Mountain Valley Pipeline Owes Landowners Higher Compensation
A group of Virginia landowners are owed double the compensation a federal court awarded for their property being used for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the Fourth Circuit said Tuesday.
US energy regulators’ landmark rules to accelerate the planning and permitting of high-voltage transmission lines could run into opposition from state officials who view the rule as a politically motivated move to overstep their authority to protect consumer power bills.
The 21 young plaintiffs leading the most closely watched US climate lawsuit of the last decade face an uncertain legal future, thanks to a federal government victory that threatens to end the case for now.
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Two companies have asked a federal appeals court to challenge the EPA’s methylene chloride rule, in what may be the first of more legal challenges.
A coalition of Republican top attorneys sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday over emission limits for heavy-duty trucks.
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.
A group of Virginia landowners are owed double the compensation a federal court awarded for their property being used for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the Fourth Circuit said Tuesday.
A House panel will consider legislation in June to authorize money for civil works and infrastructure projects across the country, according to committee members.
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Brazil’s finance ministry and the country’s congress announced May 10 an agreement to end a months-long dispute over a 20% social tax exemption for 17 labor-intensive industries that between them have 9 million employees in the country.
The Biden administration’s plan to hike tariffs on a broad range of Chinese imports takes a nuanced approach to solar equipment from the country. While so-called 301 tariffs on solar cells and modules from China will double, from 25% to 50%, the administration is also looking to exclude some key equipment from the duties altogether.
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The summer of 2023 was hotter than any other in the Northern Hemisphere for the past two millennia, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature. And as scorching as 2023 was, the coming summer could be even hotter — largely because of manmade climate change <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/stories/S3URW3T0G1KW","_id":"0000018f-77c9-de3b-adcf-ffeb94e30000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">heating the planet-bsp-bb-link>, compounded by an <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/stories/S1LWGBDWRGG0","_id":"0000018f-77c9-de3b-adcf-ffeb94e30001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">El Niño-bsp-bb-link> weather cycle.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s 2020-22 renewable fuel standards, under fire from the petroleum and renewable fuel industries, were upheld Tuesday by the D.C. Circuit.
Jackson Walker LLP moved to throw out a lawsuit alleging it helped keep secret a romantic relationship between a onetime Texas bankruptcy judge and one of the firm’s former partners for years.
Hogan Lovells and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, after helping to close two major sports deals this year, now face each other in the battle over control of the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team.
Adam Rehm and Rhiannon D’Agostin have joined Norton Rose Fulbright as partners in the intellectual property practice, the firm said Tuesday.
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Jennifer S. O’Connor and Jim H. Pulliam have joined Polsinelli has shareholders in Miami and Raleigh, N.C., respectively, the firm said Tuesday.
Time is running out for the White House to fill a New Jersey vacancy on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as Joe Biden’s intended nominee remains stalled.
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