All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2022 // Environmental groups are suing the Dutch subsidiary of Air France-KLM over an advertising campaign they allege breaches European consumer law by misleading the public over how sustainable its flights are.Dutch campaigners...
Jul 5 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in a 6-3 ruling that some legal experts said would more broadly curb...
Jun 20 2022 // The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than previously thought – and pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot...
Jun 20 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was ordered by a federal appeals court on Friday to take a fresh look at whether glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG’s Roundup weed killer, poses unreasonable risks...
Jun 13 2022 // Three subsidiaries of a Texas-based petrochemical company settled allegations that they violated federal and state pollution control laws.The U.S. Department of Justice, in a news release, said Westlake Chemical...
Jun 8 2022 // A federal court is weighing settlements with a South Carolina electronics company that would provide funds for cleaning up hazardous waste sites in New Jersey and Massachusetts.The proposed consent decree between the...
Jun 2 2022 // Wisconsin lawmakers signed off Tuesday on $378,000 in settlements of nine pollution lawsuits.The settlement payments to the state approved by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee range from $5,000 to $160,000...
Jun 1 2022 // A planned new generation of small nuclear reactors will create more waste than conventional reactors, while treatments to make some types of waste safe could be exploited by militants trying to obtain fissile materials, a...
May 20 2022 // Premature deaths from common pollution sources have risen by two-thirds globally since 2000, a dark consequence of the economic development that has lifted millions from extreme poverty this century. More than 90% of the...
May 9 2022 // Dane County, Wisconsin officials are suing dozens of fire-fighting foam manufacturers alleging their products contaminated the area around the county’ airport.The Wisconsin State Journal reported that the county is...
May 6 2022 // A Paris resident seeking 21 million euros ($22 million) for health damage caused by the city’s pollution got a boost from an adviser to the European Union’s top court who said the French state may be liable.The...
Apr 28 2022 // Austin, TX., April 28, 2022. — The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research today announced the release of the Certified Environmental Strategist (CeS) self-paced course. Created by Chris Bunbury,...
Apr 18 2022 // The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Louisiana’s health and environmental agencies discriminated against Black residents in connection with air pollution from existing and proposed facilities...
Apr 14 2022 // The carriers that insured a Charleston fertilizer plant more than 30 years ago are liable for contamination at the site even though the former property owner who bought the policies did not ask their permission to transfer...
Apr 14 2022 // Rhode Island will get $15 million through a settlement with major oil and gas companies that allegedly polluted the state’s soil and groundwater with a gasoline additive, the attorney general announced.Rhode Island...
Apr 11 2022 // The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Louisiana’s health and environmental agencies discriminated against Black residents in connection with air pollution from existing and proposed facilities...
Apr 11 2022 // U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Two Chicks and a Hammer, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana, to resolve alleged violations of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RPR) that were...
Apr 11 2022 // Chile is suing mines operated by BHP, Antofagasta and Albemarle over alleged environmental damage caused by their operations in the northern Salar de Atacama salt flats, a court said late on Thursday.The State Defense...
Apr 7 2022 // The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and kills thousands of Americans every year.The...
Mar 25 2022 // Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths.The...