IRS Sued for Denying $70 Million Conservation Easement Deduction
The IRS should allow a $70 million charitable contribution tax deduction for a partnership’s donation of a conservation easement, the donor said in a US Tax Court petition.
The dunes sagebrush lizard, an amphibian threatened by Permian Basin oil and gas development in Texas and New Mexico, is being listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday.
Requests by West Virginia and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association to stay the implementation of EPA’s latest carbon emission rules were denied Friday.
Chemical manufacturers and distributors will have to meet new federal requirements for labeling hazards on commercial products, under a final OSHA rule released Friday.
A US company has become the world’s most valuable solar manufacturer for the first time since 2018, as Chinese rivals suffer from a profit-slashing price war and an onslaught of trade barriers erected by Washington.
The EPA is inviting public comment and scientific critique on draft conclusions released Friday that two chemicals used to make plastics, building materials, and other goods are hazardous.
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 IRS should allow a $70 million charitable contribution tax deduction for a partnership’s donation of a conservation easement, the donor said in a US Tax Court petition.
The winds that roared out of a supercell thunderstorm Thursday night leaving a <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/stories/SDMVIOT0G1KW","_id":"0000018f-8871-de3b-adcf-daf3e0510000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">deadly trail across Houston-bsp-bb-link> are on the rise in a warming climate, though researchers are still teasing out the exact relationship between a rapidly heating planet and relatively small-scale weather patterns.
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A US company has become the world’s most valuable solar manufacturer for the first time since 2018, as Chinese rivals suffer from a profit-slashing price war and an onslaught of trade barriers erected by Washington.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has failed to meet the deadline to determine whether the Pedernales River springs salamander should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, a conservation group said in a lawsuit filed Friday.
Iowa residents lost their Eighth Circuit appeal Friday that challenged a county permit issued for a proposed wind project because the permit was revoked, which made their lawsuit moot.
<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/IBE%20SM%20Equity/SPLC","_id":"0000018f-87f7-de3b-adcf-dff710a10000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Iberdrola SA-bsp-bb-link>, the Spanish energy giant, agreed to buy the shares it doesn’t already own of its US unit <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/AGR%20US%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018f-87f7-de3b-adcf-dff710a10001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Avangrid Inc.-bsp-bb-link> for about $2.55 billion in a bid to expand its American presence.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission didn’t follow remand instructions from the D.C. Circuit when issuing reauthorizations for liquefied natural gas projects in Texas, the City of Port Isabel and Sierra Club claimed during oral arguments before the federal appeals court on Friday.
A judge cleared the way for final offers for <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/5369Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-8804-de3b-adcf-daa7c9a90000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Citgo Petroleum Corp.-bsp-bb-link>’s US parent, denying objections from Venezuela’s state-owned oil company to the bidding process for the oil refiner’s court-ordered sale.
<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/MBG%20GR%20Equity/BICO","_id":"0000018f-8a2e-de3b-adcf-daafb12e0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Mercedes-Benz Group AG-bsp-bb-link> employees in Alabama voted against joining the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3218309Z%20US%20Equity/CN%20BN","_id":"0000018f-8a2e-de3b-adcf-daafb12e0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">United Auto Workers-bsp-bb-link>, a major blow to the union’s recently reinvigorated efforts to grow its ranks.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation Friday that will give the state the most far-reaching regulations on artificial intelligence in the nation.
A federal judge ended Gilbert Hyatt’s 19-year-old legal battle against the US Patent and Trademark Office, saying he had no choice based on a Federal Circuit ruling and the Nevada man’s delay of the reviews of hundreds of applications.
A new artificial intelligence task force will lead research and development on the use of generative AI in California courts, the state Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero announced in a Judicial Council meeting on Friday.
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