 22 2016 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to stop the potential spread of asbestos at the former Arkell and Smiths Sack Co. facility in Canajoharie, N.Y. Exposure to asbestos can lead to lung cancer and...
Group Suing Chemical Giant Dow over Pesticide Used in California
Sep 22 2016 // Chemical manufacturing giant Dow fails to warn people in farming communities throughout California when a potentially dangerous pesticide is applied to nearby fields, health advocates claimed in a lawsuit filed...
Florida Residents Want Water Tested After Leak of 200M Gallons of Fertilizer
Sep 22 2016 // Dozens of residents who live near a Florida fertilizer plant that has leaked more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water into a drinking water aquifer have asked for their water wells to be tested for...
Whole Foods Reaches $3.5M Settlement with EPA over Environmental Waste
Sep 21 2016 // Whole Foods Market Inc., headquartered in Austin, Texas, has reached a $3.5 million settlement with regulators over the disposal of products that were once for sale but later classified as hazardous waste. The...
Rockhill Insurance Group Names Abney, Upton to Leadership Positions
Sep 20 2016 // Rockhill Insurance Group, a member of Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Group, has tapped Jack Abney to lead its environmental underwriting unit as vice president – environmental. Rockhill also announced it has...
New York Bombing Suspect in Custody, Investigation Continues
Sep 19 2016 // A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a bomb that went off from inside a dumpster in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 29 people. Mayor Chris Bollwage of Elizabeth, New Jersey, said Ahmad...
Porsche Denies Liability as Investor Lawsuits Mount Over VW Diesel Scandal
Sep 19 2016 // Porsche Holding SE was caught up in the Volkswagen AG emissions debacle as investors raced to file German lawsuits ahead of the one-year anniversary of the scandal. A group of institutional investors filed a pair of...
