Green Steel Jobs Multiply With Biden Energy Plan, Granholm Says
Jennifer Granholm features prominently as a chief seller of Biden’s climate and economic agenda this election year, crisscrossing the US promising CEOs and workers alike that a clean energy transition can create good-paying union jobs and revitalize manufacturing towns.
Biden Climate Corps Moves to Hire Youth for 2,000 Green Jobs
Restoring coastal ecosystems with oysters in Florida, protecting forests from wildfire in California and maintaining a cultural site (the Pearl Harbor National Memorial) in Hawaii: These are a few of the paid positions that job seekers can now apply for through the Biden administration’s American Climate Corps.
Biden Rule Orders Hard Environmental Look at Federal Buildings
The federal government will have to take a harder look at environmental, social, and economic factors when picking sites for federal facilities under a final rule issued on Monday.
EPA Gives $7 Billion in Solar for All Grants for 60 Awardees
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the selection of 60 recipients of $7 billion in grant awards through the Solar for All grant competition, the agency said Monday.
Heat Pump Makers Woo Contractors in Effort to Spur US Sales
When Miranda Sherman’s gas furnace suddenly died during a recent cold snap, she did what most Americans would do: She searched for “furnace won’t ignite” on Google, realized the machine was beyond repair and started calling contractors first thing in the morning.
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Federal Sardine Management Plan Deemed Insufficient by Judge
The National Marine Fisheries Service failed to approve a management plan for the Pacific sardine that will prevent overfishing, a federal judge in California ruled.
Ninth Circuit Says Montana Wolf Trapping Ban Is Too Broad
A lower court lawfully restricted Montana’s wolf trapping season, but the restrictions covered areas beyond where evidence suggests grizzly bears might be affected, the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Hunton Andrews Kurth Grows California Environmental Practice
Martin Stratte has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth in the California environmental and litigation practices in the San Francisco office, the firm said Tuesday.
Solar Developers Rebuffed as Court Preserves New Jersey Farmland
A state incentive program for solar farm expansion will be limited to up to 5% of any New Jersey county’s preserved farmland, a state appellate court ruled.
ESG Rulemaker to Research Biodiversity and Workforce Disclosures
A global rulemaker decided Tuesday to research just two of four proposed topics for new standard setting—biodiversity and workforce skills—as it concentrates on helping companies use existing reporting rules.
EPA Revises How It Studies Chemicals’ Risks for Restrictions
Future decisions the EPA makes about whether chemicals are so risky that their commercial uses must be restricted will be made using statutory interpretations and policies the Biden administration already has been using, according to a final rule the agency released Tuesday.
Oil Market Sees Iran Sanctions Having Muted Export Impact
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UK Firms Told to ‘Urgently Review’ Green Claims Amid Crackdown
Firms operating in the UK are being advised to go through any products and services around which some sort of sustainability claim has been made, to ensure they’re not in the crosshairs of a regulatory crackdown that’s due to take effect at the end of next month.
SunPower Slides After Disclosing Plans to Restate Earnings
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Greenberg Traurig Recruits Shareholder Whited to Chicago Office
Matt Whited has joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the Chicago office, the firm said Tuesday.
FTC Issues Worker Non-Compete Ban as Chamber Lawsuit Looms (2)
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Tabloid CEO Says He Killed Negative Stories on Trump Affairs (1)
The former head of the company that owned the National Enquirer told a New York jury about how he killed stories about Donald Trump’s extramarital affairs to boost his 2016 presidential campaign.
Nelson Mullins Adds Corporate Partner Coffield in West Virginia
Bob Coffield has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as a partner with the corporate practice group in Huntington, W.Va., the firm said Monday.
Faegre Drinker Adds Investment Management Partner in Washington
Gwendolyn Williamson has joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in the investment management practice group in the Washington, D.C., office, the firm said Tuesday.
Fried Frank Lawyer Sues Unum Units for Covid-Tied Disability Pay
A derivatives attorney for Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP filed a lawsuit against Unum Group subsidiaries, saying he was wrongly denied $50,000 in monthly disability benefits on account of Covid-related ailments.
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