Conservation is now defined as a “use” of public land in a rule the Interior Department finalized Thursday—a move widely expected to be challenged in court because Western states with oil, gas, and mineral resources fear it will stifle drilling and mining.
The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to prevent oil development across more than half of the US government’s mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska and set the stage to block road construction essential to opening a copper mine in the state.
A Biden rule imposing stricter tailpipe emission standards on automakers for new vehicles survived a Senate vote on a measure that would have gutted it.
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The Biden administration is weighing ways to support the market for critical materials such as copper, nickel, silicon and electrical steel, as the industry faces price pressures and outsize influence from China.
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 Eleventh Circuit should evaluate a new Environmental Protection Agency rule that would eliminate chrysotile asbestos used by chlorine manufacturers, the American Chemistry Council and the Georgia Chemistry Council said in a petition for review.
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Oil and gas companies are challenging the Interior Department’s decision to deny refunds for royalties overpayments for leases offshore of Louisiana.
Battery-material maker <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f72d-d583-afbf-f7fdf0ab0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Novonix, electric vehicle charger manufacturer <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f72d-d583-afbf-f7fdf0ab0001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Wallbox and rare earth producer <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f72d-d583-afbf-f7fdf0ab0002","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">MP Materials Corp. were among about 35 recipients of clean energy tax credits totaling nearly $2 billion that were announced Friday by the Biden administration.
Hexcel Corp. thought a settlement closed the door on cleanup costs at a defunct chemical plant, but a slippery definition for the word “adjacent” has left the door open for New Jersey to collect new damages.
The US Forest Service approved a new Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest plan without considering how extensive logging will effect endangered bats, conservation groups said in a federal complaint.
The Biden administration is using emergency powers to authorize widespread sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline this summer, following a strategy it employed the previous two years.
The chief executive officer of the world’s main verifier of corporate emissions plans says he “deeply regrets” the confusion that followed a recent update that was widely interpreted as permission to ratchet up the use of carbon credits.
Two commonly detected and well-known PFAS are hazardous substances under the nation’s Superfund law, the EPA announced Friday, through a rule that’s intended to protect public health by cleaning up contaminated sites but expected to increase litigation.
The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to prevent oil development across more than half of the US government’s mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska and set the stage to block road construction essential to opening a copper mine in the state.
Julie A. Frusciente and Katherine Kulik has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as partners in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the firm said Friday.
The bribery trial of US Senator
The US Supreme Court is set to consider whether federal judges must dismiss employment cases subject to mandatory arbitration or whether they should instead pause them pending the outcome of private dispute resolution proceedings.
John Koenigsknecht and David Stone have joined Crowell & Moring as partners in Chicago, the firm said Thursday.
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