The European Commission has filed suit against Germany alleging that the country violated the 1991 Directive concerning nitrate levels in water. The EU argues that Germany flouted the directive by failing to reduce levels...
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UN rights experts: governments must protect children from toxins and pollution
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak on Wednesday urged the international community to help end the "silent pandemic" of childhood disease and disability..." caused by exposure to...
EU court finds UK power plant in violation of emissions limit
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that a power plant in Wales has violated the EU's limit on nitrogen oxide emissions. The Aberthaw plant has operated for 45 years and...
The US Senate approved legislation Thursday amending the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide $100 million in emergency funding to repair pipes in cities suffering from lead contamination, such as Flint, Michigan . The amendment...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will work to prosecute environmental crimes, according to a policy paper published Thursday detailing how the court will select and prioritize cases. The court made the paper available...
India's highest court ordered the state of Karnataka to share water with the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu on Monday. The two states have disputed rights to the Cauvery River for decades. Last week the court ruled that...
Environmentalists sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday regarding federal water quality standards. The environmentalists are seeking new standards "designed to protect marine life against the corrosive effects of carbon emissions absorbed into...
BP to pay shareholders $175 million in class action settlement
BP stated Thursday that it has agreed to pay $175 million to shareholders in a securities class action suit against the company relating back to the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Shareholders claimed...
Federal judge approves $20 billion Gulf oil spill settlement
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Monday entered a final judgement approving a $20 billion settlement in the BP Oil Spill case . The settlement...
Robert Kaluza, a former rig supervisor for BP, was found not guilty in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Thursday of violating the Clean Water Act over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill...