Source: https://apnews.com/, More than twice the amount of swimming pool chemicals as planned were improperly stored at a Georgia plant, setting conditions for a fire in 2024 that sent a huge plume of orange and black smoke into the sky and forced residents to shelter in place, a federal agency report concluded. Read more.

Source: https://www.executivesummaryblog.com/, July 17, 2026 By: Thomas Benjaminm Boley Applying New Jersey law, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey held at the summary-judgment stage that an insurer’s reliance on the absence of a Schedule of Insured Property did not defeat pollution liability coverage as a matter of law. ResinTech, Inc. v. AIG […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, June 24, 2026 By: Alain Sherter Chemours will pay $450 million to settle federal and state charges over its production of “forever chemicals,” harmful substances found in a range of products. The settlement is the first to resolve federal enforcement claims against a company that manufactures polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals. Wilmington, Delaware-based Chemours, a […]

Source: https://www.nwaonline.com/, May 5, 2026 By: Shane Monaco Cleanup work and environmental testing was still underway Tuesday at the site of Saturday’s spill in Fort Smith that released around 125,000 gallons of chemicals. A ruptured tank at C&S Chemicals damaged other tanks and plumbing on site, resulting in a leak spilling a combination of sulfuric […]

Source: https://dailyreporter.com/, April 13, 2026 By: Alisa M. Schafer The city of Manitowoc is seeking reimbursement from the company that took over the former Mirro Company for nearly $6 million in environmental cleanup and redevelopment costs. The lawsuit against Newell Brands Inc. was filed April 9, approximately nine years after the city acquired the site of the former Mirro […]

Source: https://patch.com/, April 15, 2026 By: Caren Lissner After emergency crews rushed to a freight train derailment in North Jersey on Tuesday night, streets have reopened and the substance has been cleaned up, an official said Wednesday. On 5 p.m., one car of a CSX freight train derailed near Route 3, said North Bergen Mayor […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, February 3, 2026 By: Nick Caloway A fuel spill at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is contaminating a nearby river and sparking outcry from environmental advocates and residents, who say airport officials aren’t doing enough to keep the waterway clean. The spill, which happened on Friday, is still being quietly cleaned up. So far, the airport […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, February 2, 2026 By: Amy L. Diviney, Joshua LaBar and Nicholas T. Badalamenti, Plunkett Cooney PC On a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously held that permits or regulations authorizing emissions of certain pollutants have no relevance in determining the applicability of […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, January 27, 2026 By: Tez Romero Government permits do not shield policyholders from pollution exclusions in CGL policies, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on January 23, 2026. The decision in Griffith Foods International, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA resolves a question that had divided courts for years – […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, November 13, 2025 By: Emily Mae Czachor A chemical spill injured dozens of people, some seriously, and forced hundreds to evacuate from a western Oklahoma city on Wednesday night, according to local officials. Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday morning. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. local time in Weatherford, Oklahoma, where an 8,500-gallon […]

Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/, November 6, 2025 By: Tom Sanders Residents of a small town in Mississippi were forced to evacuate Wednesday after an explosion at a nearby chemical plant caused a significant ammonia leak. The incident, which sent a large plume of yellow smoke into the air, occurred at a CF Industries plant in Yazoo City, […]

Source: https://local12.com/, September 18, 2025 By: David Winter Nearly a year has passed since a dangerous styrene gas leak from the Ineos plant in Addyston forced mass evacuations in several west side communities. The incident, which occurred when a tanker was left on the tracks too long, resulted in the release of styrene gas into […]