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BlackRock Urges FERC to Keep Public Utility Investment Policy

BlackRock Inc. and Vanguard joined renewable energy developers and the largest electric utilities in pressing US energy regulators to keep a long-standing practice of granting blanket authorization for investment companies to hike funding to public utilities.

Safer, Sustainable Chemicals Hard to Find But Efforts Continue

Regulatory requirements for safer, more sustainable chemicals don’t always align with governmental clean energy and other goals, according to speakers at a chemical regulations conference.

US Announces $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant

The Biden administration announced Wednesday a conditional loan commitment of up to $1.52 billion for a loan guarantee to help restart a shuttered nuclear plant in Michigan, a significant move to keep reactors running as a major source of zero-carbon power and high-paying jobs.

EPA Likely to Pause New Chemical Staff Hires Due to Budget Cuts

Planned improvements to speed and enhance new chemical reviews may be paused as the EPA decides how to allocate cuts Congress recently made to its fiscal year 2024 budget.

TVA Gas Plant Review Meets EPA Criticism on Emissions, Costs

The Biden administration wants the Tennessee Valley Authority to reevaluate preferred plans to build a natural gas-fired power plant to replace an aging coal facility scheduled to close by 2027, finding deficiencies in the federally owned utility’s environmental review.

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 Efforts to Store Nuclear Waste Poised for High Court Review

An intensifying legal battle over efforts to store the country’s nuclear waste is likely to reach the US Supreme Court following appellate court rulings that split on the issue of whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authority to license two facilities, one of the developers said Thursday.

State Department Employee Properly Denied Security Clearance

A former US State Department foreign affairs officer, whose security clearance was revoked after it came to light that he was linked to white nationalism, failed to state a legal claim against the department, a federal court said, dismissing all of his claims on the merits.

New Mexico Drilling Permits Paused for Federal Emissions Review

The US Bureau of Land Management will pause 199 drilling permits in the Greater Chaco region of New Mexico while it reviews the effect of their greenhouse gas emissions, following Tenth Circuit guidance to determine whether the permit approvals should be vacated.

Citi Says 42% of Energy Clients Not Clear on Net Zero Plans

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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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Kodak’s Pension Windfall Points to $137 Billion Opportunity (1)

Inside <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-8686-d457-ad9e-dfd7d19a0001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Eastman Kodak Co., the once-iconic camera maker, a small pension investment team reaped such large gains in recent years that they windfalled themselves out of a job.