A legal analysis of the Interior Department’s intent to block an Alaska mining road is essential before the department makes its final decision in the coming weeks, Sen.
The Delaware Supreme Court won’t review a recent decision that slashes parts of the state’s climate lawsuit against BP PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp., and other companies, denying an interlocutory appeal request on Wednesday.
Judges pressed the EPA in arguments on Wednesday over whether the agency’s methods of weighing a Kentucky air plan were fair enough to justify denying the state program.
North Dakota, West Virginia, Texas and a group of other Republican-led states are beginning the legal brawl against mercury air toxics standards in a petition for review filed on Wednesday.
Colorado lawmakers passed legislation that would restore protections for the state’s wetlands and streams after the US Supreme Court removed federal safeguards for many marshes, swamps, bogs, and other waters last spring.
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 swelling number of rules restricting commercial uses of chemicals that the EPA plans to issue should spur greater interest in technical analyses that select safe alternatives and help companies get ahead of future regulations, according to chemical policy analysts.
It may turn out to be a moment in which law firm leaders later look back and see that significant change happened slowly, then all at once.
Lawmakers in US states that gave up hundreds of millions in revenue are having doubts about whether the incentives pay off.
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Texas electricity prices soared almost 100-fold as a high number of power-plant outages raised concerns of a potential evening shortfall.
A group of 24 institutional investors with a combined $1.2 trillion of assets wants Barclays Plc to stop financing fracking, and argued a recent pledge by the British bank to restrict financing for companies that focus exclusively on fossil-fuel exploration and extraction doesn’t go far enough.
Enforcement of an Oklahoma law that penalizes companies deemed to boycott the oil and gas industry has been placed on hold by a state judge, bolstering arguments that such laws are confusing to implement.
Bipartisan legislation aimed at helping the US reduce reliance on Russia for nuclear energy heads to the Senate after passing the House on Wednesday.
North Dakota, West Virginia, Texas and a group of other Republican-led states are beginning the legal brawl against mercury air toxics standards in a petition for review filed on Wednesday.
The US can proceed with its environmental cleanup lawsuit against two New Jersey hazardous waste companies after a district court determined the government sufficiently alleged successor liability.
It may turn out to be a moment in which law firm leaders later look back and see that significant change happened slowly, then all at once.
Conservative groups have ensured that their challenges to Biden administration policies get in front of like-minded judges by claiming an address in Fort Worth or Amarillo, recruiting plaintiffs who live or work in those districts, and even collaborating with the state of Texas.
South Texas College of Law Houston professor Ryan Nelson looks at universal injunctions and recommends a lottery system for streamlining multiple lawsuits challenging federal regulations.
Kirkland & Ellis’ Lee Mayberry and Nicole Cleminshaw assess CFTC rules on whistleblowers and how companies should avoid common pitfalls when complying with the anti-impediment rules.
Alston & Bird’s Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin analyze the EPA’s new PFAS drinking water standards, saying they will impact regulatory trends and increase business obligations.
Neither of the companies vying for the trademark “Moke” agree with a lower court’s post-trial judgment, a Fourth Circuit panel noted during oral argument Wednesday.
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