The US Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the longstanding Chevron doctrine will ramp up pressure on energy regulators to further explain why their actions are in the public interest, energy attorneys said.
A New York judge dismissed a lawsuit by a conservative group against city pension funds over their decision to sell billions of dollars in fossil-fuel investments, in a rare bright spot for proponents of environmental and social investing.
The federal government owes the state of Alaska millions, if not billions of dollars in royalties and revenue after the Biden administration canceled oil and gas leases in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
California’s waiver to set its own vehicle emissions rule flies against EPA authority and sets unrealistic expectations for manufacturers, according to a US Supreme Court petition for review filed Tuesday.
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.
Trump-appointed industry representatives lost their appeal over the EPA’s decision to deny them spots on the agency’s clean air advisory committee, according to a decision issued Friday.
A federal court voided on Friday an EPA order that required manufacturers test a chemical they make to find out if it’s harmful, marking the first judiciary opinion about a power Congress first granted the agency in 2016.
Permitting consultants and lawyers say they’re hearing from developers anxious to know the effects on their projects of the US Supreme Court’s recent decision restricting courts’ deference to agency actions.
The Restaurant Law Center and associations representing home builders and the hospitality industry are challenging Denver’s ordinances limiting the use of natural gas appliances.
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Voters in California this November will get a chance to decide if the state should borrow another $20 billion from Wall Street.
More than half of the Permian Basin oil facilities in New Mexico investigated by federal and state environmental authorities in April could be subject to penalties and other enforcement actions after they were found to be emitting excess pollution.
As Britain’s center-left Labour party sweeps into power this morning, winning 411 of the 650 seats at the last count, it’s worth remembering what is happening among its allies.
The Biden administration’s oil and gas ban across much of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on the state’s Arctic coast violates Congress’ mandate to keep the region open to drillers, the state of Alaska argued in a federal lawsuit.
Enviva Inc. investors failed to adequately allege the wood-pellet energy company misled them about its products’ environmental benefits in stock offering documents and other statements over the course of two years, a federal court ruled.
Armstrong Teasdale is getting out of Europe as it also reduces its US office footprint.
Glydways Inc. has hired JoAnn Covington as its new chief legal officer, a little more than a month after the robocar network startup secured $76 million in financing from investors led by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Suzuki Motor Corp.
Attorneys who spearheaded a cartel class action against some poultry giants are set to receive $51.7 million under a slightly reduced fee award that stemmed from objections raised by a class member.
Ricardo Zimbrón has rejoined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as a partner with its global antitrust practice in London, the firm said Wednesday.
Deniz Tschammler has joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in the corporate department and as a member of the healthcare & life sciences practice in Frankfurt, Germany, the firm said Thursday.
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