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American hunters watch out: The animal rights group PETA says it's going to launch drones to make sure you're abiding by the law.

Last year, federal and state environmental regulators settled with companies ranging from construction giants to mining concerns to racetracks over alleged violation of the Clean Water Act.

Buyers purchase specialty coverage to wrap around sudden and accidental environmental policies as companies pay billions in penalties for alleged violations.

Climate-related risk exposure is increasing in emerging economies, and middle-market businesses are often not insured for the losses that may occur.

A California businessman chartered a fishing boat, loaded it with 100 tons of iron dust and spewing his cargo into the sea in an ecological experiment that has outraged scientists and government officials.

As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the atmosphere as a result of burning fossil fuels, the seas absorb much of it. The risk is not just to fish, but to human survival.

A severe solar storm can cripple electrical grids, wreak havoc on our economy and cause trillions of dollars in damage and supply chain interruptions. Think it can't happen? It did in 1859, and in just the last five years, the Earth has been dangerously close to being hit with solar flares.

Even as oil and gas development accelerates in the Arctic, policymakers, oil companies and insurers scramble to assess the risks of the emerging market.

The potential environmental liability and related issues pursuant to fracking present a variety of risks -- and the possibility of fingerpointing.

Carriers anticipate risk-transfer market will grow, but slowly.

As dozens of coal-fired plants close, opponents who once pointed to the air-borne risks of burning coal are now shifting their focus to what these plants might have put in the ground.

The Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators may have known about contaminated soil.

Environmental insurance as a manufacturing risk management tool fills the hole left open by the absolute pollution exclusion on commercial general liability policies.

State regulators have asked for a moratorium on injection wells from fracking.

For the first time, the U.S. government finds compounds used in natural gas drilling in drinking water.

Sites with environmental challenges pose big risks and sometimes bigger rewards.

Does climate change represent a risk or opportunity for property/casualty insurance? Is the "greening" of the economy fact or fiction? The answer to both questions is ¿ probably.

Since the Fukushima disaster unfolded, U.S. nuclear plants have found themselves in unflattering news stories about floods, radioactive leaks and other emergencies. Do they deserve to be?