All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2009 // U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon of Louisiana has introduced federal legislation that would prevent insurance companies from cancelling or failing to renew homeowners’ policies as the result of Chinese drywall in...
Nov 17 2009 // The Connecticut-based Beazley Group announced the launch of its first two environmental insurance products “to meet the evolving needs of the environmental services industry.”The Company, a subsidiary of the...
Nov 16 2009 // A city councilman in Libby, Mont., said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency owes the asbestos-plagued Superfund community $2 million for the demolition of several contaminated buildings.The city-owned...
Nov 15 2009 // Federal investigators have been unable to prove a definite link between imported Chinese drywall and home damage and health issues. But they aren’t done investigating.The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that...
Nov 15 2009 // Federal investigators have been unable to prove a definite link between imported Chinese drywall, and home damage and health issues. But they aren’t done investigating. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said...
Nov 15 2009 // In today’s competitive insurance industry and struggling economy, agents are hard pressed to sell anything more than the bare coverage necessities. But while this challenge may seem daunting, it is not without...
Nov 13 2009 // Programs and environmental insurance veteran David Blum announced the opening of D.S. Blum Inc., a wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in suburban Chicago.The brokerage will focus on assisting small and mid-size...
Nov 11 2009 // U.S. Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he will try to “outline” a compromise climate control bill before December’s international global warming conference and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave an...
Nov 9 2009 // An Avella, Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination.George Zimmermann, the owner of 480...
Nov 6 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought Wednesday to sue the state for $150 million, saying officials failed to prevent the attack.Attorneys for Charla Nash’s family filed a notice...
Nov 1 2009 // China is helping American officials investigate reports of contaminated Chinese drywall after thousands of American homeowners complained the building material made them sick or damaged their houses, a top U.S. safety...
Oct 30 2009 // Federal investigators have been unable to prove a definite link between imported Chinese drywall and home damage and health issues. But they aren’t done investigating.The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that...
Oct 29 2009 // Gulfport will start an environmental court next week to deal with derelict properties, tree ordinance violations, vandalism, building- and fire-code violations and other issues.Mayor George Schloegel plans to ask the city...
Oct 27 2009 // China is helping American officials investigate reports of contaminated Chinese drywall after thousands of American homeowners complained the building material made them sick or damaged their houses, a top U.S. safety...
Oct 26 2009 // Firefighters in Puerto Rico extinguished a huge fire Saturday that had raged for more than two days at an oil storage depot outside San Juan and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 local residents. Federal agents...
Oct 21 2009 // FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to continue improving pollution controls and monitoring to settle a federal lawsuit concerning a coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania. Environmental group PennFuture and nearby...
Oct 19 2009 // In December, 2008, Kevin Kelley left Lexington Insurance Co., the largest excess and surplus lines insurance company, after more than 30 years during which he helped the company become one of parent American International...
Oct 19 2009 // FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to continue improving pollution controls and monitoring to settle a federal lawsuit concerning a coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania. Environmental group PennFuture and nearby...
Oct 19 2009 // After a protracted legal battle, Ohio has been awarded a $14.7 million judgment against four defendants stemming from a hazardous waste treatment facility that was not shut down properly.Attorney General Richard...
Oct 19 2009 // A Los Angeles jury recently ordered two construction companies to reimburse the government for $36.5 million in damages from a 2002 wildfire, in the largest such award and the first-ever damages for environmental harm,...