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Red States Challenge Biden’s Coal-Plant Pollution Curbs

More than two dozen states are challenging a new Biden administration <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SCI0JAT0AFB4","_id":"0000018f-5d9a-d4b6-a98f-fdbf98cf0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">rule that forces US power plants to stifle greenhouse gas pollution, calling it an unlawful bid to remake the nation’s electricity system.

Red States Target Tougher Mercury Rules in Newly Launched Suit

North Dakota, West Virginia, Texas and a group of other Republican-led states are beginning the legal brawl against mercury air toxics standards in a petition for review filed on Wednesday.

EPA Fights to Defend Disapproval of Kentucky State Ozone Plan

Judges pressed the EPA in arguments on Wednesday over whether the agency’s methods of weighing a Kentucky air plan were fair enough to justify denying the state program.

Legal Fight Brews Over Mining Road as Alaska Spars with Interior

A legal analysis of the Interior Department’s intent to block an Alaska mining road is essential before the department makes its final decision in the coming weeks, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said during a congressional hearing Wednesday.

Chemical Analysts Say EPA Rules Call for Look at Alternatives

The swelling number of rules restricting commercial uses of chemicals that the EPA plans to issue should spur greater interest in technical analyses that select safe alternatives and help companies get ahead of future regulations, according to chemical policy analysts.

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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Big US Banks Tell Fed It’s Challenging to Estimate Climate Risk

Wall Street banks told the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13598Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5ef3-d4b6-a98f-fff726f70000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Reserve that there are significant data gaps that make it tough to properly manage climate-related risks to their businesses.

PDVSA Says Citgo Bidding Process ‘Improperly’ Favors Bondholders

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company is objecting to the bidding process for the court-ordered sale in July of a unit, <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1236773D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5e71-d4b6-a98f-ff75cab00000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">PDV Holding, that owns the US-based refiner <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/5369Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5e71-d4b6-a98f-ff75cab00001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Citgo Petroleum.

BP Keen to Buy Tesla Supercharging Sites for US Expansion

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/BP%7C%20LN%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018f-5e72-d4b6-a98f-ff77e38c0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">BP Plc’s electric vehicle charging arm is eager to snap up <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/TSLA%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5e72-d4b6-a98f-ff77e38c0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Tesla Inc. supercharging sites across the US — along with the workers behind them — and has pledged $1 billion to expand its network.

Top US Nuke Plant Owner Wants to Add Equivalent of One Reactor

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/CEG%20US%20Equity/CN%20BN","_id":"0000018f-5e17-d4b6-a98f-ff3701d40000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Constellation Energy Corp. expects to expand the biggest US nuclear power-plant fleet by the equivalent of an entire new reactor, just by upgrading the ones it already has.

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

Insurers Sue Their Own Clients to Dodge PFAS Claims

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Stormy Daniels Dished Dirt on Trump, But Did She Help His Case?

As <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-5eb6-d4b6-a98f-ffb77de00000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Stormy Daniels finished testifying at Donald Trump’s hush money trial, one question lingered – did she help prosecutors prove the former president falsified business records?