08.11.2017
- In one of several controversial moves made by its new administrator, Scott Pruitt, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to bar scientists who receive agency...
02.11.2017
- To settle a long-running lawsuit over alleged violations of the US Clean Air Act, oil and petrochemicals titan ExxonMobil has agreed to spend $300 million on upgrading eight US...
11.09.2017
- Seven rescue workers in Texas are suing Arkema for $1 million, alleging the French chemical producer was unprepared for the flooding that engulfed its organic peroxides plant at...
17.08.2017
- US chemical producers who have invested heavily in environmentally friendly cooling products have criticized a 3-2 US federal appeals court ruling this month, which said the...
04.08.2017
- A coalition of attorneys general from 16 Democrat-led US states including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon...
02.08.2017
- A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, at the end of July handed Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), another setback in his...
19.07.2017
- Aging oil and petrochemical facilities are coming under increased public and regulatory scrutiny in the wake of recent incidents or suspected environmental violations. In Scotland...
16.07.2017
- Just days after a Washington DC Court of Appeals ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not suspend a planned Obama-era regulation to restrict methane...