New Mexico seeks $3.7 billion, changes to Meta platforms in youth harm trialNew Mexico is suing Meta Platforms, accusing it of harming young users. The state wants a judge to declare Meta's Facebook, Instagram, and ...
05 May, 2026, 09.24 AM IST
NAACP sues Musk's xAI, alleging illegal operation of gas turbinesThe NAACP has sued xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech, alleging they illegally operated gas turbines to power a data centre in Mississippi wit...
15 Apr, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
2 dead after 2 boats capsize off US base construction site in JapanTragedy struck off Henoko, Okinawa, as two boats carrying students capsized. Twenty-one people were in the water. Rescuers saved everyone, ...
16 Mar, 2026, 02.21 PM IST
US automakers caught in crossfire of Trump, California EV battleIf California wins, it could force U.S. automakers to comply with two diametrically opposed regulatory schemes: President Donald Trump's an...
20 Feb, 2026, 06.12 AM IST
Trump revokes basis of US climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standardsTrump's move represents the most sweeping climate change policy rollback by the administration to date, after a string of regulatory cuts a...
13 Feb, 2026, 06.32 AM IST
Pakistanis take on anti-pollution fight with air monitors and lawsuitsPollution in Pakistan is at record highs. Citizens are now installing their own air monitors and taking legal action to fight for cleaner a...
21 Jan, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
Explosion at US Steel plant in Pennsylvania leaves 2 dead, 10 injuredAn explosion at a U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, resulted in two fatalities and multiple injuries, prompting a large emergency...
12 Aug, 2025, 08.05 AM IST
Deadly blast at Pennsylvania US Steel plant kills one, leaves two missingAn explosion at the US Steel Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh has resulted in multiple injuries and a declared mass casualty incident. E...
11 Aug, 2025, 11.43 PM IST
As Trump's EPA ends 'environmental justice,' minority communities may pay a priceThe Trump administration withdrew a lawsuit against a Louisiana chloroprene-emitting plant, raising concerns in the predominantly Black com...
23 Apr, 2025, 05.28 PM IST
Samsung, LG sue Indian government over electronic-waste pricing policySouth Korea's LG and Samsung have filed lawsuits against India’s government over new e-waste rules that raise payouts to recyclers. They ar...
21 Apr, 2025, 04.53 PM IST
Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle California hazardous waste lawsuitTesla has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 25 California counties earlier this week accusing the electric vehicle ma...
02 Feb, 2024, 11.05 PM IST
US Justice Dept sues eBay, alleging environmental violationsThe U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had filed a complaint against eBay, alleging it had unlawfully sold and distributed hundre...
27 Sep, 2023, 09.31 PM IST
Dutch group threatens lawsuit over Tata Steel pollutionA Dutch foundation representing over 1,400 people has begun the process of suing Tata Steel, claiming that the company is responsible for p...
24 Aug, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
Exxon Mobil ordered to pay USD 14.25 million penalty in pollution caseIn setting the penalty, which would go to the US Treasury, US District Judge David Hittner of Houston reduced a previous award he handed do...
03 Mar, 2021, 10.38 AM IST
Volkswagen has paid $9.5 bn to US drivers over 'dieselgate' emission scandalThe auto giant admitted in 2015 to cheating emissions tests on 11 million vehicles worldwide. Software built into motors made the cars appe...
28 Jul, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
Time to see air pollution as a human rights threat: U.N.HEALTH-POLLUTION/Time to see air pollution as a human rights threat: U.N.
05 Mar, 2019, 09.14 AM IST
Volkswagen sued by US for emissions cheating; faces $20 billion penaltyThe US has sued Volkswagen alleging that nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles, including all its brands, had illegal defeat devices installed.
05 Jan, 2016, 03.18 PM IST