All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2022 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) announced the promotion of 11 leaders in its Underwriting, Marketing, Risk Management, Insurance Operations and Human Resources departments:Lynn Bencivenga has been promoted to vice...
Feb 7 2022 // Although it wasn’t the headline of a commercial insurance broker’s market pricing report last month, the report’s observation that “commercial auto liability coverage rates are starting to...
Feb 7 2022 // “In these five years, PG&E has gone on a crime spree and will emerge from probation as a continuing menace to California.”— U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the utility poised to emerge from...
Feb 1 2022 // Beef produced at a small Michigan farm was found to contain toxic “forever chemicals” after the cattle were fed crops grown with fertilizer made from contaminated wastewater biosolids, state officials said Jan....
Jan 27 2022 // The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in three Gulf Coast states, following a...
Jan 14 2022 // Princess Cruises has pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating its probation related to previous environmental crimes.Company officials signed a plea agreement in Miami federal court, according to court records. The company...
Jan 13 2022 // The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, denying requests by three Midwest power plants to extend operations of leaking or otherwise...
Jan 12 2022 // West Penn Power of Greensburg, Pennsylvania will pay a $610,000 penalty under a settlement to resolve water discharge violations at two coal ash landfills in southwestern Pennsylvania.The settlement was announced by the...
Jan 10 2022 // The state of Iowa said Jan. 7 that it is suing Sioux City over what it says was the city’s manipulation of wastewater testing results and dangerous pollution of the Missouri River in a scheme that saw the wastewater...
Jan 7 2022 // A deadly form of soot pollution from U.S. refineries has gone unregulated for decades because of a dispute between the U.S. oil industry and federal environmental officials over how to measure it, according to documents...
Dec 22 2021 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the herbicide dicamba can be sprayed on soybean and cotton plants genetically engineered to resist the chemical, without the procedure posing...
Dec 21 2021 // California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a statewide lawsuit against Walmart for the illegal disposal of hazardous waste.Bonta was joined by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and 12 district...
Dec 21 2021 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a sweeping executive order aimed at reducing pollution and addressing climate change Thursday, a month after pulling back his support of a regional climate initiative amid concerns it...
Dec 20 2021 // Nearly 50 toxic waste sites around the U.S. will be cleaned up, and ongoing work at dozens of others will get a funding boost, as federal environmental officials announced a $1 billion infusion to the Superfund program.The...
Dec 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Willis Towers Watson and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Recruits James from WTW as...
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,...