26.02.2018
- US Industrial group 3M has agreed to pay $850 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of Minnesota over polluted groundwater. State Attorney General Lori Swanson had been...
02.09.2014
- ExxonMobil Pipeline Company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.4 million for an alleged violation of the US Clean Water Act. Charges brought by the Environmental Protection...
10.04.2013
- A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline...
04.02.2013
- The United States is enjoying an energy bonanza thanks to shale gas, making it a magnet for industry, reducing import dependence and challenging Europe as it battles to dig itself...
02.02.2013
- Germany's upper house of parliament passed a resolution on Friday urging Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to tighten the rules for controversial modern drilling techniques, or...
30.12.2012
- The past four years of U.S. environmental regulation was marked by a crackdown on emissions that angered coal miners and power companies. Over the next four, the new head of the...