Johnson Leaves LNG Export Measure Out of House Ukraine Package
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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.
A group of Republican-led states want the EPA to begin the process of rolling back elements of its Title VI regulations, according to a new petition for rulemaking.
Federal law doesn’t let the Department of Defense (DOD) injure its neighbors, adjacent properties, or their businesses by polluting their water, attorneys representing dozens of plaintiffs maintain.
Artificial intelligence can be utilized to improve the power grid and more quickly bring new electric generation online, easing some of the strain from the energy-intensive technology, US energy officials said Wednesday.
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.
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 measure to prevent the SEC from implementing its March climate disclosure regulation cleared a House panel Wednesday along party lines.
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A National Marine Fisheries Service rule that temporarily closed fishing grounds in Massachusetts to protect endangered whales is unlawful because it was foreclosed by the 2023 omnibus spending bill, a federal judge explained.
Ball Aerospace Technologies Corp. can move forward with its $553.9 million NASA contract to support a weather prediction satellite program, the US Court of Federal Claims said Wednesday.
Venezuela plans to tap a little-known firm to take on key fields and facilities that were once operated by <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/8375930Q%20US%20Equity/CN","_id":"0000018e-edff-d583-afbf-efffaf600000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">ConocoPhillips-bsp-bb-link> as it moves quickly to ink deals ahead of a deadline for the US to decide whether to reinstate sanctions.
Federally approved salmon and steelhead hatchery programs in the Lower Columbia River basin jeopardize the existence of wild fish and the endangered Southern Resident killer whale, conservation groups said Wednesday in a federal lawsuit.
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Climate change may force organizers to rotate the Winter Olympic Games among a small group of host cities, including Salt Lake City, said Gene Sykes, the chair of US Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
A measure to prevent the SEC from implementing its March climate disclosure regulation cleared a House panel Wednesday along party lines.
A federal appellate court judge with a stake in Citigroup Inc. doesn’t need to recuse himself from the banking industry’s challenge to an $8 cap on credit card late fees, a federal judiciary oversight committee said.
Loeb & Loeb has added two more corporate and tax partners from Morrison Cohen in New York, bolstering the group of seven it poached from the same firm in March.
Mona Bhalla has joined Alston & Bird as a partner with the litigation and trial practice group and insurance litigation and regulation team in New York, the firm said Wednesday.
Kimberly E. Zirkle has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as a partner in the banking and financial services practice group in the Charlotte, N.C., office, the firm said Wednesday.
President Joe Biden’s nominee for a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was prodded by Senate Republicans about allegations of ethical misconduct while prosecuting a drug case.
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