Environmental Watch: June 2026 — Chemours’ $450M PFAS Settlement Leads the Month
A $450M Chemours PFAS deal headlines June, but EPA's record FY2025 case count rests on a single $1.6B outlier as federal ESG oversight keeps receding.
EPA Watch: Week of June 22, 2026 — Chemours Hit With $450 Million PFAS Settlement
Chemours’ $450M PFAS settlement leads our weekly EPA enforcement digest, with a Superfund decree, a $500K asbestos fine, and Clean Water Act criminal pleas.
EPA Watch: Week of June 15, 2026 — Union Pacific Settles PCB Disposal Case
EPA Watch is TIJ's weekly enforcement review: Union Pacific's $155,234 PCB settlement, a proposed $308,173 penalty against Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, criminal guilty pleas over falsified Texas wastewater data, two…
Environmental Watch: May 2026 — Federal Enforcement at 20-Year Low as States, Plaintiffs Fill the Gap
Federal environmental enforcement is running below its 20-year baseline while state attorneys general and private plaintiffs absorb a growing share of recoveries — including New Jersey's $2 billion PFAS settlement…
EPA Watch: Week of June 3, 2026 — KX Wheels $700K Defeat-Device Settlement, $133M Monsanto PCB Recoveries
A weekly review of EPA and state environmental enforcement: KX Wheels Clean Air Act consent decree, Michigan and Rhode Island Monsanto PCB settlements, CERCLA cost recovery at the Burley Asbestos…
EPA Watch: Week of May 12 — DOJ Sues DC Water Over 200-Million-Gallon Potomac Sewage Discharge
Federal enforcement this week was led by a Justice Department Clean Water Act complaint against DC Water over the January Potomac Interceptor collapse that released more than 200 million gallons…
EPA Watch: Week of May 1, 2026 — California Landfills Settle Clean Air Act Cases for $411,936
EPA Region 9 closed the week with paired Clean Air Act settlements at two California municipal landfills, while a $7.275 million Pennsylvania oil-and-gas package and a $700,000 BASF TSCA settlement…
Environmental Watch: April 2026 — EPA’s Record Numbers Mask a Civil-Docket Collapse
EPA touts the highest civil case totals in nine years, but watchdogs find new judicial filings at a 20-year low. Plus: Amazon's $20.5M Oregon nitrate settlement, $2B PFAS distributions, Texas…
EPA Watch: Week of April 24, 2026 — Superfund Cost Recovery Dominates Docket as Q1 Penalties Hit $3.4M
The Investigative Journal’s weekly audit of federal and state environmental enforcement actions, based on public dockets, press releases, and Federal Register notices. Federal environmental enforcement this week was dominated by…
EPA Watch: Week of April 11, 2026 – Whittaker Bankruptcy Decree Tests Superfund Insurance Strategy
This week's EPA enforcement digest: DOJ lodges a three-site Superfund consent decree in the Whittaker, Clark & Daniels bankruptcy; ABB Inc. agrees to $471K in past response costs at Henry's…