Conservation Groups, Interior Reach Settlement in Oil Lease Suit
Environmental groups have settled a lawsuit against the Interior Department over offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.
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.
The Biden administration is taking steps to jump-start the fledgling offshore wind sector, outlining a five-year leasing plan that would include turbines in the far reaches of the Pacific.
California’s Northern Chumash Tribal Council and wind-energy companies leasing sites near Morro Bay have reached a landmark agreement that may ease a path for developing offshore wind farms.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to act when New York didn’t implement a plan addressing its noncompliance with Clean Air Act standards, according to a new lawsuit Tuesday.
Recent budget cuts mean the EPA’s chemicals office will have to more carefully pick and choose what it can focus on, the department’s head told staffers on Tuesday.
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.
Environmental groups have settled a lawsuit against the Interior Department over offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Interior Department adequately considered climate change in its management decisions for the Colorado River’s Glen Canyon Dam, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
New Jersey officials won their bid to get their case against
Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. isn’t obligated to defend Courtland Co. Inc. against counterclaims for environmental damages filed by
Shareholders at
Millions of dollars will go toward replacing gas- and diesel-powered trucks with low- and zero-emission ones at key ports in California, Texas, Georgia, New Jersey, and elsewhere — part of a larger Biden administration effort to decarbonize the freight industry.
President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SC74JHDWRGG0","_id":"0000018f-10bb-d583-afbf-d2ff5f1d0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">package-bsp-bb-link> that includes sanctions on Iran’s oil sector into law Wednesday.
Grid limitations in parts of France are constraining power exports, pushing up prices in neighboring countries.
Solar manufacturers are asking the US government to slap duties on $12.5 billion of imported equipment from Southeast Asia, setting the stage for a sweeping trade probe that threatens to make power projects more expensive.
House Ways and Means Republicans released their “tax team” lineups on Wednesday as part of a ramp-up to negotiations over the 2025 tax cliff.
The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13165Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-112d-d583-afbf-d3fdd2230000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">US Securities & Exchange Commission-bsp-bb-link> wants to impose a $5.3 billion fine on <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1741983D%20SP%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-112d-d583-afbf-d3fdd2230001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Terraform Labs Pte.-bsp-bb-link> and its co-founder Do Kwon, the inventor of the failed TerraUSD stablecoin.
John P. Mueller has joined Marshall Dennehey as a shareholder with the employment law practice group in Mount Laurel, N.J., the firm said Wednesday.
An Illinois lawyer and his former firm agreed to pay $883,333 to resolve allegations that they mishandled the assets of client United Employee Benefit Fund.
Michael Delaney has joined Seyfarth Shaw as a partner in the corporate department in Atlanta, the firm said Wednesday.
Andrew J. Merken has joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in the Boston office, the firm said Wednesday.
Get the latest legal, regulatory, and enforcement news and analysis, as well as in-depth business and industry covering in the following areas: