All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 15 2018 // Bayer AG unit Monsanto faces long odds on an appeal blaming an “inflamed” jury and “junk science” for a verdict of $289 million in damages to a man who said the company’s Roundup weed killer...
Aug 13 2018 // A San Francisco jury has ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company’s popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease.Dewayne...
Aug 13 2018 // A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay $289 million...
Aug 10 2018 // A divided federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely-used pesticide that critics say can endanger children and farmers.The 2-1 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court...
Aug 9 2018 // Scientists say California’s record wildfires have been fed by an abnormally hot and dry fire season made worse by climate change, but the Trump administration insists there’s another culprit: environmentalists...
Aug 8 2018 // A trial in which a school groundskeeper alleged that his use of Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer caused his terminal cancer will go to a California jury after lawyers for both sides delivered their closing arguments on...
Aug 7 2018 // New Jersey’s new push to sue people and companies responsible for pollution has environmental groups applauding and business interests raising questions and concerns.After two terms of Republican Chris Christie,...
Aug 7 2018 // Ironshore’s Construction Industry group, in conjunction with Ironshore Specialty Casualty, has enhanced its coverage for designers and contractors. The specialty program offers contractors pollution liability on an...
Aug 6 2018 // The North American subsidiary of a French chemical manufacturer and two senior staff members were indicted in connection with last year’s explosion at the Crosby, Texas, plant in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.Arkema...
Aug 6 2018 // Reliance Partners has added John Seidl as VP of Risk Services in its Chattanooga, Tenn., office.Seidl is a former Wisconsin State Motor Carrier Trooper and FMCSA Investigator with more than 20 years of experience in risk...
Aug 1 2018 // Federal officials have announced a $2.2 million proposed settlement with CSX Transportation to resolve the company’s liability for water pollution violations stemming from a train derailment that caused an oil spill...
Jul 31 2018 // A U.S. appeals court will reconsider its decision to throw out a $210 million nationwide class-action settlement for owners of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. vehicles whose fuel economy was inflated.The 9th U.S....
Jul 26 2018 // A U.S. unit of Brazilian state-run company Petrobras agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit over alleged toxic emissions from its Pasadena, Texas, oil refinery, the company said.The settlement, which is subject to...
Jul 26 2018 // While Donald Trump has positioned himself as a tough, “law and order” president, he has mostly excluded one group of offenders from his sights: those of the corporate class, according to a report released...
Jul 25 2018 // Burns & Wilcox, a wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, has hired Jeffrey R. Cunningham to its New York City office as a senior broker in its Environmental Insurance practice.Cunningham previously served...
Jul 17 2018 // Brett Kavanaugh could add a powerful new voice on the Supreme Court to restrain what government agencies can do, ushering in a new era of tougher scrutiny of federal regulations loathed by businesses.In a dozen years on...
Jul 13 2018 // It’s summer in America, and that means action-packed movies, piles of hot dogs and plenty of ice cream. But according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a consumer food-advocacy group, if your choice of ice cream is Ben...
Jul 12 2018 // Some of Europe’s largest banks are unveiling plans to lend and manage money in greener ways as pressure mounts to account for risks associated with climate change.“It is coming, it’s a trend that’s...
Jul 12 2018 // An Arkansas company will pay $38,000 in the settlement of a gender pay discrimination case brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).The EEOC reported that TrueCore Behavioral Solutions, a manager of...
Jul 11 2018 // A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Volkswagen’s $10.03 billion settlement with the owners of nearly 500,000 polluting diesel vehicles announced in 2016.The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...