Biden Deploys $300 Million to Clean Up Polluted Properties
The EPA on Monday announced more than $300 million in grant awards to clean up brownfield sites across the nation.
States set to receive slices of $7 billion to bring solar power to low-income communities are confronting the construction industry’s nationwide skilled labor shortage.
Requests by West Virginia and other states to pause the implementation of EPA’s latest carbon emission rules while the D.C. Circuit considers pending stay motions were denied Friday.
Chemical manufacturers and distributors will have to meet new federal requirements for labeling hazards on commercial products, under a final OSHA rule released Friday.
The EPA is inviting public comment and scientific critique on draft conclusions released Friday that two chemicals used to make plastics, building materials, and other goods are hazardous.
The dunes sagebrush lizard, an amphibian threatened by Permian Basin oil and gas development in Texas and New Mexico, is being listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday.
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 EPA on Monday announced more than $300 million in grant awards to clean up brownfield sites across the nation.
Virginia landowners on Monday lost their bid to have the US Supreme Court hear their case challenging Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC from using portions of their properties for its natural gas project.
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Technologies to remove carbon from the air and store it in mediums ranging from seawater to concrete are still in their early stages and have drawn criticism that they distract from deploying proven solutions now. But Sant sees these technologies — and other speculative ones he works on — as essential, and to not grow them would be a dangerous misstep.
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States set to receive slices of $7 billion to bring solar power to low-income communities are confronting the construction industry’s nationwide skilled labor shortage.
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Major UK law firms battling one another over salaries are taking a risk that higher costs hamper expansion plans and impede their ability to compete with US rivals.
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Andrew Harper has joined Goodwin Procter as a partner with the firm’s technology and climate tech practices in Silicon Valley, the firm said Monday.
A Delaware Court of Chancery judge is weighing whether to approve a settlement of litigation over Rithm Capital Corp.‘s acquisition of struggling asset manager Sculptor Capital Management Inc., but objections to attorneys’ fees may prolong that process.
Douglas Heitner has joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in its real estate practice in New York, the firm said Monday.
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Greg Dillard has joined BakerHostetler has as a litigation practice partner in its Houston office, the firm said Monday.
Grace Pan has joined Carlton Fields as a shareholder in the firm’s national intellectual property property in New York, the firm said Monday.
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