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BlackRock Urges FERC to Keep Public Utility Investment Policy

BlackRock Inc. and Vanguard joined renewable energy developers and the largest electric utilities in pressing US energy regulators to keep a long-standing practice of granting blanket authorization for investment companies to hike funding to public utilities.

Safer, Sustainable Chemicals Hard to Find But Efforts Continue

Regulatory requirements for safer, more sustainable chemicals don’t always align with governmental clean energy and other goals, according to speakers at a chemical regulations conference.

US Announces $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant

The Biden administration announced Wednesday a conditional loan commitment of up to $1.52 billion for a loan guarantee to help restart a shuttered nuclear plant in Michigan, a significant move to keep reactors running as a major source of zero-carbon power and high-paying jobs.

EPA Likely to Pause New Chemical Staff Hires Due to Budget Cuts

Planned improvements to speed and enhance new chemical reviews may be paused as the EPA decides how to allocate cuts Congress recently made to its fiscal year 2024 budget.

TVA Gas Plant Analysis Meets EPA Criticism on Emissions, Costs

The Biden administration wants the Tennessee Valley Authority to reevaluate preferred plans to build a natural gas-fired power plant to replace an aging coal facility scheduled to close by 2027, finding deficiencies in the federally owned utility’s environmental review.

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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Australian Lithium Producer to Sell Online in Transparency Push

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TVA Gas Plant Analysis Meets EPA Criticism on Emissions, Costs

The Biden administration wants the Tennessee Valley Authority to reevaluate preferred plans to build a natural gas-fired power plant to replace an aging coal facility scheduled to close by 2027, finding deficiencies in the federally owned utility’s environmental review.

California Fights to Keep Insurers Despite Fire Risk

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Home Depot to Buy Roof-Supply Firm SRS for About $18.25 Billion

Home Depot Inc. said it would buy roof-supply firm <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0742294D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-84be-dd73-a18e-c7bf053f0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">SRS Distribution Inc. for about $18.25 billion in a bid to bolster the company’s professional services business.

SBF Prison Time Hangs on Persuading Judge He Is No Bernie Madoff

The judge presiding over <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-84c6-dd73-a18e-c7c742c30000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing Thursday will have to decide whether the fallen crypto mogul is a run-of-the-mill financial fraudster or a villain eclipsed only by Ponzi scheme mastermind <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-84c6-dd73-a18e-c7c742c30001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Bernie Madoff.