/environmental?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Environmental Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:42:40 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350684 An "apparent software malfunction" caused the U.S. Supreme Court's order list to be issued early Friday, orders in which the justices granted certiorari in four cases and refused to take up a long list of other ones, including cases centered on Pennsylvania's election system and the Obama Presidential Center. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:56:38 +0000 /environmental/articles/2282108?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2282108 The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to consider claims that federal agencies failed to complete a full environmental review of plans to construct the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:43:03 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350463?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350463 Texas renewable energy companies dodged another bullet when several bills that would have restricted development died in the state Legislature a second time, but the industry remains on guard for future attempts to more tightly regulate renewable projects. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:42:47 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350406?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350406 A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday affirmed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's construction deadline extension for the Mountain Valley Pipeline's southern spur, with one judge characterizing a suit challenging it as "typical" of litigation that has stymied American progress. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:12:58 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350571?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350571 A Wyoming federal judge awarded more than $5 million in attorney fees and expenses Friday to attorneys for a class of landowners that accused an oil extraction company of hoarding permits to block oil and gas projects. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:23:05 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350623?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350623 The Sixth Circuit on Friday partly revived drivers' claims alleging General Motors deceptively marketed Chevrolet Cruze vehicles as clean vehicles when they were actually outfitted with emissions-cheating software, punting a question of preemption back to Michigan federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:06:52 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350533?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350533 California homeowners accused AAA and USAA of systematically undervaluing the replacement cost of their homes all while advertising adequate coverage and financial security, telling a state court that many cannot now afford to replace or rebuild their homes following the wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:56:48 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350283?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350283 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday said it's considering altering a Biden-era rule intended to increase participation in voluntary conservation programs, and asked the public for input. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:53:47 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350255?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350255 A Long Island tribe is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a Second Circuit ruling that rejected its challenge to New York's regulations on eel fishing harvests, arguing that if the decision is held, it would set a precedent allowing district courts to give up their gatekeeping roles on expert testimony. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:05:51 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349915?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349915 Peru breached its U.S. trade agreement by imposing $417 million in penalties and interest on the unpaid royalties of an Arizona-based mining company's local operator, the company said while asking international arbiters to partially annul an award that it claimed mistakenly ignored the issue. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:42:45 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349304 U.S. Steel is fighting subpoenas from neighbors suing the steelmaker over alleged nuisance emissions from its facilities outside Pittsburgh, claiming that recommendations, reports and data from two consultants in the wake of a 2018 fire were covered by various privileges and confidentiality agreements. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:15:29 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350460?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350460 The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday that vehicle fuel economy standards issued by the Biden administration improperly factored electric vehicles into the calculus, resulting in overly stringent standards that the Trump administration will soon revise. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 /environmental/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Â鶹´«Ã½ School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:20:34 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350329?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350329 A split Fourth Circuit panel has blocked a South Carolina federal judge's order directing the federal government to restore 32 congressionally funded grants that were frozen by the Trump administration, while casting doubt on nonprofits' and cities' legal challenge. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:23:58 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350000?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350000 Civil litigation firm Goldberg Segalla LLP has added a trial lawyer who is an expert in complex asbestos litigation, product liability, personal injury and commercial litigation matters to its toxic torts and environmental law group in Garden City, New York. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:21:42 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350469 In this week's Taxation With Representation, Chart Industries Inc. and Flowserve Corp. merge, Aedifica NV and Cofinimmo NV unite, Sanofi buys Blueprint Medicines Corp., and Kimberly-Clark Corp. sells a majority stake in its international tissue business to Suzano. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:14:40 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350081 A "sparse and self-serving" record provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still shows the agency unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees en masse, so a California federal court can reach a final decision now and "unwind" those terminations, a coalition including unions and advocacy groups said Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:24:09 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350096?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350096 A group of environmental and food sustainability nonprofits hit the U.S. Department of Agriculture with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court Thursday, accusing the Trump administration of unconstitutionally exceeding its authority by abruptly rescinding nearly 600 grants via "minimally edited form letters" that had errors and lacked detailed explanations. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:56:27 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349720?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349720 The U.S. Department of Justice pushed to keep its water quality expert in North Carolina federal court on Wednesday, saying that the Camp Lejeune toxic water plaintiffs' critique of him was "fundamentally flawed" and experts on both sides relied on some of the same science. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:11:35 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350065?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350065 A Washington, D.C., federal judge Thursday upheld the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rule that raises eligibility requirements for submitting shareholder proposals, disagreeing with investor advocacy groups that the requirements "severely impair" investors' input on corporate policies.