Latest Pollution Headlines

All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Markets/Coverages: AXA XL Adds Coverages to Pollution and Remediation Liability

Jan 30 2026 // AXA XL has added new coverages to its pollution and remediation liability insurance for lenders, further protecting them from losses in the event of a loan default.The Protective Environmental Asset Coverage Enhancement...

Oklahoma Reaches Settlement With Poultry Company Over Litter Pollution

Jan 20 2026 // Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced the State of Oklahoma has reached a settlement agreement with George’s, Inc., resolving claims related to poultry litter pollution in the Illinois River...

EPA Aims to Speed Permitting for Energy, AI Infrastructure With Rule Change

Jan 14 2026 // The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a rule revising Biden-era pollution protections for waterways, a move the Environmental Protection Agency said would speed permitting of energy and artificial intelligence...

California Wants to Mix Hydrogen With Gas to Cut Pollution. Critics Say That Poses Risks

Jan 13 2026 // Alma Figueroa began to worry when she learned that her gas provider wanted to test a controversial solution to curb global warming: blend hydrogen with natural gas to power her stove and other appliances. Figueroa, who has...

‘Trump’s EPA’ in 2025: A Fossil Fuel-Friendly Approach to Deregulation

Jan 5 2026 // The Trump administration has transformed the Environmental Protection Agency in its first year, cutting federal limits on air and water pollution and promoting fossil fuels, a metamorphosis that clashes with the...

DOJ Stops Monitoring Houston Illegal Dumping in Retreat From Environmental Justice

Dec 11 2025 // The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, part of the Trump administration’s broad dismantling of environmental...

How E-Deliveries Are Fueling More Crashes, Traffic, Pollution and Worker Injuries

Nov 26 2025 // Rapidly growing e-commerce and last-mile delivery services have contributed to significant increases in crashes, traffic, workplace injuries and air pollution, according to a report from New York City Comptroller Brad...

New Jersey Settles 2, Initiates 5 New Environmental Enforcement Lawsuits

Nov 14 2025 // New Jersey officials announced five new environmental enforcement actions in communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law and the settlement of two previous environmental justice...

Michigan Regulators to Start Enforcing 2020 Industrial Farm Pollution Law

Nov 4 2025 // More than five years after first announcing stricter controls on industrial farm pollution in Michigan, state environmental regulators will finally start enforcing them.Regulations issued Wednesday by the Michigan...

Why Big Oil Is Asking EPA Not to Cut its Polluter Reporting Program

Oct 23 2025 // The Environmental Protection Agency says its proposal to stop greenhouse gas reporting for big polluters could save oil and gas companies up to $256 million a year. Some of them are countering that it could hurt their...

This Pollution Lawsuit Could Reach Far Beyond Banks of River Wye in UK

Oct 23 2025 // The River Wye used to be full of wild salmon. Today it is full of algae. And the meandering waterway which has long attracted anglers, hikers and poets is now the subject of a major pollution lawsuit.The case – against a...

Britain Will Make it Easier to Fine Water Firms for Pollution

Oct 22 2025 // The UK plans to make it easier to fine water companies that harm the environment, ramping up pressure on firms blamed for chronic sewage spills.The government wants to allow the Environment Agency to impose “quicker...

Rural Texas Residents Struggle with Noise Pollution from Nearby Crypto Facility

Oct 9 2025 // Danny Lakey and his wife have spent countless evenings sitting on rocking chairs on their front porch, watching the sun slowly dip behind the cows grazing on their neighbor’s ranch.It was the calm country life they...

Florida Chemical Plant Releases Toxic Vapor Cloud But No Injuries Reported

Oct 6 2025 // A toxic cloud of chemicals was released from an industrial site near Cocoa Beach last week, but authorities said no one was seriously injured, and the leak has been repaired.Florida Today and other news outlets reported...

EPA Settles Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations With St. Louis Companies

Oct 6 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Orlando Askins, Askins Development Group LLC, and Shaw Holding Group LLC to resolve alleged violations of the federal Toxic Substances Control...

EPA Seeks $140M Penalty for Michigan’s Worst Sulfur Dioxide Polluter

Oct 3 2025 // When faced with testimony that Zug Island’s EES Coke Battery is one of Michigan’s worst sulfur dioxide polluters, an attorney for the facility said Monday: “So what?” The DTE Energy-owned facility...

EPA Wants to Roll Back Super Pollutant Rules

Oct 2 2025 // The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed loosening a rule phasing down the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, highly potent greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners.The Tuesday proposal comes in...

Pipeline Operator Fined, Must Cleanup in EPA Deal Over California Gas Spill

Oct 1 2025 // A pipeline operator is settling with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a massive gasoline spill in in Walnut Creek, California. Under an agreement, SFPP L.P. will pay a penalty of $213,560 to resolve claims of...

People Moves: QBE North America Appoints Cunningham Environmental Underwriting Leader; Gramling Joins Alliant as SVP, Employee Benefits

Sep 30 2025 // QBE North America Appoints Cunningham as SVP and Environmental Underwriting LeaderQBE North America, headquartered in New York City, appointed Jayne Cunningham as senior vice president and environmental underwriting...

Beacon Hill Associates Rebrands to SPG Environmental

Sep 18 2025 // Beacon Hill Associates, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, will now operate as SPG Environmental under Specialty Program Group’s unified division, SPG Wholesale. SPG Environmental will still provide superior...