The Biden administration is cracking down on planet-warming pollution from the nation’s electricity sector, with mandates likely to encourage the closure of coal plants that advocates argue are vital to meet surging power demand.
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Power plants face updated air toxics requirements targeting mercury and heavy metals in newly finalized standards announced by the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday.
The EPA finalized a rule to mandate coal ash cleanup at inactive power plants, part of a group of related rules announced Thursday by the administration.
The Biden administration has selected an electric transmission line project to receive up to $331 million to bring wind energy from Idaho to Nevada, the latest move to back the connection of more renewable energy to the power grid.
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 coalition of three native tribes asked a federal judge to toss Arizona Republicans’ challenge to President Joe Biden’s designation of a national monument on nearly one million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon.
The Biden administration is cracking down on planet-warming pollution from the nation’s electricity sector, with mandates likely to encourage the closure of coal plants that advocates argue are vital to meet surging power demand.
A global standard-setter decided Thursday to let companies decide on their own when they should report the cost of their commitments to achieve net zero carbon emissions, rather than introducing specific requirements.
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Barclays Plc says more money needs to go toward climate transition projects that are too advanced to interest venture capitalists, and too nascent to attract infrastructure investors.
Atomic power’s potential as a clean-energy source forestalling climate change is increasingly at risk, with new data suggesting nuclear growth could be threatened by spreading geopolitical instability and war.
The Treasury Department and the IRS released final rules Thursday for taxpayers looking to buy or sell clean energy tax credits in President Joe Biden’s tax-and-climate law.
The Biden administration issued new minimum energy standards for homes built with federal dollars, a move that the government says will result in millions in annual cost savings for renters and homeowners.
Europe’s financial stability watchdog said it may be necessary to require insurers to add an extra layer of regulatory capital to help the industry withstand risks posed by climate change.
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David T. Hayek and Brian A. Paino have joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as partners in the Los Angeles office, the firm said Thursday.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan secured a license to practice law in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, following at least 30 other global firms that are vying to gain a foothold in the region.
A federal judge overseeing litigation over allegedly inadequate side effect warnings on Ozempic and similar drugs appointed eight firms to leadership roles on the plaintiffs’ committee.
The former National Enquirer publisher, <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-15ea-d583-afbf-d7feefb00000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">David Pecker, said he spoke to Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign before agreeing to buy and bury a former Playboy Playmate’s story about having an extramarital affair with Trump.
Zach Hong has joined Perkins Coie as a partner in the intellectual property practice and patent prosecution subgroup in the New York office, the firm said Thursday.
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