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Environmental Groups Sue ExxonMobil Over Air Emissions

December 15, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

Two environmental advocacy groups, Sierra Club and Environment Texas, yesterday filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Texas against world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM: News ) that alleges thousands of violations of federal clean air act at the nation’s largest refinery ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: ExxonMobil Greenpoint Settlement; Bouchard Settles Buzzards Bay Oil Spill

November 18, 2010 by Environmental Leader

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news ExxonMobil to Pay $25 Million in Brooklyn Oil Spill Suit Exxon Mobil has agreed to pay $25 million and step up its cleanup of a massive underground oil spill near the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint under the terms of a landmark ... Read more »

Regulatory Roundup

September 30, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

Boeing Agrees to Build Storm Water Treatment System To Reduce PCB Discharges Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement with The Boeing Company to construct a new storm water treatment system at North Boeing Field in Seattle. The treatment system will greatly reduce the amount of toxic polychlorinated ... Read more »

California Rejects Ban on Plastic Shopping Bags

September 2, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

California lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have been the first statewide ban on plastic shopping bags in the nation, USA Today reports. The Democratic bill, AB 1998, which failed on a 14-21 vote late Tuesday, had drawn fierce opposition from the plastic bag manufacturing industry, which spent heavily on ads ... Read more »

Walgreens, Gap, Levi Join Oil Sands Fuel Boycott

August 30, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

A campaign to boycott Alberta-sourced gasoline has gained momentum after several U.S clothing manufacturers and a major U.S. drugstore chain announced they would avoid oil sands-related fuels. The Gap, Timberland and Levi Strauss, as well as Walgreens, have joined a growing list of corporations choosing to avoid using gasoline refined from ... Read more »

Investor Climate Resolutions Climb Nearly 50% in 2010

July 8, 2010July 8, 2010 by Gina Roos

Investors filed a record 101 climate and energy-related resolutions with 88 U.S. and Canadian companies so far in 2010, nearly 50 percent higher than last year, which indicates a growing concern about the risks and opportunities posed by climate change, according to a report from Ceres. Since March, U.S. investor groups have ... Read more »

ExxonMobil to Pay MA $2.9M for Air Pollution Violations

June 30, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

ExxonMobil and two affiliates have agreed to pay the state of Massachusetts a $2.9 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that the company violated the state’s air pollution laws at its bulk gasoline terminals in Everett and Springfield. These terminals store large quantities of gasoline and other fuels before being ... Read more »

Southern Co., ExxonMobil Face Shareholder Challenges

May 26, 2010 by Gina Roos

Southern Company and ExxonMobil are facing shareholder actions that are calling for them to improve their environmental records and to share information about their environmental risks. Southern Company has two resolutions on the ballet at its annual shareholder meeting, which focuses on risks from the company’s environmental practices. The power ... Read more »

Kerry and Lieberman Release Draft Climate Bill While EPA Issues Final Tailoring Rule

May 21, 2010September 13, 2010 by Andrea Carruthers

The Kerry-Lieberman climate bill has arrived (as previously reported by EL here). On May 12, 2010, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) released their long-awaited “discussion draft” of climate change legislation. The draft bill, which weighs in at 987 pages and is called the “American Power Act,” ... Read more »

Greenpeace Claims Koch Industries Secretly Funded Climate Skeptic Groups

April 1, 2010April 1, 2010 by Gina Roos

A Greenpeace report claims that Koch Industries, one of the biggest privately-owned industrial conglomerates, involved in everything from ranching to oil refining, is channeling millions of dollars into efforts aimed at discrediting the scientific findings of climate change as well as groups opposed to clean energy policies and technologies, reports ... Read more »

Shell to Pay $3.3M in Air Pollution Settlement

April 1, 2010 by Gina Roos

Shell Chemical L.P. and Shell Chemical Yabucoa will pay a combined $3.3 million civil penalty to the U.S., Alabama and Louisiana, in addition to $200,000 to Louisiana organizations for environmental education and emergency operations as part of two Clean Air Act settlements. The companies also will install $6 million worth ... Read more »

Who’s To Blame For Climate Change: Will the Supreme Court Review?

March 29, 2010September 13, 2010 by Delmar R. Ehrich

In the last month, two federal courts of appeal have ruled on much-watched petitions for rehearing in climate change lawsuits. The decisions have set up a possible showdown on the viability of nuisance claims premised on damages allegedly caused by the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. In Connecticut v. American ... Read more »

Environmental Groups Sue ExxonMobil Over Air Emissions

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: ExxonMobil Greenpoint Settlement; Bouchard Settles Buzzards Bay Oil Spill

Regulatory Roundup

California Rejects Ban on Plastic Shopping Bags

Walgreens, Gap, Levi Join Oil Sands Fuel Boycott

Investor Climate Resolutions Climb Nearly 50% in 2010

ExxonMobil to Pay MA $2.9M for Air Pollution Violations

Southern Co., ExxonMobil Face Shareholder Challenges

Kerry and Lieberman Release Draft Climate Bill While EPA Issues Final Tailoring Rule

Greenpeace Claims Koch Industries Secretly Funded Climate Skeptic Groups

Shell to Pay $3.3M in Air Pollution Settlement

Who’s To Blame For Climate Change: Will the Supreme Court Review?

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