Long-awaited rules governing carbon emissions from power plants are in the crosshairs of widespread industry opposition, but some court observers see the rule on good footing as it faces inevitable judicial review.
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service will submit its endangered species determination for the imperiled longfin smelt by July 22, according to a judgment involving the agency and San Francisco Baykeeper.
Conservation groups told a federal appeals court that they have standing to challenge the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of more than 4,000 drilling permits in New Mexico and Wyoming.
Companies will have to pay millions of dollars to clean up more contaminated sites due to the EPA’s new Superfund PFAS rule, but site selection will take time and use predictable criteria, mandated data, and established processes, attorneys said.
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.
With only six months to go before the election, President <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://people/profile/13387985","_id":"0000018f-2526-d583-afbf-e7fe07ce0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Joe Biden’s strategy to lower gasoline prices is in jeopardy.
<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-2619-d583-afbf-e6dd61730000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Mercedes-Benz Group AG said the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/4131761Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-2619-d583-afbf-e6dd61ac0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">US Department of Justice has ended a probe related to exhaust emissions and won’t file charges against the German carmaker.
A Black ex-driver presented enough evidence that an oil company treated White employees differently when infractions arose in order to demonstrate a factual dispute as to pretext regarding his firing, a federal appeals court said Friday.
Former BP PLC senior manager Kevin Crotty has agreed to settle SEC claims that he purchased TravelCenters of America stock shortly before BP’s purchase of the truck stop company became public.
An Ohio medical services provider must face the lawsuit of former employee who says he was wrongfully terminated after internally reporting the company’s suspected tax fraud, a federal court said.
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Oil and gas leases in Alaska’s arctic refuge revoked by the Biden administration would be reinstated under
Long-awaited rules governing carbon emissions from power plants are in the crosshairs of widespread industry opposition, but some court observers see the rule on good footing as it faces inevitable judicial review.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service will submit its endangered species determination for the imperiled longfin smelt by July 22, according to a judgment involving the agency and San Francisco Baykeeper.
Conservation groups told a federal appeals court that they have standing to challenge the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of more than 4,000 drilling permits in New Mexico and Wyoming.
<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-219c-d583-afbf-e3dcacb50000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Erich Andersen, the US-based general counsel for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd., is stepping down from that role, the social media app said.
President Joe Biden signed into law a bill this week that requires Chinese ByteDance Ltd.,
<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-1cc8-d583-afbf-dedcb3700000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Paramount Global’s board is considering removing Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-1cc8-d583-afbf-dedcb3700001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Bob Bakish and putting the film and TV company under a committee of top executives while it evaluates a possible sale, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A federal law expanding background checks for 18-to-20-year-olds who buy firearms is likely constitutional, the Fifth Circuit said Friday, affirming a lower court decision declining to preliminarily enjoin the statute.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said it doesn’t have a conflict of interest that would prevent it from representing genetic testing company Invitae Corp. in the company’s Chapter 11 case—pushing back against objections from the US Trustee and creditors.
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