About half of the white sand beaches along Australia’s northeast coast that were blackened by an oil spill have been cleared, an official said Sunday. Authorities declared a disaster zone along 37 miles (60 kilometers) of some of Australia’s most …
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response, State Lands Commission and State Water Boards against the owners, operators and pilot …
Three companies allegedly responsible for spilling about 18,000 gallons of fuel oil into the Chelsea River and Mill Creek in Revere in Massachusetts have agreed to pay $312,500 to a restoration fund. The oil was released in 2006 from a …
Hurricane Ike’s winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage is now becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, …
Hurricane Ike’s winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the …
Storms in New Orleans halted work to clean up oil spilled along the Mississippi River as the Coast Guard prepared Aug. 11 for a hearing about who is to blame for the wreck that caused the spill in late July. …
A year after a refinery oil spill into floodwaters blanketed a third of this southeast Kansas town, little remains in the area that was damaged. The oil-drenched houses are gone, and only a few homeowners have rebuilt. About 1,000 displaced …
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has carved out a reputation for pro-business rulings in a series of important decisions. In its recently ended term, the high court threw out the largest punitive damages award in U.S. history …
26,595 A total of 26,595 policies have been selected to be removed from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) by ASI Lloyds, Imperial Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Occidental Fire & Casualty Company, Southern Fidelity and non-Incentive Program insurer Americas …
The Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. The nation’s highest court ruled that the punitive damages should …
