( August 6, 2026, 2:23 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following the lodging of a consent decree in a similar case, a West Virginia federal judge granted an environmental advocacy group’s motion and dismissed claims it filed against The Chemours Co. FC LLC over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances XE "per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances" (PFAS) contamination from one of its plants into the Ohio River while allowing similar claims made by an intervening public utility that supplies water to residents in the area to remain active....