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Overturned Chevron Sets up Steeper Courtroom Hurdles for EPA

The Supreme Court’s decision to kill long-standing adherence to agency interpretation will force environmental regulators to play a tougher judicial defense.

Chevron Death Puts Agencies on Notice for Tougher Legal Brawls

The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a decades-old judicial test on the scope of agency authority gives opponents a clearer legal path to challenge rules—and a fresh headache to regulators trying to defend them.

Alaska Oil, Gas Rule Draws Lawsuit Alleging Agency Overreach

An organization of communities in Alaska’s far north sued the Bureau of Land Management Friday over a rule they said “turns a petroleum reserve into millions of acres of de facto wilderness.”

Revive Youth Climate Suit, Members of Congress Tell Ninth Cir.

Members of Congress urged the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider the Juliana v. US youth climate lawsuit a panel dismissed in May.

Power Grid Rule Won’t Survive Post-Chevron, FERC Regulator Says

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s rule aimed at smoothing out power grid planning is in jeopardy following the US Supreme Court’s rollback of Chevron adherence to agency interpretations, a member of that commission said Friday.

Rare Toads or Clean Energy? An Environmental Law Fight in Nevada

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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Citgo Auction Planner Asks Delay of Sale Hearing Until September

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Hollywood Pushes Climate Stories, Solutions to Center Stage

In a one-on-one conversation about climate change, US Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm talked about growing clean energy production. But her counterpart wasn’t a policy wonk; it was Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins.

UK Energy Supplier Ovo Weighs Options Including Sale, Sky Says

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California Fights to Keep Insurers Despite Fire Risk

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Labor Enforcers’ Policy Strategies Will Get Post-Chevron Rewrite

Federal agencies that enforce labor and employment laws will have to adjust their regulatory and litigation strategies following the US Supreme Court’s decision to gut a legal doctrine that directed courts to accept how agencies interpret unclear laws, attorneys said.