Energy Department Awards Support for Rural, Remote Communities
The Department of Energy is awarding more than $78 million for 19 projects across 12 states and 13 Tribal nations, according to a Tuesday news release.
The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized its second set of changes to the nation’s environmental permitting rules, part of an ongoing bid to speed the build-out of renewable energy infrastructure.
New York has become the first major US city to embed climate impacts into its budget decisions.
The Biden administration on Monday announced it’s delivering $30 million to 11 agencies to invest in artificial intelligence, advanced mapping technologies, and other IT tools. The money is meant to speed up and improve environmental permitting across the federal bureaucracy.
The Biden administration is tapping artificial intelligence to speed up permitting, improve power grid reliability, and address environmental justice harms—all while pledging to monitor the risks of the emerging technology.
Corporate attorneys and former federal officials are praising the EPA’s bid to coordinate its civil and criminal enforcement teams as a sensible idea that will yield fairer outcomes, reduce unpredictability, and expedite resolutions.
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 Department of Energy is awarding more than $78 million for 19 projects across 12 states and 13 Tribal nations, according to a Tuesday news release.
US wind power slipped last year for the first time in a quarter-century due to weaker-than-normal Midwest breezes, underscoring the challenge of integrating volatile renewable energy sources into the grid
American Electric Power Co. might legally challenge new federal rules meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, interim chief executive officer Benjamin Fowke says on earnings call Tuesday.
Company’s board reviewed accounting treatment of claims it has with tax authority SII from application of specific tax on mining activities for the exploitation of lithium, according to a statement on its website.
Citigroup shareholders on Tuesday voted down a proposal that would have required the bank to review project-financing policies to ensure they align with United Nations human rights standards.
Democratic lawmakers in the US lambasted oil companies in a new report on Tuesday, claiming that the industry has engaged in “an elaborate campaign of deception and doublespeak” to forestall meaningful climate action and sustain their outsized profits.
All consumer and most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride will be prohibited under a final rule the EPA plans to issue Tuesday as the first of several coming regulations restricting solvents.
Almost nine in ten companies say they’ll disclose extensive carbon-footprint data even beyond what many are required to produce, according to a new study by global consulting firm Workiva.
New York has become the first major US city to embed climate impacts into its budget decisions.
The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized its second set of changes to the nation’s environmental permitting rules, part of an ongoing bid to speed the build-out of renewable energy infrastructure.
Clark Hill said Tuesday it has combined with LaszloLaw, a three-lawyer firm in Boulder, Colorado.
Law firms Dentons US LLP and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP are facing claims by a former client who alleges the firms engaged in racketeering and fraud in connection with their representation of him on a Senegal power deal.
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The world’s biggest brands are reportedly spending hundreds of millions of dollars to associate themselves with the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The flagship L’Occitane brand, despite the fragrance boom, has been expanding sales slowly, given that it operates in the premium segment of the market, rather than the luxury space where demand has been strongest.
Almost nine in ten companies say they’ll disclose extensive carbon-footprint data even beyond what many are required to produce, according to a new study by global consulting firm Workiva.
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