All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 18 2025 // Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday [Aug. 15], with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume.The consequence of the...
Aug 12 2025 // A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental...
Aug 12 2025 // A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West...
Jul 29 2025 // The Trump administration is set to announce its plans to abolish the US government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, threatening to strike a deep blow at Washington’s ability to fight climate change.The...
Jul 23 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reverse its scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health, removing the legal foundation that underpins all major climate regulations, two...
Jul 22 2025 // President Donald Trump is allowing chemical makers, coal-fired power plants and other facilities to bypass a range of environmental regulations on grounds that the waivers are needed for national security purposes.The...
Jul 11 2025 // A company has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a cleanup in the wake of a lithium-ion battery fire that occurred at the company’s energy storage facility in...
Jul 1 2025 // Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that will remake California’s landmark environmental protection rules, an overhaul that he says is essential to address the state’s housing shortage and...
Jul 1 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court delivered setbacks to environmental interests in a series of recent rulings including by further restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority and relaxing requirements for...
Jun 25 2025 // Ryan Transactional Risk announced the launch of a new product that will specialize in insuring the risk of cost overruns for environmental remediations and clean-ups. Ryan Transactional Risk Enviro is providing...
Jun 19 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court established rules of the road on Wednesday to determine when lawsuits challenging actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions should be...
Jun 18 2025 // The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste at a temporary site in west Texas over the objections of local landowners and oil and gas operators.Voting 6-3,...
Jun 18 2025 // The NAACP and an environmental group said Tuesday that they intend to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI over concerns about air pollution generated by a supercomputer facility located near...
Jun 16 2025 // How do per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impact the environmental liability market in construction, or do they? Do all contractors need environmental liability coverage? And if so, how can agents and brokers...
Jun 11 2025 // he Trump administration will propose scrapping Biden-era climate mandates requiring the nation’s power plants to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with...
Jun 9 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with chemicals solutions company Stepan Co. of Northbrook, Illinois, for allegedly distributing or selling a misbranded pesticide in violation of the Federal...
Jun 2 2025 // Building an underground tunnel for an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that stretches across a Great Lakes channel could destroy wetlands and harm bat habitats but would eliminate the chances of a boat anchor rupturing the line...
May 22 2025 // Thames Water tops a list of water companies under criminal investigation for pollution by the UK government, a move that could complicate efforts to turn around the beleaguered British utility.The firm, which serves about...
May 22 2025 // The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an “aspiring fiction writer” and saying another does not “care about wasting money.”...
May 16 2025 // A petrochemical plant in Louisiana accused of increasing cancer risks for a majority Black community indefinitely suspended operations largely due to the high cost of reducing toxic pollution.Japanese firm Denka announced...