All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2016 // West Virginia officials have issued a “Do Not Drink” advisory for Vienna water after the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new limit for the amount of a chemical present in Wood County’s...
May 23 2016 // It turns out characters like Conan the Barbarian, the cyborg from Terminator and Dutch the protagonist in the original “Predator” movie, know a thing or two about risk.Definitely the actor who portrayed them...
May 22 2016 // PartnerOne Environmental has opened a new regional office in Jacksonville, Fla., and added Michelle Huitt as assistant vice president and Marie Maxwell as underwriter. The new team members will help manage the PartnerOne...
May 16 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s appeal of a $236 million judgment against the oil company in a case brought by the state of New Hampshire over groundwater contamination linked to a...
May 16 2016 // Eight lawsuits have been filed by people seeking damages from a Texas industrial services company that spilled about 12,500 gallons of crude oil in March along and into the Bayou Teche in Louisiana.The Advocate reports the...
May 16 2016 // Homes located near a gas well blowout that spewed the nation’s largest-known release of methane had higher levels of toxic metals that could have caused symptoms Los Angeles residents have suffered from for months,...
May 13 2016 // A Massachusetts company that manufactures materials used in laboratory analysis has agreed to pay $199,500 to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it violated state and federal hazardous...
May 11 2016 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Stacy D. Brown as president and CEO of Willis Programs, the company’s program administration business.Brown brings 28 years of experience in the insurance and environmental...
May 9 2016 // It turns out characters like Conan the Barbarian, the cyborg from Terminator and Dutch the protagonist in the original “Predator” movie, know a thing or two about risk.Definitely the actor who portrayed them...
May 5 2016 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s warning of Hurricane Sandy-like destruction of the shore will be tested as the worst storm season in three years approaches and beachfront homeowners delay his building protective...
May 4 2016 // The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has issued a bulletin reminding carriers that “non-cumulation” policy provisions and endorsements in occurrence-based liability policies are not permissible...
May 4 2016 // CNA Financial Corp.’s first three months of 2016 produced a mixed bag of results. Fallout from a 2010 agreement to cede asbestos and environmental pollution liabilities to National Indemnity Co. also caused some...
May 2 2016 // The number big investors ignoring climate change risk increased last year despite a stark warning from Bank of England Governor Mark Carney about the potential for “huge” losses from a sudden shift in...
May 2 2016 // Building in flood zones is about to get harder across much of Oregon, due to new federal recommendations.The government published the recommendations, called a biological opinion, in response to a lawsuit from...
May 2 2016 // A Boise, Idaho ski and snowboard park developer has agreed to pay the federal government $10,000 to settle a claim that it violated asbestos removal regulations.Gateway Parks LLC was accused of not giving the U.S....
Apr 28 2016 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes, Wash. nearly $720,000 for alleged safety violations.The EPA said last week it filed a complaint seeking penalties for violations...
Apr 28 2016 // Chubb has broadened the availability of its premises pollution liability and other environmental insurance coverages and risk management products through its newly expanded distribution network.Chubb’s Environmental...
Apr 27 2016 // For the second time in about a decade, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. faces a scandal that poses an existential threat.The Japanese automaker has improperly tested the fuel economy of its cars for the past quarter century,...
Apr 26 2016 // New Orleans-based insurance and risk management firm, Gillis, Ellis & Baker (GEB), announced that Jeff Howard has been promoted to shareholder and vice president of the firm.Howard joined Gillis, Ellis & Baker in...
Apr 21 2016 // Millions of Californians live in places with dirty air, according to an annual report card issued this week that ranks two major urban areas in the state as the nation’s most polluted.Bakersfield tops the list for...