All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 26 2023 // European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed rules requiring thousands of large companies to identify and mitigate human rights abuses like child labor or slavery, and environmental damage by suppliers.The European...
Apr 25 2023 // A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists raised concerns about waterways that are being polluted with the potentially...
Apr 25 2023 // New Jersey announced eight new lawsuits and other action against what it says are companies and individuals who’ve failed to clean up pollutants at sites across the state, the attorney general and top environmental...
Apr 10 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to propose new rules to spur sweeping cuts in vehicle emissions pollution that will push automakers towards a big increase in electric vehicle sales, sources told Reuters.The...
Apr 4 2023 // The Biden administration cleared the way for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality...
Mar 28 2023 // WYNDMERE, N.D. (AP) – A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials, but local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety.There were...
Mar 28 2023 // Philadelphia residents are being told that they may want to drink only bottled water following a chemical spill into the Delaware River in neighboring Bucks County.Bucks County health officials said Sunday that a leak late...
Mar 27 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A factory farm has agreed to pay the Wisconsin Department of Justice $215,000 to settle pollution allegations.The Legislature’s finance committee is slated to approve the deal during a...
Mar 24 2023 // More than 21,000 unexpected pollution releases by Texas companies have released over 400,000 tons of air pollution in Texas from 2016 to 2022, and companies in less than 1% of these cases have been forced by the Texas...
Mar 23 2023 // In cannabis, there are the apparent risks – product liability, property, and certainly cyber for medical marijuana operations.However, one of the most apparent risks to a cannabis operation are those that may not get as...
Mar 22 2023 // Cal/OSHA issued 18 citations to Parter Medical Products Inc. for reportedly failing to protect its employees from overexposure to ethylene oxide, a toxic chemical.The penalties total $838,800. Six of the citations were for...
Mar 13 2023 // Financial institutions managing $136 trillion in assets will this week call on companies to share more data on their environmental impact, the chair of disclosure platform CDP told Reuters.In a letter to the boards of over...
Mar 8 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts...
Mar 6 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency issued a memorandum on Friday requiring states to analyze cyber defenses at public water systems during periodic audits.The audits, called sanitary surveys, are already required by the...
Mar 1 2023 // A company that operates a century-old hydroelectric dam near Mount Rainier National Park and its chief operating officer each pleaded guilty to a single criminal count Monday in connection with a spill of synthetic field...
Feb 27 2023 // Norfolk Southern Corp. this week can resume shipments of hazardous waste from the site of its freight train derailment in Ohio, a US official said Sunday.Federal officials ordered the railroad last week to pause waste...
Feb 24 2023 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Federal investigators headed to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed five employees of an environmental consulting firm.Investigators from the National...
Feb 23 2023 // A tanker that was detained by Spain and accused of discharging fuel in open waters near the northeastern port city of Tarragona did not cause any pollution and followed regulations, its Turkish manager said on...
Feb 22 2023 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reject its plan to comply with federal rules that are supposed to assure that the...
Feb 21 2023 // A German court on Monday ruled in favor of an environmental NGO’s lawsuit against the federal motor authority for releasing cars with software on exhaust gas recirculation it argues is illegal, in a judgment which...