/environmental?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Environmental Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US 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. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:11:08 +0000 /environmental/articles/2350059?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2350059 Sixteen states have pressed a Washington federal judge to block the Trump administration from cutting off congressionally approved funding for electric-vehicle charging infrastructure projects, saying state budgets and procurement processes are being upended by the administration's unilateral actions. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:29:43 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349470?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349470 The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County provides needed clarity for infrastructure projects by expressly directing agencies to narrow environmental reviews, and reducing the threat of litigation if even tangential issues are not exhaustively evaluated, say attorneys at Dentons. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:36:30 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349707?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349707 Vermilion Energy Inc., advised by Torys LLP and Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, said Thursday it has struck a deal to sell its remaining U.S. assets for $120 million in cash, completing its exit from the country and continuing its broader plan to refocus on long-term, gas-weighted assets in Canada and Europe. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:36:07 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349796?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349796 The U.S. Department of the Interior is doling out $130 million to help states and tribes redevelop former coal mine sites. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:54:59 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349910?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349910 An Illinois federal judge on Thursday dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to expand a disposal site that stores sediments dredged from Chicago waterways, citing the agency's withdrawal of its decision over the Lake Michigan shoreline facility. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:08:07 +0000 /environmental/articles/2348202?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2348202 Honduras has urged an international tribunal to dismiss arbitration claims two Guatemalan citizens lodged seeking roughly $160 million for broken agreements involving a solar plant, calling them "an abuse of the investor-state dispute settlement system." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:56:10 +0000 /environmental/articles/2328074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2328074 After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:49:50 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349567 A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday asked a coalition of states and a clean-energy advocacy group for more specifics about the harm they alleged will be caused by the Trump administration decision to pause wind farm permitting, and said he wanted to move forward with a trial "promptly." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:45:21 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349498?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349498 California land that is transferred to a federally recognized Native American tribe would be exempt from state real estate transfer tax under a bill passed in the state Assembly.  Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:04:38 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349522?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349522 The owner of an abandoned northwest Georgia chemical plant filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against its former owner-operators alleging that they left hundreds of drums of toxic waste behind, resulting in its new owner facing federal prosecution and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:49:04 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349482 The U.S. Department of Transportation said Wednesday that the California high-speed rail's overblown budget and ongoing mismanagement indicate that there's "no viable path" to completing the project on schedule, so the federal government is preparing to pull nearly $4 billion in funding. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:00:06 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349403?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349403 A Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday questioned why firefighting foam maker Kidde-Fenwal did not include in plan disclosures details about the recoveries its creditors can expect under its Chapter 11 proposal, as the debtor prepares to send its reorganization plan out for a vote. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:36:51 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349205 A California federal judge ordered the Trump administration Wednesday to explain why preparations for layoffs at the State Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development do not violate an injunction she issued last month, saying she needed more details about the agencies' plans to evaluate their compliance. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:29:36 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349191?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349191 The U.S., Idaho and Native American tribes have hit Nu-West Industries Inc. with a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act lawsuit, alleging that hazardous substances from phosphate mining are being generated and disposed of at a dump site owned by the company within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:23:22 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349247 As initial reporting deadlines for California's new climate reporting laws approach, guidance provided by the California Air Resources Board in a virtual public workshop sheds some light on rulemaking to come, and how to prepare for compliance during this period of uncertainty, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:29:07 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349284?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349284 A North Carolina biogas company has been ordered to fork over a six-figure judgment in an ongoing legal battle with its lenders as a sanction for flouting a state court order related to its pursuit of a renewable energy project. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:31:00 +0000 /environmental/articles/2348823?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2348823 A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision confirms that government approvals for a large gold mine in Alaska should not be thrown out even if an agency botched some aspects of an environmental review, the company behind the project told a federal judge. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:21:42 +0000 /environmental/articles/2349107?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /environmental/articles/2349107 Chart Industries Inc. and Flowserve Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at $19 billion, giving it the "scale and resilience" needed to compete, with Winston & Strawn LLP and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP providing legal guidance.