All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 21 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously.The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
Jun 20 2018 // Reports from an independent safety panel show radioactive contamination was found on a worker’s hands and other places at a nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico, the latest safety lapse at the facility as it ramps up...
Jun 18 2018 // A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to respond to Maryland’s request for a declaration that power plants in five upwind states are contributing to Maryland’s air quality problems.The...
Jun 18 2018 // “EPA’s indefinite suspension of critical pesticide safety training is reprehensible – and illegal.”— New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood said about a lawsuit she is leading with...
Jun 18 2018 // Social responsibility is becoming increasingly important to all agencies, especially for millennials. Whether the social issue is local, national, or global, the concern for some aspect of society is becoming more and more...
Jun 18 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added risk management and insurance professionals Rose Nordbrock, Jeff Breskin, Pabla Barros and Jose Fuentes to the firm’s operations in Southern California.Nordbrock joins...
Jun 15 2018 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has named Sarah Greenwalt as the agency’s new general counsel, effective June 25.Greenwalt most recently served as senior counsel to the administrator of the...
Jun 15 2018 // Federal authorities say they’ve reached a settlement with a Georgia manufacturing plant which had been cited for failing to take steps to prevent hazardous air emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on...
Jun 12 2018 // The North American Environmental Unit of XL Catlin has updated its professional and pollution insurance coverages for contractors and environmental consultants.New additions to XL Catlin’s Professional and Pollution...
Jun 11 2018 // A federal judge has given final approval of a $151 million settlement of a lawsuit stemming from a chemical spill into a West Virginia river.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver...
Jun 8 2018 // Everest Insurance has added Becky Biermann as a senior underwriter within the environmental division.Biermann will be located in the company’s Walnut Creek, Calif., office and will be responsible for managing broking...
Jun 7 2018 // In Boston’s booming Seaport District, General Electric is building its new world headquarters, Amazon is bringing in thousands of new workers, and Reebok’s red delta symbol sits atop the new office it opened...
Jun 1 2018 // The world’s deepest-pocketed investors are starting to take climate change seriously, according to Amundi SA.“We are really observing a tipping point among the institutional investors on climate change,”...
May 31 2018 // New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood, joined by Attorneys General Xavier Becerra of California and Brian Frosh of Maryland, has led a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for...
May 24 2018 // Costs from climate change-driven extreme weather events are on the rise, and the amount of time left to stop those impacts before they get progressively worse is rapidly closing, according to a Columbia University...
May 23 2018 // The California Organized Investment Network has launched the Impact Investment Marketplace, a portal to help facilitate high impact investments in underserved communities and environmental projects in California.The...
May 18 2018 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took steps on Thursday to roll back and delay Obama-era rules aimed at improving safety at chemical plants, which had come in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in...
May 4 2018 // The mayors of the Lake Superior twin port cities near last week’s oil refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a dangerous chemical compound at the site.Husky Energy in Superior is one of...
Apr 27 2018 // An environmental group has filed a notice of its intent to sue the city of Newark over what it says are elevated levels of lead in the city’s drinking water.The Natural Resources Defense Council has 60 days to file a...
Apr 27 2018 // S.S. Nesbitt & Co. Inc., a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries Inc. (EBSCO), has added attorney Tracy Leeth as a senior benefits compliance consultant and Tim Rogers as safety manager and...