Environmental restrictions in the Biden administration’s draft plan to open up public lands for solar development could make many proposed projects impossible to build, developers and some environmental groups have told federal officials.
More than $630 billion in unfunded clean water infrastructure is needed nationally by 2042 to treat wastewater, control stormwater, and prevent pollution in streams, EPA said in a report published Tuesday.
Business groups and trade associations are seeking a quick win against the Environmental Protection Agency in their challenge to a final rule that they say imposed “impossible-to-meet” water quality standards for Washington state.
New York City will take control of 120 acres of Brooklyn’s coastline, intending to develop a rugged patch of land into housing, retail, green space, and a modern, environmentally friendly port.
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is calling for a halt to the implementation of EPA’s latest carbon emission rules, according to a request filed late Monday.
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 IRS told the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at oral argument Wednesday that it needed to act quickly to stop a known tax shelter when it issued guidance on conservation easements in the last few days of 2016, but the judges seemed concerned about the precedent it could if it let the rule stand.
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service authorized commercial cattle grazing on a Montana wildlife refuge without completing long-promised monitoring studies or determining whether grazing was necessary to benefit wildlife, two conservation groups said in a federal suit.
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First Solar and Qcells are among the companies seeking duties on cells and panels from several major Asian suppliers, saying the equipment is being unfairly subsidized and priced below the cost of production. They have cast their petition as a way to help US solar manufacturing, as President Joe Biden tries to wrest control of green energy supply chains away from China.
The US needs to shield Americans from the risks posed by artificial intelligence while promoting the emerging technology with at least $32 billion in annual government spending to stay ahead of rivals like China, according to a highly anticipated policy blueprint from a bipartisan group of senators.
In search of greener solutions to traditional demolition, a cadre of designers, architects, advocates and thrifty do-it-yourselfers are exploring ways of reducing and diverting the building waste stream.
The world’s understanding of global warming changed dramatically when scientists started to document long-term temperature trends using tree rings, ice cores, sediment layers and other natural temperature monitors.
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Womble Bond Dickinson has elected a new US chair, Merrick Benn, in its first leadership change since the firm’s creation.
Paul Weiss’ rapidly growing London office is advising on the latest bid for Britain’s Royal Mail by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.
<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-7d01-de3b-adcf-ffa3032a0001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Frank McCourt, a real estate mogul with ambitions to improve the web, said he plans to build a consortium to bid for social media app TikTok’s US business.
Nate Bolin and David Allman have joined K&L Gates as partners in its antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice in Washington, the firm said Wednesday.
Cahill Gordon & Reindel is opening a new office in Wilmington, Delaware as it expands its cryptocurrency practice with three new partners, the firm announced Wednesday.
Brett Kavanaugh proved fastest among the three Supreme Court justices who ran the ACLI Capital Challenge, though he got beat by the solicitor general.
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