Conservation Named a Top Priority in Final Public Lands Rule
Conservation is now defined as a “use” of public land in a rule the Interior Department finalized Thursday—a move widely expected to be challenged in court because Western states with oil, gas, and mineral resources fear it will stifle drilling and mining.
Biden Thwarts Oil Drilling Across Alaska’s Petroleum Reserve
The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to prevent oil development across more than half of the US government’s mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska and set the stage to block road construction essential to opening a copper mine in the state.
Biden Clean-Cars Rule Remains Intact After Failed Senate Vote
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.
Siemens Energy Among Recipients of $2 Billion Green Tax Credits
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.
Energy Officials Mull Price Aid to Slumping Critical Materials
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.
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Biden Thwarts Oil Drilling Across Alaska’s Petroleum Reserve
The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to prevent oil development across more than half of the US government’s mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska and set the stage to block road construction essential to opening a copper mine in the state.
Blatt to Set Supreme Court Record for Women With 50th Argument
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The EV Bust in Europe Is a Red Flag for Region’s Climate Goals
Europe’s plunging electric-vehicle sales are painful proof the market isn’t ready to stand on its own, putting governments on notice for more support until affordable EVs become a reality.
California Sees Two More Property Insurers Exit From Market
California’s already strained property insurance market is facing a new challenge as two more insurers, Tokio Marine America Insurance Co. and Trans Pacific Insurance Co., plan to withdraw from the wildfire-prone state entirely starting in July.
Venture Global LNG Decision Delayed by Regulator Yet Again
The fate of a liquefied natural gas export project that has been at the center of a political firestorm over climate change and energy policy has been hit with another delay.
Clean Hydrogen’s Best Bet May Be a Rainforest State in Borneo
The oil-rich Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo is aiming to transform itself into a center for clean hydrogen energy, betting that its ability to harness an abundance of hydropower can help it defy challenges that are <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/stories/S0UWXXDWX2PS","_id":"0000018e-f33b-d583-afbf-f3ffa6510002","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">clouding the fuel’s prospects-bsp-bb-link> elsewhere.
LS Power Is Said to Seek Sale of Group of Gas-Fired Plants
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New York Close to Easing Tax Burdens on Cannabis, Energy Storage
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.
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AIG Parts Ways With Longtime Legal Chief-Turned-Vice Chair Fato
American International Group Inc. saw its new vice chair Luciana “Lucy” Fato leave the company, six months after she relinquished its top legal job.
Child Labor Violators’ Profits in Labor Solicitor’s Crosshairs
The US Labor Department is pursuing some of the toughest remedies for child labor violations, such as company profits, an escalation the agency’s top lawyer says is needed to end an alarming trend of minors working in dangerous conditions.
Jones Day’s Messy Split From Client Fuels Long-Running Fee Fight
A patent licensing company that squeezed $40 million out of Amazon is still fighting with the law firm that helped it land the settlement, two decades later.
Blatt to Set Supreme Court Record for Women With 50th Argument
Lisa Blatt isn’t afraid to tell a US Supreme Court justice they’re making stuff up, inject herself in her own hypotheticals, or talk like she’s debating friends at a bar.
Workplace DEI Worry Shouldn’t Overshadow a Civil Rights Victory
Madeline Meth and Brian Wolfman applaud their client’s SCOTUS win, and say the Title VII opinion didn’t signal intent to undermine DEI at work.
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