EPA, HHS to Monitor Drinking Water for Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals April 6, 2026 By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services announced that they will monitor the impact of...
New Jersey Sues Ford for Damages Over Mining That Contaminated Tribal Land June 21, 2022 By Wayne Parry New Jersey officials sued Ford Motor Company on Thursday, alleging that the automaker contaminated the ancestral homeland of a Native...
Maine Enacts Law That Will Ban Use of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in All Products by 2030 August 20, 2021 By Elizabeth Blosfield Maine last month enacted a law that makes it the first U.S. state to ban the use of PFAS, or...
Biopharmaceutical Company to Pay $600K to Settle Alleged Clean Air Act Violations March 10, 2021 A global biopharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $600,000 and limit its emissions of harmful air pollutants to settle allegations...
Massachusetts Contractor to Pay for Clean-Up Costs Following Chemical Explosion March 26, 2020 A Sutton, Mass.-based contractor has agreed to pay $120,000 to reimburse the state for the cost of responding to a...
New Beazley Environmental Liability Coverage Targets Banks, Lenders February 11, 2019 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched site lender environmental asset protection (SLEAP) cover to protect banks and other lenders from pollution...
Aluminum Producer Norsk Hydro Denies Brazil Refinery Contaminated Local Waters April 9, 2018 By Joachim Dagenborg and Terje Solsvik Aluminum producer Norsk Hydro denied on Monday its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil had contaminated local waters, contradicting the findings...
New York Court Affirms Gas Company on the Hook for Environmental Cleanup Costs March 29, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that KeySpan Gas East Corporation is responsible for costs to clean up...
Anglo American’s Ruptured Pipeline Is 2nd Mine Incident in Brazil in 2018 March 13, 2018 By R.T. Watson Anglo American Plc’s Brazilian iron-ore mine suffered operational delays after a pipeline ruptured Monday morning, the company confirmed by email....
Contamination Found at Norsk Hydro’s Alumina Refiner in Brazil, Say Researchers March 12, 2018 By Marta Nogueira A Brazilian government-backed institute is readying new evidence of contamination near the world’s biggest alumina refiner, Norsk Hydro ASA’s Alunorte,...