Biden Curbs on Power Plant Pollution Collide With Demand
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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EPA Finalizes Tougher Mercury Rules for Coal-Fired Utilities
Power plants face updated air toxics requirements targeting mercury and heavy metals in newly finalized standards announced by the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday.
EPA Finalizes Coal Ash Cleanup Rule for Plants’ Legacy Landfills
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.
Wind Power Line Wins Biden Backing as Permitting Deadlines Set
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.
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EPA’s Fuel Standards Burden Biogas, Trade Group Tells D.C. Cir.
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.
EPA Gets Boost from States, Green Groups in Car Rules Battle
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.
‘Buffett Got it Wrong’ on California Fire Risk, PG&E CEO Says
<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-165d-d583-afbf-d6ddca460000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Warren Buffett-bsp-person>’s warning that wildfires have turned utilities across the western US into risky investments is mistaken — at least in California, according to the head of the state’s largest electricity provider.
Energy Regulators Approve New Gas Projects Over Clements Dissent
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 2-1 on Thursday to authorize the construction of three natural gas expansion projects, with the dissenting member arguing they fell short of the law.
BOE Official Warns Climate Change Shocks May Need Rates Response
A Bank of England official warned that climate change may trigger large price shocks and force rate-setters to tackle them with higher interest rates.
Tribes Say Challenge to Ancestral Footprints Should Be Tossed
A coalition of three native tribes asked a federal judge to toss Arizona Republicans’ challenge to President Joe Biden’s designation of a national monument on nearly one million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon.
Biden Curbs on Power Plant Pollution Collide With Demand
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.
Global Rulemaker to Let Companies Determine Net Zero Disclosures
A global standard-setter decided Thursday to let companies decide on their own when they should report the cost of their commitments to achieve net zero carbon emissions, rather than introducing specific requirements.
Dubai Flooding Was Up to 40% More Intense Due to Climate Change
Greenhouse gas emissions made recent deadly <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/stories/SC87A3T1UM0W","_id":"0000018f-1614-d583-afbf-d6dc6a690000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">flooding-bsp-bb-link> in the United Arab Emirates and Oman anywhere from 10% to 40% more intense than it would have been in the preindustrial era, according to a rapid analysis of the event by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) research initiative.
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Law Firms’ Fee Dispute Over Larry Nassar Suit Heads To Trial
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.
Reed Smith Recruits Partner Teresa Tate to San Francisco Office
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.
Morrison Cohen Leaders Tout Revised Pay for Firm Originators
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.
Tabloid CEO Says Trump Called Playboy Model a ‘Nice Girl’ (1)
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HUD Attorney Advances Some Bias Claims in Promotion Denial Case
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.
Drums, Rap Songs Punctuate Trump Protest Outside Supreme Court
Protesters yelled into megaphones, banged drums, shook bells and blasted popular songs bashing Donald Trump outside the US Supreme Court as the justices weighed the historic question of whether the former president should be immune from prosecution.
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