EPA Unveils Plan to Scrap Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases July 30, 2025 By Ari Natter The Trump administration is formally proposing to scrap the U.S. government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases as an air pollutant,...
Marathon Oil Reaches $241M Settlement for Air Quality Violations in North Dakota July 17, 2024 By Steve Karnowski The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil last week for alleged air quality violations at the...
Mercedes Benz to Pay $5.5 Million to Resolve Arizona Diesel Ad Lawsuit November 18, 2022 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON —German automaker Mercedes Benz and auto supplier Robert Bosch agreed to pay about $6 million to resolve Arizona’s lawsuit...
Pollution Charges: Louisiana Firestone Plant to Pay $4 Million October 4, 2021 By Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major manufacturer of synthetic rubber, Firestone Polymers LLC, has agreed to pay $4 million in...
Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation? September 24, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from...
Protests Delay Construction of Refinery by Roosevelt National Park August 21, 2019 By James MacPherson BISMARCK, N.D. — Lawsuits from environmentalists and landowners have made investors skittish and delayed progress another year on the proposed...
Climate-Warming Airliner Pollution Targeted by EPA July 27, 2016 By MICHAEL BIESECKER Jet engine exhaust from airliners endangers human health and adds to climate change, the government found Monday in taking the...
Guilty Plea for Woman Who Concealed Steamboat Asbestos January 19, 2016 A San Francisco woman faces up to two years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines after...
Iowa Man Pleads Guilty to Improper Asbestos Removal December 22, 2014 A Sioux City, Iowa, developer accused of improperly removing asbestos from a former YMCA building has pleaded guilty. Records show...
Illinois Man Admits Clean Air Act Violation with Asbestos October 7, 2011 Sentencing will be in January for a southwestern Illinois man who admits violating the federal Clean Air Act by having...