All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 16 2021 // Federal regulators have announced plans to make Louisiana and a suburban New Orleans fuel plant clean up emissions that have violated air quality standards since at least 2013.The Environmental Protection Agency says a...
Dec 13 2021 // Beth Linton, the vice president of Environmental Underwriting Solutions since 2006, is the new president of the wholesale insurance broker. Birmingham-based EUS, which specializes in complex environmental coverage, said...
Dec 10 2021 // Two conservation organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against Henrico County in Virginia, alleging the county allowed tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage to seep into the James River and its tributaries over...
Nov 17 2021 // NEW DELHI—India has temporarily shut down five coal-fired power plants around the capital New Delhi as part of its drive to combat air pollution, according to an order from the federal environment ministry panel on air...
Nov 15 2021 // GLASGOW / NEW YORK – Insurers plan to increase their allocations to private markets to 14% from 11% over the next two years in the hunt for yield, as they add more money to environmentally focused investment funds,...
Nov 2 2021 // U.S. insurers are increasingly listening to demands from stakeholders that they use social, environmental and governance factors in their decision-making.According to an AM Best survey, 6 in 10 companies are aware of...
Oct 25 2021 // The Hartford Names Garrison Head Of Navigators WholesaleThe Hartford has named Michael Garrison as head of Wholesale for Navigators, a brand of The Hartford. Garrison will lead the strategic direction, growth, and...
Oct 21 2021 // Federal officials say three U.S. subsidiaries of Dutch chemical giant LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Lyondell) have agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $50 million to resolve...
Oct 20 2021 // The Biden administration said it is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting...
Oct 20 2021 // Banks are demanding much stricter environmental criteria when financing shipping companies as investor pressure grows on the sector to accelerate going greener, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG).Shipping, which...
Oct 11 2021 // After a crude oil sheen was detected on the waters off the Southern California coast, environmentalists feared the worst: A massive spill that would wreck the ecosystem.A week later, the region and its signature beaches...
Oct 5 2021 // A major manufacturer of synthetic rubber, Firestone Polymers LLC, has agreed to pay $4 million in fines and an environmental project and make numerous improvements to settle a long list of state and federal air pollution...
Oct 4 2021 // HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.— A large oil spill off the southern California coast left fish dead, birds mired in petroleum and wetlands contaminated, in what local officials called an environmental catastrophe.The U.S. Coast...
Oct 1 2021 // Preliminary tests indicate iron-contaminated wastewater that leaked from a northwestern Indiana steel plant into a Lake Michigan tributary presents no risk to public health, the Environmental Protection Agency said.U.S....
Oct 1 2021 // Defense company Northrop Grumman knew for more than a decade that chemicals from a site it owns near Missouri’s Springfield-Branson Airport were contaminating groundwater in surrounding property, according to a...
Oct 1 2021 // A state Senate committee in Pennsylvania approved legislation to use federal coronavirus relief aid to revive a long-running program designed to help clean up waterways, fix up parks and preserve open space.The bill,...
Sep 28 2021 // A group of 21 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia, and several major U.S. cities urged the Biden administration to finalize significantly stricter vehicle emissions rules than it has proposed.The U.S....
Sep 27 2021 // President Joe Biden plans in coming days to shore up one of the most consequential environmental regulations in history by moving to restore the legal foundation for limits on mercury pollution from power...
Sep 1 2021 // A Chilean court on Tuesday approved a plan by JX Nippon’s Caserones Mine to rectify environmental damage despite a fresh challenge to its validity raised by farmers in the country’s northern Copiapó region.The...
Aug 18 2021 // JOHANNESBURG – Global fast fashion brands are helping drive pollution that has dyed African rivers blue or turned their waters as alkaline as bleach, according to a report published on Tuesday.Water Witness...