Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bottom Line: Gulf Oil Spill Isn’t an Environmental Disaster
Apr 19 2015 // In early March a 30,000-pound mat of oily gunk washed up on East Grand Terre, a barrier island in the mouth of Louisiana’s Barataria Bay. It was an ugly reminder of the blowout at BP’s Macondo well, a disaster...
It’s Insurance Buyers’ Market Now But Risk Challenges Ahead: Willis
Apr 16 2015 // Due in part to reduced catastrophe losses and the increased supply of capital, property/casualty insurance buyers can expect to face friendly market conditions on most lines of business for the remainder of 2015. But...
Judge Approves Delay in Sentencing for Duke Energy Coal Ash Crimes
Apr 16 2015 // Duke Energy received a delay Tuesday in pleading guilty to environmental crimes after the company raised the specter that bureaucratic red tape could result in power being cut to military bases across North Carolina. U.S....
Environmental Groups Sue Tennessee Valley Authority over Plant Pollution
Apr 16 2015 // Two environmental groups claim toxic pollution from a Gallatin, Tenn., power plant is seeping into the Cumberland River and state regulators are not doing enough to stop it. The allegations are part of a lawsuit filed in...
ACE Appoints O’Halloran as Environmental Risk Underwriter, U.K. & Ireland
Apr 15 2015 // ACE Group today announced the appointment of Glenn O’Halloran as environmental risk underwriter as it continues to invest in building its environmental liability insurance capabilities in the U.K. and...
Great American Expands Capacity for Pollution Products
Apr 13 2015 // Great American Insurance Group has expanded its complete pollution product line policy aggregate limits of liability to $50 million per loss/$100 million. This expanded capacity can be offered on both a primary layer or on...
Duke Energy Appeals $25M Pollution Fine by North Carolina Regulators
Apr 13 2015 // Duke Energy Corp. says a $25 million fine by North Carolina environmental regulators over coal ash pollution that has been seeping into groundwater for years is excessive and unnecessary. The country’s largest...
J.H. Blade Launches Pollution Response Service for Energy Risks
Apr 10 2015 // National upstream oil and gas energy MGA J.H. Blades & Co. Inc., along with the Swett & Crawford Dallas Energy team and the recently-acquired Burke Daniels Inc., have joined forces with Wild Well Control Inc. to...
How Another Country’s Insurance Industry Is Facing Climate Change
Apr 9 2015 // Tim Grafton, chief executive of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, lives in a country surrounded by risk on all sides, and he’s unabashed in his efforts to use flooding events, frequent storms or other...
Buchan Joins JLT Specialty’s Construction Practice; Lu Joins Environmental
Apr 8 2015 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. has appointed William Buchan as senior vice president of its Construction Practice, which is based in San Francisco. Buchan will help lead all facets of the Construction Practice, as...
Texas-Based Energy MGAs Partner with Wild Well Control for Pollution Control
Apr 8 2015 // Houston-based upstream oil and gas energy managing general agent (MGA), J.H. Blades & Co. Inc., Swett & Crawford’s Dallas energy team and the recently-acquired Burke Daniels Inc., have joined forces with Wild...
Top 5 Findings on the Environmental Harms of Crop Insurance Subsidies
Apr 7 2015 // We at R Street do a lot of warning that our nation’s misguided crop insurance supports, in combination with the disastrous Renewable Fuel Standard, are distorting land and food markets, wreaking environmental havoc...
West Virginia Chemical Spill Settlement for Community Projects Dropped
Mar 27 2015 // Lawyers for businesses and people affected by a massive chemical spill last year say a settlement to fund community projects is no longer being considered. In June 2014, lawyers for the groups affected by the Freedom...
Va. Retailer Lumber Liquidators Faces Safety Inquiry
Mar 26 2015 // The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday it is investigating Lumber Liquidators Chinese-made laminate flooring following a national TV broadcast raised concerns over levels of formaldehyde. Chairman...
Duke Energy to Appeal $25M Fine by North Carolina Regulators
Mar 26 2015 // Duke Energy will appeal a $25.1 million fine by North Carolina environmental regulators over pollution that has been seeping into groundwater for years from a pair of coal ash pits at a retired power plant. The fine, which...
JLT Specialty USA Creates Environmental Brokerage Team
Mar 25 2015 // JLT Specialty USA said it has added an environmental team to provide environmental brokerage and advisory services in energy, construction, environmental professional, finance and aerospace sectors. The individuals...
Oil Industry Sues to Block U.S. Fracking Regulations
Mar 23 2015 // U.S. drillers already reeling from a six- month drop in oil prices denounced new U.S. fracking regulations as costly and unnecessary, and quickly met them with a lawsuit. After three years of debate, the U.S. Interior...
Obama Administration Releases Regulations on Fracking on Federal Lands
Mar 22 2015 // The Obama administration issued the first federal regulations for fracking since the drilling technique fueled a domestic energy boom, requiring extensive disclosures of the chemicals used on public land. After years of...
North Carolina Governor Signs Air Pollution Mandate Change for Fracking
Mar 20 2015 // Environmental legislation that gives leeway to a North Carolina state panel in creating air pollution rules for fracking has been signed into law by Gov. Pat McCrory. The governor signed the measure soon after the Senate...
ACE Enhances Pollution Liability Portfolio Coverages
Mar 19 2015 // ACE Group has enhanced its premises pollution liability (PPL) and premises pollution liability portfolio (PPL Port) insurance policies to provide additional coverages for environmental day-to-day operational exposures...
