Coal Leasing in Montana, Wyoming Blocked Under Land Bureau Plan
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.
The Biden administration is initiating a suite of policies that it says will help foster a deeper domestic supply chain for solar panels, following pleas from US manufacturers confronting a surge of tariff-free imports.
The Treasury Department and IRS on Thursday issued guidance aimed at providing certainty for green energy developers seeking domestic content bonus credits for certain renewable energy projects, removing one of the biggest challenges facing taxpayers seeking the add-ons.
The White House’s bid to spur markets for green building materials appears to be working, according to new data the Biden administration will release on Thursday.
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The Environmental Protection Agency urged a district judge to drop a request that would further restrict civil rights protections in Louisiana and beyond.
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.
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.
Oil and gas industry groups challenged the Bureau of Land Management’s latest rule on mineral leasing, calling it “a sea change.”
Parsons Government Services Inc. can move forward with a $6 million claim arising out of a contract to build and operate a salt waste processing facility to treat nuclear waste at the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site.
Russia’s state-owned uranium supplier Tenex has notified US customers they have 60 days to secure a waiver exempting them from a law recently signed by President Joe Biden that bars imports of the company’s nuclear fuel.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to overturn the Treasury Department’s electric vehicle tax credit rules—an effort that’s likely to succeed in both chambers.
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The US is expected to boost total generating capacity by 80% through 2035, driven largely by almost 1 terawatt of new solar and wind, according to BloombergNEF.
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.
A billionaire-backed nonprofit has begun relocating captive-bred southern white rhinos to protected wild areas after the purchase of the world’s biggest privately-owned herd of the animals last year.
Foreign oil companies in Venezuela are concerned they won’t get licenses from the US in time to allow them to operate after May 31.
Chrystie Holmstrom has joined Holland & Knight as a partner with the firm’s corporate—Mid South practice group in Nashville, the firm said Thursday.
Brian Koosed has joined Venable as a partner in its commercial litigation practice in Washington and New York, the firm said Thursday.
Kirkland & Ellis, the world’s largest law firm by revenue, is assisting real estate billionaire Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty in its effort to purchase the US operation of social media platform TikTok.
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Chao “Wendy” Wang has joined Baker Botts as a partner in its intellectual property department in the firm’s Palo Alto, California office, the firm said Thursday.
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