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Biden Final Permitting Changes to Speed Clean Energy Plans

The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized its second set of changes to the nation’s environmental permitting rules, part of an ongoing bid to speed the build-out of renewable energy infrastructure.

NYC Budget Will Consider Climate Impacts of Spending

New York has become the first major US city to embed climate impacts into its budget decisions.

White House Doles Out $30 Million for AI to Help in Permitting

The Biden administration on Monday announced it’s delivering $30 million to 11 agencies to invest in artificial intelligence, advanced mapping technologies, and other IT tools. The money is meant to speed up and improve environmental permitting across the federal bureaucracy.

AI Tapped by Agency to Speed Permitting of Clean Energy Projects

The Biden administration is tapping artificial intelligence to speed up permitting, improve power grid reliability, and address environmental justice harms—all while pledging to monitor the risks of the emerging technology.

US Environmental Enforcement Shift Raises Questions from Lawyers

Corporate attorneys and former federal officials are praising the EPA’s bid to coordinate its civil and criminal enforcement teams as a sensible idea that will yield fairer outcomes, reduce unpredictability, and expedite resolutions.

Rare Toads or Clean Energy? An Environmental Law Fight in Nevada

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.

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Treasury Issues Green Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Guidance

The Treasury Department on Tuesday released guidance for sustainable aviation fuel tax credits, detailing how taxpayers will model emissions when seeking the credits and providing a safe harbor for certain climate-friendly agricultural processes.

California Fights to Keep Insurers Despite Fire Risk

How a Rare Toad Species Stopped a Clean Energy Project

Climate Change Fuels Texas Boom Towns' Water Worries

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Ninth Circuit Nixes Octogenarian Law Student’s Course Credit Bid

An 81-year-old law student at an unaccredited California school, who petitioned for an exception to take a bar admissions test late because he was helping his wife through her liver transplant, failed to make a claim under federal law, the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday.

Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Gets Four Months in Prison (1)

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