Coal leasing would be blocked on federal land in eastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming under two final environmental reviews published by the Interior Department Thursday.
House Republicans assailed the White House’s new environmental permitting rule during a Thursday hearing, at times indicating how the standard might be challenged in court.
Oil and gas industry groups challenged the Bureau of Land Management’s latest rule on mineral leasing, calling it “a sea change.”
Tougher EPA rules governing carcinogenic air emissions from chemical manufacturing facilities drew a petition for review Thursday.
The EPA failed to verify data it used to allot $3 billion in infrastructure funding for lead water pipe replacement in 2023, possibly directing the money away from where it’s needed most to prevent lead poisoning, the agency’s watchdog said Thursday.
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.
The US Army Corps of Engineers allegedly violated federal law when it approved an ecological project without updating decades-old impact research, threatening a Louisiana swamp’s future, a new lawsuit says.
Tougher EPA rules governing carcinogenic air emissions from chemical manufacturing facilities drew a petition for review Thursday.
Legislation to make large polluters pay for the damage caused by climate change in California advanced from a key state committee on Thursday.
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Chubb shareholders voted against proposals Thursday asking the company to issue a report detailing the carbon footprint of companies it works with and another study revealing pay-equity gaps.
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The National Marine Fisheries Service has failed to take action to end the overfishing of South Atlantic red snapper by the statutory deadline, a fish buyer and commercial fishing company claimed in a federal lawsuit.
The US will ask suppliers next month to bid on contracts for as much as $3.4 billion of domestically produced nuclear reactor fuel, according to a government notice.
A panel of New York appellate judges on Thursday reinstated a case against New York City’s building emissions law, brought by co-ops and a landlord who argue the law is preempted by the state’s more comprehensive climate law.
Legislation to make large polluters pay for the damage caused by climate change in California advanced from a key state committee on Thursday.
Top partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are expected to earn more than $20 million this year after the Wall Street law firm widened the spread between its highest and lowest-paid equity partners.
Lawyers from three top deals firms advised on American International Group Inc.'s plan to sell a 20% stake in Corebridge Financial Inc. to Japan’s Nippon Life Insurance for $3.8 billion.
The California State Bar delayed pitching a new licensing exam to its governing body on Thursday, saying the plan, which could slash the admissions fund’s deficit, needs more time to take shape.
The US Supreme Court upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding system, lifting a legal threat that could have derailed an agency set up after the 2008 financial crisis to regulate mortgages and other consumer-finance products.
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