US energy regulators are poised to finalize two major rules next Monday aimed at accelerating the planning and permitting of long-distance electric transmission lines and ironing out disputes over who pays for those projects.
A California federal court dismissed a youth climate lawsuit, ruling that the children who sought to hold the government accountable for contributing to climate change failed to state a redressable claim.
California regulators voted to impose one of the country’s highest monthly fixed-utility fees in a sweeping bid to change how customers in the Golden State pay for electricity.
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A federal district judge has punted another climate change misinformation lawsuit brought by the city of New York back to a state bench.
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.
A severe solar storm this weekend brought a dazzling display of the Northern Lights that could be seen across Europe and as far south as Alabama in the US, while threatening to trigger blackouts and disrupt navigation systems around the world.
A new boat the length of a football field, built to help operate US offshore wind farms, was christened Saturday in New Orleans with Republican and Democratic lawmakers looking on — a show of bipartisan support for an industry that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump frequently attacks.
A majority of Australian senators said in reports released Friday that they won’t back a government bill proposing to raise taxes on gas exporters and enhance the powers of the country’s Tax Practitioners Board.
Open the door to an apartment at 2 Charlton Street, and the space will look like any of the 3.6 million units in New York.
Fort McMurray, hub of Canada’s oil-sands operations, is under an evacuation alert as an out-of-control fire rages about 16 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of the Alberta town.
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Plastic-waste derived chemicals the EPA has allowed Chevron to make at a Mississippi refinery pose too great a cancer risk to people living nearby, residents’ attorneys told a federal court Friday.
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Judges on the Fourth Circuit at oral argument Friday worried that the IRS is taking too aggressive a stance in auditing conservation easement tax deductions, but seemed poised to rule against the taxpayers anyway.
A jury in Philadelphia found
Inmates do billions of dollars of work for companies and governments each year. A landmark lawsuit alleges many are being kept in prison because the business is just too good.
A Justice Department operation in Appalachia targeting doctors for overprescribing opioids is facing widespread criticism, highlighting the challenges when an enforcement initiative is seen to outlast its necessity.
Banks and other credit card issuers won a temporary reprieve from a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would cut their late fee revenue by billions of dollars after months of legal wrangling.
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas decried “the nastiness and the lies” he and his wife Ginni have “had to endure” in recent years.
A former law student is suing King & Spalding, alleging the firm discriminates against White heterosexual candidates for certain summer associate positions.
Mayer Brown’s Hong Kong partnership is suing a US blank check company for $2 million in unpaid bills.
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