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ConocoPhillips Asks Appeals Panel to Keep Oil Well Data Secrecy

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. on Monday argued for the right to keep exploratory oil and gas well data confidential in a legal dispute with the state of Alaska over whether federal or state law applies to sensitive information about oil wells.

EPA Warns Hostile Nations Are Planning Attacks on Water Systems

The EPA warned on Monday that cyberattacks against drinking water systems are on the rise, and that hostile nations may have already embedded the ability to disable systems in the future.

US Regulator to Issue Carbon-Credits Rulebook Within Months

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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.

Maryland Judge Denies Oil Industry Bid to Quash Climate Cases

Two Maryland climate deception cases will continue to proceed toward the discovery process, according to a ruling that denies energy industry requests to have the cases tossed.

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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US Regulator to Issue Carbon-Credits Rulebook Within Months

The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13358Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-9a57-de3b-adcf-daf70a150000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">US Commodity Futures Trading Commission expects to finalize its guidance for carbon credits within the next six months, as it pursues a broader crackdown of fraud and manipulation in the embattled market.

Calpers Opposes All Exxon Directors Amid Shareholder Dispute

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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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US Companies Move Behind American Shield to Delay Global Tax

US multinational companies are engaging in what essentially amounts to a political game of chicken, dissolving their overseas holding companies and reshoring ownership of their subsidiaries to delay paying the new 15% global minimum tax—perhaps indefinitely.