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ConocoPhillips Asks Appeals Panel to Keep Oil Well Data Secrecy

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. on Monday argued for the right to keep exploratory oil and gas well data confidential in a legal dispute with the state of Alaska over whether federal or state law applies to sensitive information about oil wells.

EPA Warns Hostile Nations Are Planning Attacks on Water Systems

The EPA warned on Monday that cyberattacks against drinking water systems are on the rise, and that hostile nations may have already embedded the ability to disable systems in the future.

Army Corps Faces Pressure Over Pricey Hydropower Dams in Oregon

Public power utilities, wildlife advocates, tribes, and local elected officials are among the diverse groups lobbying Congress to end hydropower production at eight dams the Army Corps of Engineers operates in the Willamette River Basin.

US Regulator to Issue Carbon-Credits Rulebook Within Months

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Maryland Judge Denies Oil Industry Bid to Quash Climate Cases

Two Maryland climate deception cases will continue to proceed toward the discovery process, according to a ruling that denies energy industry requests to have the cases tossed.

Rare Toads or Clean Energy? An Environmental Law Fight in Nevada

In Nevada, can a balance be struck between an endangered toad species and the pressing need to address climate change? The future of NEPA, a 54-year-old environmental law, may hold the answer.

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The AI Investment Play Isn’t Tech, It’s Energy: MacroScope

The vast amount of power required by energy-intensive AI models is prompting tech firms to invest in their own energy infrastructure. But it may be too little, too late to prevent another wave of commodity-driven inflation – a backdrop that’s very favorable for the energy and utility sectors, and negative for high-duration tech stocks.

US Regulator to Issue Carbon-Credits Rulebook Within Months

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Calpers Opposes All Exxon Directors Amid Shareholder Dispute

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California Fights to Keep Insurers Despite Fire Risk

How a Rare Toad Species Stopped a Clean Energy Project

Climate Change Fuels Texas Boom Towns' Water Worries

Insurers Sue Their Own Clients to Dodge PFAS Claims

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Trump Trial Shifts to Defense With Verdict Still Anyone’s Guess

Manhattan prosecutors wrapped up their hush-money case against Donald Trump on Monday after more than four weeks of evidence that largely overcame initial doubts about the first criminal trial of a former US president, though the outcome of the case is anyone’s guess.

Bogus ‘Made in USA’ Claims Flourish. The FTC Is Cracking Down

Regulators have targeted violators as varied as a small electronic dog fence business to tractor company Kubota and a t-shirt maker that sold ‘FJB’ shirts to critics of President Joe Biden. The heightened focus on coincides with a broader administration push for companies to keep more manufacturing in America.

US Companies Move Behind American Shield to Delay Global Tax

US multinational companies are engaging in what essentially amounts to a political game of chicken, dissolving their overseas holding companies and reshoring ownership of their subsidiaries to delay paying the new 15% global minimum tax—perhaps indefinitely.