Zilly ruled that the term “operator” under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 “includes an individual who directs or controls the movement of a vessel.” ...

Diplomats and climate advocates warn that efforts by the European Union and small island states to cap virgin plastic ...

Both CERCLA and the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) define natural resources very broadly as essentially any element of the natural environment—land, water in all its forms and locations, air, as well ...

WASHINGTON The Justice Department on Wednesday sued BP and eight other companies in the Gulf oil spill disaster in an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore spill in U.S.

The federal district court in Anchorage entered final judgment against three Kodiak, Alaska-based commercial fishing companies and their manager for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act last ...

May 2—A tugboat captain involved in an oil spill off the Marin County coast is liable for the government's $14 million cleanup, a federal judge ruled. The boat operator, Christian Lint, died ...

Zilly ruled that the term “operator” under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 “includes an individual who directs or controls the movement of a vessel.” ...