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.
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.
Trump-appointed industry representatives lost their appeal over the EPA’s decision to deny them spots on the agency’s clean air advisory committee, according to a decision issued Friday.
The EPA intends to develop a rule to let federal agencies and their contractors use restricted chemicals that are critical to the country’s economy, infrastructure, or national security.
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.
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.
South Africa’s energy ministry plans to secure funding approval soon for a 2,500-megawatt nuclear power plant in its efforts to increase electricity supplies, the local Sunday Times reported.
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U.S. Law Week summarizes selected splits among U.S. federal courts of appeals each month.
The EPA intends to develop a rule to let federal agencies and their contractors use restricted chemicals that are critical to the country’s economy, infrastructure, or national security.
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Republicans plan to bring a Congressional Review Act challenge to overturn Treasury Department final regulations on electric vehicle tax credits that Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said would send US tax benefits to China.
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC wants a rehearing in its case against the EPA’s new chloroprene limits, claiming in a Friday motion that the recent Supreme Court “Good Neighbor” ruling supports its bid to freeze the rule.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency agreed to conduct environmental analyses in order to settle a suit brought by the Mountain Area Preservation Foundation over its approval of a high-density development plan.
Armstrong Teasdale is getting out of Europe as it also reduces its US office footprint.
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Armstrong Teasdale’s former diversity leader is suing the law firm for race and sex discrimination.
OpenAI Inc. and GitHub Inc. escaped legal claims from open-source software programmers alleging the artificial intelligence coding tool Copilot replicated their code without proper copyright notices and licensing information.
The use of artificial intelligence in consumer bankruptcies poses potential privacy issues, among other concerns, if it’s not done with caution, the head of the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog said Friday.
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