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.
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
A grant program included in legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration will help airports switch from PFAS-based fire suppressants, but groups supporting the bill say lawmakers need to appropriate that money and likely more.
A federal appeals court left intact Securities and Exchange Commission rules that boost disclosures about fund votes on ESG proposals at company annual meetings.
The Environmental Protection Agency is asking a federal court to prevent environmental groups from “micromanaging” how the agency makes sure concentrated animal feeding operations comply with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits.
The owner of a power plant southwest of Chicago convinced an Illinois appeals court to revive part of its challenge to a 60,000% increase in its property tax valuation.
Climate negotiations between the world’s top two greenhouse gas emitters this week ended with intentions for the US and China to collaborate on phasing down coal consumption and boosting the deployment of renewable power.
A Montana energy company is asking a federal court to compel the Interior Department to complete an environmental analysis for its mining permit application sooner rather than later.
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas decried “the nastiness and the lies” he and his wife Ginny 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.
A federal appeals court left intact Securities and Exchange Commission rules that boost disclosures about fund votes on ESG proposals at company annual meetings.
Juan Pablo Albán has joined Buchalter as a corporate shareholder in the Los Angeles office, the firm said Thursday.
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