Green Groups Challenge Idaho Gold Mining Investigatory Project
Idaho conservation groups say the US Forest Service violated federal law when it approved an investigatory project connected to a larger planned gold mine, according to a new lawsuit.
The White House’s latest bid to speed up environmental permitting may not encourage the promised waves of private investment because the path forward for project reviews is still so uncertain, some permitting watchers say.
The government of Guam on Monday sued construction and engineering companies for their allegedly faulty design of a closure remedy for the Ordot Dump.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission defended its decision to grant an incentive intended to assure utilities that they can recover all of their costs for a project if it’s abandoned or canceled.
The Environmental Protection Agency strengthened greenhouse gas reporting requirements Monday, adding more options for methane emissions monitoring and analysis.
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.
Idaho conservation groups say the US Forest Service violated federal law when it approved an investigatory project connected to a larger planned gold mine, according to a new lawsuit.
Brent Vincent has joined Lathrop GPM as a partner in the tort, insurance, and environmental practice group in Chicago, the firm said Tuesday.
A former deputy division director who sued the Environmental Protection Agency for age discrimination over her reassignment failed to show an injury that a court could redress, the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday.
The Biden administration is taking advantage of a dip in oil prices to restart plans to refill its depleted emergency oil cache.
Personal injury trials involving four diseases alleged to have resulted from firefighting foams containing PFAS would begin in 2025 under a newly proposed federal court schedule tackling one of several sets of issues national litigation aims to resolve.
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Duke Energy Corp. has set up a new way to bill data centers and factories for electricity in the latest move by US utilities to deal with the massive growth in energy demand.
China is flooding the US with used cooking oil that the biofuel industry says may be tainted, hurting American farmers and President Joe Biden’s push to promote climate-friendly energy.
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The White House’s latest bid to speed up environmental permitting may not encourage the promised waves of private investment because the path forward for project reviews is still so uncertain, some permitting watchers say.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP secured approval to represent Invitae Corp. in bankruptcy after a judge overruled objections from the Justice Department and junior creditors claiming the firm has a conflict of interest.
Brent Vincent has joined Lathrop GPM as a partner in the tort, insurance, and environmental practice group in Chicago, the firm said Tuesday.
TikTok is turning to Covington & Burling and Mayer Brown to fight a law requiring its Chinese parent to sell its stake in the company in order for the social media app to continue operating in the US.
Sarah Collins has joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as a partner in Rapid City, S.D., the firm said Tuesday.
Nate Christensen has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in the corporate, M&A, and securities practice in the Dallas office, the firm said Tuesday.
A UK judge has ruled that there is reasonable cause to suspect that Russian litigation funder A1 is owned or controlled by people sanctioned in the United Kingdom.
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