A coalition of Republican top attorneys sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday over emission limits for heavy-duty trucks.
US regulators finalized rules designed to speed up building the power grid of the future, approving the biggest reforms in at least a decade to enable the energy transition, meet soaring demand and offer protection from extreme weather.
Energy companies added to the so-called fracklog for a second straight month in the latest signal of slowing growth in US shale oil output. Shale explorers drilled more crude wells than they fracked in April, marking the first back-to-back increase in drilled-but-uncompleted projects since late 2022, according to a report from the US Energy Information Administration on Monday.
The European Commission Monday registered a so-called European Union citizens’ initiative that calls for a greater EU focus on taxes on greenhouse-gas emissions and on consumption of non-renewable resources, in order to help fight global warming.
Two companies have asked a federal appeals court to challenge the EPA’s methylene chloride rule, in what may be the first of more legal challenges.
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 21 young plaintiffs leading the most closely watched US climate lawsuit of the last decade face an uncertain legal future, thanks to a federal government victory that threatens to end the case for now.
US energy regulators’ landmark rules to accelerate the planning and permitting of high-voltage transmission lines could run into opposition from state officials who view the rule as a politically motivated move to overstep their authority to protect consumer power bills.
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President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation banning the import of Russian enriched uranium, starting a 90-day countdown until limits on shipments of the reactor fuel take effect.
Marcia Fudge, former secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Biden, has joined Taft as partner and firmwide chair of public policy, the law firm said Monday.
Perkins Coie is launching an office in London with a six-lawyer team looking to bring the Seattle-founded firm’s tech start-up prowess to Europe’s most important legal market.
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US District Judge Patrick Schiltz has pushed the emergency button summoning more security to his Minnesota courtroom twice in recent months after defendants’ family members became unruly during sentencing hearings.
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