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.
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.
The Delaware Supreme Court won’t review a recent decision that slashes parts of the state’s climate lawsuit against BP PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp., and other companies, denying an interlocutory appeal request on Wednesday.
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.
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.
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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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.
It may turn out to be a moment in which law firm leaders later look back and see that significant change happened slowly, then all at once.
Lawmakers in US states that gave up hundreds of millions in revenue are having doubts about whether the incentives pay off.
Conservative groups have ensured that their challenges to Biden administration policies get in front of like-minded judges by claiming an address in Fort Worth or Amarillo, recruiting plaintiffs who live or work in those districts, and even collaborating with the state of Texas.
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Texas electricity prices soared almost 100-fold as a high number of power-plant outages raised concerns of a potential evening shortfall.
Enforcement of an Oklahoma law that penalizes companies deemed to boycott the oil and gas industry has been placed on hold by a state judge, bolstering arguments that such laws are confusing to implement.
Bipartisan legislation aimed at helping the US reduce reliance on Russia for nuclear energy heads to the Senate after passing the House on Wednesday.
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It may turn out to be a moment in which law firm leaders later look back and see that significant change happened slowly, then all at once.
Conservative groups have ensured that their challenges to Biden administration policies get in front of like-minded judges by claiming an address in Fort Worth or Amarillo, recruiting plaintiffs who live or work in those districts, and even collaborating with the state of Texas.
South Texas College of Law Houston professor Ryan Nelson looks at universal injunctions and recommends a lottery system for streamlining multiple lawsuits challenging federal regulations.
Kirkland & Ellis’ Lee Mayberry and Nicole Cleminshaw assess CFTC rules on whistleblowers and how companies should avoid common pitfalls when complying with the anti-impediment rules.
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