Ongoing litigation promises to further alter the scope of Clean Water Act protections for wetlands in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. EPA nearly 11 months ago, water lawyers say.
The state of Alaska is pushing for the Interior Department to approve a 211-mile mining road in Alaska’s Arctic after reports that the Biden administration will reject the proposed Ambler Road.
A measure to prevent the SEC from implementing its March climate disclosure regulation cleared a House panel Wednesday along party lines.
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The Biden administration released policy recommendations Wednesday to speed up the connection of more clean energy onto the nation’s transmission grid and clear the growing backlog of solar, wind, and battery projects seeking to be built.
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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New York lawmakers are set to approve several tax policy changes for fiscal 2025, including a repeal of the cannabis potency tax and a sales tax exemption for residential energy storage.
Will Wagner has returned to Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder with the Proposition 65 and green chemistry practice in Sacramento, the firm said Thursday.
A California nonprofit in charge of maintaining a wetland preserve was mostly successful in its bid for a quick win against a public works department that allegedly discharged polluted stormwater from a waste facility.
An EU value-added tax exemption for companies’ foreign operations that aren’t considered “fixed establishments” may need to be redefined in the context of increased automation.
A Biden rule imposing stricter tailpipe emission standards on automakers for new vehicles survived a Senate vote on a measure that would have gutted it.
The Biden administration is weighing ways to support the market for critical materials such as copper, nickel, silicon and electrical steel, as the industry faces price pressures and outsize influence from China.
Renewable energy company Siemens Energy Inc. and Danish electrolyzer manufacturer Topsoe A/S are among dozens of recipients of around $2 billion in clean energy tax credits set to be announced Friday by the Biden administration.
Solar developers are lobbying the Biden administration to bolster support for domestic manufacturing in a long-shot bid to discourage panel makers from seeking additional tariffs on imports.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord have entered into merger talks, the firms confirmed Thursday.
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Will Wagner has returned to Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder with the Proposition 65 and green chemistry practice in Sacramento, the firm said Thursday.
New York would require businesses to provide paid prenatal leave for pregnant employees in addition to the state’s existing paid sick time mandate, under a state budget agreement close to final approval.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord have entered into merger talks, the firms confirmed Thursday.
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