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.
Energy company attempts to circumvent a Hawaii high court ruling should fail on jurisdictional errors alone, according to a US Supreme Court brief filed by the city and county of Honolulu on Wednesday.
Fervo Energy Co. told a Texas federal judge turbine supplier Ormat Technologies Inc.'s motion to dismiss a lawsuit related to a patent dispute for jurisdictional reasons ignores the multiple times they made contact in the Lone Star State.
About $17.3 million in attorneys’ fees awarded in a class action suit over oil and gas royalty payments were vacated because notification procedures weren’t properly followed, the Tenth Circuit said Wednesday.
A landmark youth climate lawsuit was dealt a blow on Wednesday with the Ninth Circuit granting a government request to have the case tossed.
San Francisco’s failure to maintain its sewer system has caused billions of gallons of untreated sewage to discharge into the surrounding bay, causing a health hazard to the public, a lawsuit from the Justice Department said.
A group of investment firms are a step closer to getting a potential $600 million return on a $5.6 million funding deal in a lawsuit tied to the bankruptcy of Sanchez Energy Corp.
A group of 4,000 Navajo families had some of their claims dismissed regarding the US government’s alleged maladministration of a land trust, but can still pursue grievances concerning the government’s duty to manage leasing and rights-of-way on the land.
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Conservation groups lost their bid to halt federal agency approvals for Revolution Wind LLC’s wind project off the coast of Rhode Island after a federal judge said a step was skipped.
For decades, residents of eastern Queens in New York City have complained that they’re more likely to lose power when extreme weather hits, even as lights in other parts of the city stay on. A new study that looks at power outages across New York state suggests they’re right. Its broader conclusion — that different areas, even within the same neighborhood, can be more vulnerable to power outages — aren’t just limited to New York.
A small company that repairs McFlurry ice cream machines and is taking on McDonald’s Corp. in court wants a judge to reject its former law firm’s request for at least $7 million in fees.
Columbia Law School in New York is offering an optional pass/fail grading scale as the university struggles to deal with Pro-Palestine student-run encampments on its campus.
Sullivan & Cromwell is starting a national security practice as the US increasingly emphasizes corporate enforcement that overlaps with security interests.
A group of investment firms are a step closer to getting a potential $600 million return on a $5.6 million funding deal in a lawsuit tied to the bankruptcy of Sanchez Energy Corp.
Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is strongly encouraged to appear in a Texas courtroom next week to address claims he defended Musk against defamation without permission from the court, a judge said Wednesday.
A new federal rule that bans the use of worker noncompete agreements in health care has focused attention on the nonprofit health sector, and its near-blanket exemption from the terms of the new regulation.
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