Washington Cap-and-Trade Updates Approved as Ballot Threat Looms
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced finalized heavy-duty tailpipe emissions rules on Friday, unveiling the final phase in a suite of regulations targeting carbon from diesel tailpipes.
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.
The adoption of a low-carbon type of cement that has gained the support of the Biden administration could stop 16 million tons of carbon from being emitted, an energy efficiency group said in a report on Friday.
A coalition of national and local advocacy organizations moved to join in litigation over tougher soot rules, filing a motion to intervene late Wednesday.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday finalized three rules for implementing the Endangered Species Act, including how the agency will protect habitat for imperiled plants and animals.
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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The Environmental Protection Agency announced finalized heavy-duty tailpipe emissions rules on Friday, unveiling the final phase in a suite of regulations targeting carbon from diesel tailpipes.
The adoption of a low-carbon type of cement that has gained the support of the Biden administration could stop 16 million tons of carbon from being emitted, an energy efficiency group said in a report on Friday.
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.
The US Bureau of Land Management unlawfully authorized a logging project in Oregon that could harm northern spotted owls, conservation groups alleged in a federal lawsuit.
The US Tax Court ruled Thursday that a Treasury regulation used by the IRS to block a $14.8 million conservation easement deduction based on the easement’s deed is invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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.
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.
The Department of Energy has made $62 million in funding available for 17 projects related to battery recycling, according to a Thursday news release.
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The strange thing about Boeing Co.’s crisis is that so many people saw it coming — and tried to stop it. The planemaker’s safety problems have been obvious since two 737 Max jets crashed in late 2018 and early 2019, killing 346 people. Boeing’s engineers were warning managers of potential quality problems as far back as 2001. But Boeing executives must not have listened and the 737 Max crashes apparently weren’t a sufficiently loud wake-up call.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s updated bank merger guidelines for the first time seek to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts when banks are eyeing deals, extending the Biden administration’s focus on labor market competition.
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