Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
EPA Probes Environmental Justice in Louisiana Projects
Apr 11 2022 // The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Louisiana’s health and environmental agencies discriminated against Black residents in connection with air pollution from existing and proposed facilities...
Indiana Home Remodeling Company to Pay $40,000 EPA Penalty
Apr 11 2022 // U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Two Chicks and a Hammer, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana, to resolve alleged violations of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RPR) that were...
Chilean State Sues Mining Companies, Alleging Environmental Damage
Apr 11 2022 // Chile is suing mines operated by BHP, Antofagasta and Albemarle over alleged environmental damage caused by their operations in the northern Salar de Atacama salt flats, a court said late on Thursday. The State Defense...
EPA Rule Would Ban Asbestos Still in Use
Apr 7 2022 // The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and kills thousands of Americans every...
EPA Moves to End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad
Mar 25 2022 // Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths. The...
Texas Oilfield Company Charged With Workers Safety, Environmental Crimes
Mar 21 2022 // A federal grand jury in Midland, Texas, returned an indictment charging an oilfield company and an executive of the company with worker safety and environmental crimes. According to court documents, Aghorn Operating Inc....
Groups Sue for Records in Montana Mine Pollution Case
Mar 16 2022 // Conservation groups are suing Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration to obtain records related to its decision to drop legal claims against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines. The groups,...
Wisconsin AG Sues Johnson Controls, Tyco Fire Products Over Alleged PFAS Pollution
Mar 15 2022 // Wisconsin Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit March 14 against Johnson Controls and Tyco Fire Products over PFAS pollution in northeastern Wisconsin. The lawsuit, filed in Marinette County Circuit Court,...
Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Reduce Air Pollution at 3 Texas Plants
Mar 9 2022 // Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $118 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act and state air pollution control laws...
Texas Oilfield Company Charged With Workers Safety, Environmental Crimes
Mar 9 2022 // A federal grand jury in Midland, Texas, returned an indictment charging an oilfield company and an executive of the company with worker safety and environmental crimes. According to court documents, Aghorn Operating Inc....
Environmental Groups Sue TotalEnergies Over Climate Marketing Claims
Mar 7 2022 // A group of environmental organizations has filed a lawsuit in France against the country’s largest energy company TotalEnergies, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to fight climate change. The...
Report: Nearly a Third of U.S. Hazardous Chemicals Facilities Exposed to Climate Change Dangers
Mar 3 2022 // A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stating that climate change is leading to increasingly irreversible impacts, with a narrowing window to adapt to it, is garnering a lot of reaction. The IPCC...
U.S. Senators Grill Regulators Over Climate Policy on Natural Gas Projects
Mar 3 2022 // Top U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday grilled Democratic energy regulators who recently approved guidelines for approving new natural gas projects that allow consideration of environmental justice, landowner and...
Many Boardrooms Still Fail to Grasp ESG Risk, Marsh Review of Annual Reports Finds
Mar 2 2022 // Many global firms are still failing to prioritize environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks in the boardroom, which is creating worrying gaps in their evaluation and mitigation of these mounting hazards, according...
EPA Power to Curb Carbon Emissions Questioned by Supreme Court
Mar 1 2022 // Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the federal government’s authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in a case that could undermine...
U.S. Won’t Give Water to California Farmers Because of Drought
Feb 25 2022 // With California entering the third year of severe drought, federal officials said Wednesday they won’t deliver any water to farmers in the state’s major agricultural region – a decision that will force many...
New Hampshire Reaches $25M Deal With Monsanto Over PCB Pollution
Feb 24 2022 // New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with agrochemical giant Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution in waterways and other state-owned property, the attorney general’s...
Dakota Access Pipeline Loses Supreme Court Appeal, Leaving Its Future Unclear
Feb 23 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access Pipeline, letting stand a ruling that required a new federal environmental analysis and left the pipeline vulnerable to being shut...
Aging Oil-Storage Ships Pose Safety, Environmental Risks Around the World
Feb 23 2022 // The decades-old, oil-storage ship that blew up off the coast of Nigeria recently — killing some of its crew and spewing its contents into the Atlantic Ocean — is one of many vessels of similar vintage dotted...
Delaware Residents Near Guard Base Report High Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Feb 23 2022 // Residents living near an Air National Guard base in northern Delaware have average blood levels of certain toxic manmade chemicals that are significantly higher than the national average, according to a report by federal...
