Lockheed Martin Sued Over Chemical Exposure in Employee Death
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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.
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A Ute tribe can proceed with some claims that the US government mismanaged water resources and water-related infrastructure for the tribe’s use, after the Federal Circuit on Thursday partially revived its lawsuit.
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.
US energy regulators should consider the possible consumer harms that could result from a policy that allows investment companies to take up to 20% control of public utilities, the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission said in comments Thursday.
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The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas told the D.C. Circuit at oral argument on Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest renewable fuel standards conflict with Congress’s directive to promote renewable fuel in the transportation market.
States, cities, and advocacy organizations are throwing their support behind the EPA’s latest round of tailpipe emission rules, which are under legal fire from Republican-led challengers.
Michigan law firm Lipton Law Center PC can go to trial on its claim that Colorado firm Andrus Wagstaff PC didn’t pay Lipton for work the firms did together representing Larry Nassar abuse victims.
Teresa M. L. Tate has joined Reed Smith as a partner in the global corporate group in the San Francisco office, the firm said Thursday.
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The leaders of the midsize Manhattan firm Morrison Cohen are defending changes to the law firm’s pay system following a wave of recent partner departures.
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A US Department of Housing & Urban Development attorney can pursue some allegations that age and sex bias played a role in the agency’s decision not to promote her, but other claims fall short, a federal judge said.
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