Biden Signs Ban on Imports of Russian Nuclear Reactor Fuel
President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation banning the import of Russian enriched uranium, starting a 90-day countdown until limits on shipments of the reactor fuel take effect.
A coalition of Republican top attorneys sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday over emission limits for heavy-duty trucks.
US regulators finalized rules designed to speed up building the power grid of the future, approving the biggest reforms in at least a decade to enable the energy transition, meet soaring demand and offer protection from extreme weather.
Energy companies added to the so-called fracklog for a second straight month in the latest signal of slowing growth in US shale oil output. Shale explorers drilled more crude wells than they fracked in April, marking the first back-to-back increase in drilled-but-uncompleted projects since late 2022, according to a report from the US Energy Information Administration on Monday.
The European Commission Monday registered a so-called European Union citizens’ initiative that calls for a greater EU focus on taxes on greenhouse-gas emissions and on consumption of non-renewable resources, in order to help fight global warming.
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.
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.
President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation banning the import of Russian enriched uranium, starting a 90-day countdown until limits on shipments of the reactor fuel take effect.
Marcia Fudge, former secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Biden, has joined Taft as partner and firmwide chair of public policy, the law firm said Monday.
US regulators finalized rules designed to speed up building the power grid of the future, approving the biggest reforms in at least a decade to enable the energy transition, meet soaring demand and offer protection from extreme weather.
A group of 21 congressional Democrats on Monday urged the SEC to finalize a rule aimed at ensuring investment funds don’t mischaracterize their environmental, social, and governance credentials.
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A coalition of Republican top attorneys sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday over emission limits for heavy-duty trucks.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission defended its denial of an application to site high voltage transmission lines, asking for the decision to be reinstated.
HBK Capital Management, one of the biggest shareholders in Hess Corp., is planning to abstain from voting on the oil company’s $53 billion takeover by Chevron Corp.
Kristen Clarke, the Biden administration’s civil rights chief, condemned hate-based violence in a Columbia Law School commencement speech Monday in New York.
Marcia Fudge, former secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Biden, has joined Taft as partner and firmwide chair of public policy, the law firm said Monday.
Jeffrey Rudd joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office, the firm said Monday.
Damon Pitt has joined Venable LLP as a partner in the commercial litigation practice in the Los Angeles office, the firm said Monday.
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