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.
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.
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.
Battery-material maker <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f672-d583-afbf-f6fe404a0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Novonix, electric vehicle charger manufacturer <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f672-d583-afbf-f6fe404a0001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Wallbox and rare earth producer <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f672-d583-afbf-f6fe404a0002","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">MP Materials Corp. were among about 35 recipients of clean energy tax credits totaling nearly $2 billion that were announced Friday by the Biden administration.
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.
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.
The chief executive officer of the world’s main verifier of corporate emissions plans says he “deeply regrets” the confusion that followed a recent update that was widely interpreted as permission to ratchet up the use of carbon credits.
Battery-material maker <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f672-d583-afbf-f6fe404a0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Novonix, electric vehicle charger manufacturer <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f672-d583-afbf-f6fe404a0001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Wallbox and rare earth producer <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f672-d583-afbf-f6fe404a0002","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">MP Materials Corp. were among about 35 recipients of clean energy tax credits totaling nearly $2 billion that were announced Friday by the Biden administration.
Two commonly detected and well-known PFAS are hazardous substances under the nation’s Superfund law, the EPA announced Friday, through a rule that’s intended to protect public health by cleaning up contaminated sites but expected to increase litigation.
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.
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When Mike Cypert got the call that utilities in remote Texas communities were being hacked, he raced across his office to unplug the computer that ran his city’s water system.
As homeowners invest in solar panels, EV chargers, heat pumps and batteries, many are finding that a little electricity arbitrage can be addictive.
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.
Europe’s falling 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.
The US Supreme Court is set to consider whether federal judges must dismiss employment cases subject to mandatory arbitration or whether they should instead pause them pending the outcome of private dispute resolution proceedings.
John Koenigsknecht and David Stone have joined Crowell & Moring as partners in Chicago, the firm said Thursday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be punished by the state bar, if the bar proves his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election results was meritless, a Texas court of appeals ruled late Thursday.
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.
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