Senate Passes Russian Uranium Import Ban, Sending to Biden
The Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the measure to the president. President
The Biden administration has come up short in advocating meaningful steps in international talks toward curbing harmful plastic pollution, a leading Senate Democrat says.
Democratic lawmakers in the US lambasted oil companies in a new report on Tuesday, claiming that the industry has engaged in “an elaborate campaign of deception and doublespeak” to forestall meaningful climate action and sustain their outsized profits.
A ballot initiative would nix a program that compels big emitters to pay for their pollution, as opponents blame it for driving up fuel costs.
The Biden administration finalized new energy efficiency standards on Tuesday for residential water heaters, the latest in a slew of appliance standards that promise consumer savings and emissions cuts.
All consumer and most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride are prohibited under a final rule the EPA issued Tuesday as the first of several coming regulations restricting solvents.
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 Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the measure to the president. President
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Elon Musk has upended a deal the White House saluted early last year to open Tesla Inc.’s electric-vehicle chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s EV agenda.
Allegheny Wood Products Inc. agreed to voluntarily dismiss its case against the US Fish and Wildlife Service for rejecting a permit for the company’s timber harvest and housing development project.
President Joe Biden “looks forward” to signing legislation barring the import of Russian enriched uranium into law, the White House National Security Council said in a statement Wednesday.
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The EPA is requiring states to consider tribal water rights when establishing water quality standards under a new rule finalized this week, according to a Federal Register public inspection notice published Wednesday.
An advisory group of US securities dealers and investors said the Treasury could consider exploring the sale of green bonds, which would put the US among nations that have been marketing their debt to funds focused on environmental causes.
Savi Hebbur has joined White & Case as a partner in London, the firm said Wednesday.
Trader Joe’s Co. will have to pay $120,000 to cover attorneys’ fees a union comprising some of its employees spent defending a trademark infringement lawsuit, a California federal judge ordered, noting a need to discourage “meritless claims.”
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Carrie Collier-Brown has joined Husch Blackwell as a partner in the Austin, Texas, office, the firm said Wednesday.
Chang-Do Gong has joined Clifford Chance as a partner in the US mergers and acquisitions practice, the firm said Wednesday.
Todd Lowther has joined Clifford Chance as a partner in the tax practice in the Houston office, the firm said Wednesday.
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