Oil Spill Caused by Massive Waves From Tonga Is ‘Ecological Disaster’ for Peru January 20, 2022 By Marco Aquino An oil spill at a refinery in Peru during high waves caused by the explosion last weekend of a volcano...
Environment Groups, Waste Management Firm Settle Lawsuit Over New Hampshire Landfill January 18, 2022 By Michael Casey Two environmental groups have settled a federal lawsuit with a waste management company over allegations the company’s landfill in New...
California Labor Shortage Compounding Complex Agriculture Landscape for Insurance Pros November 1, 2021 By Don Jergler The labor shortage in California has hit the agriculture industry particularly hard, creating a tougher environment all around – including...
Lawsuit Against BHP over Brazil Dam Collapse Fails on Appeal in English Court March 25, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group said on Wednesday it had failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9...
Upstream Mine Tailings Dams Pose Higher Risks of Instability: Study March 5, 2021 By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings...
Brazilians Bring Lawsuit Against Norsk Hydro over Alleged Pollution February 10, 2021 By Gwladys Fouche Some 40,000 Brazilians are bringing a group-action lawsuit in the Netherlands against Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro over alleged toxic...
Russian Mining Giant Nornickel Fined $2 Billion for Huge Arctic Fuel Spill February 5, 2021 By Polina Devitt MOSCOW – Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel was fined $2 billion on Friday for the damage caused by a huge...
Vale Agrees to Pay Settlement of $7 Billion for Brazilian Mine Disaster in 2019 February 4, 2021 By James Attwood Vale SA reached a settlement agreement with Brazilian authorities for a dam collapse that killed 270 people and led to...
Brazilian Dam Claimants to Take BHP Class Action to English Court of Appeal February 3, 2021 Lawyers for about 200,000 Brazilian claimants, whose multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP over a 2015 dam collapse was...
Brazil Petrochemical Company Braskem Settles Lawsuits over Sinking City for $1.75B January 4, 2021 BRASILIA – Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem SA said on Wednesday it reached a 9.1 billion reais ($1.75 billion) deal to...