The Biden administration is using the technology to research how to source, extract, and process critical minerals safely and in an environmentally responsible way in the United States.
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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.
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.
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.
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 UK’s incoming Labour government could turn to carbon and road usage taxes to raise revenues as it seeks to grow the economy and stabilize public debt, the International Monetary Fund said Monday.
A hydroelectric dam operator lost its bid to throw out Maine’s denial of a license reapplication and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s order upholding it.
Midwest Ozone Group and a coalition of Republican-led states are looking to pause air toxics standards governing mercury and heavy metal emissions while litigation proceeds over the EPA’s authority for the rule.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) lost her bid to dismiss a challenge from Enbridge Energy LP against Michigan’s order to shut down the company’s Line 5 pipeline.
California water companies can return to a rate model that reduces their incentive to sell more water, after the California Supreme Court on Monday tossed a state agency’s order to disband the practice.
During a webinar, Bloomberg Law reporter Kimberly Robinson, Bloomberg Government analyst Karl Evers-Hillstrom, and Bloomberg Law principal legal analyst Erin Webb spoke with Executive Editor Jo-el Meyer about the Loper Bright decision’s impact on the courts, agencies, and Congress going forward. As of Monday morning, five courts have cited the ruling to block Biden administration policies, and nine cases were sent back to lower courts for reconsideration. Many more agency rules are likely to face challenges—including environmental, tax, and health-care regulations.
Federal courts are starting to navigate the reach of agency rulemaking power following the June 28 decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn the decades-old Chevron doctrine.
Equinor Energy LP was denied a sales tax refund by the North Dakota Supreme Court because the company’s separators don’t qualify for an exemption for certain oil and gas drilling equipment.
Rising temperatures are killing a growing number of people around the world. Academics, doctors and government officials are struggling to keep track.
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is billing WeWork Inc. for over $48 million in attorney fees and expenses for representing the co-working space company in its bankruptcy.
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Michele Wightman has joined Weightmans as part of the firm’s strategy to grow the individuals segment and strengthen its national private wealth offering, the firm said Monday.
A federal appeals court won’t take disciplinary action against a judge who banned a female assistant US attorney from appearing in his courtroom.
A biotech company that was sued over its merger with a blank check company has resolved the lawsuit for $60 million, settling claims against the law firm Cooley LLP in the process.
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