Bloomberg Law: Environment

The Trump administration can’t shake a lawsuit over a hydropower dam operation’s impacts on endangered salmon species in the Pacific Northwest after a federal judge ruled environmental group’s case remains in the appropriate court. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Chubb Ltd. and BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. have a message for shareholders suing companies to demand action on environmental, social, and governance issues this year: Back off. news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/investors-…

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s argument that the state is immune from Enbridge Energy‘s lawsuit linked to the state’s effort to shut down the aging Line 5 oil and gas pipeline. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Data Center Backlash Forces States to Rethink Generous Tax Break news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo…

Maine’s Support for Farms With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Seen as Model news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Interior Department’s plans to allow oil, gas, and mine development in greater sage-grouse habitat in Montana and Wyoming are illegal, three environmental groups claim in a lawsuit filed Thursday. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Energy Department could save tens of billions of dollars if it adopted the Government Accountability Office’s recommendation to urge Congress to further clarify the meaning of high-level radioactive waste, the watchdog said. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The EPA’s biggest union, along with dozens of allied groups, called on the agency to withdraw 19 recent notices laying off employees working on environmental justice. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Court Allows Endangered Species ‘God Squad’ to Meet Tuesday (1) news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Freshfields’ highest-paid US partners are set to make $17 million or more apiece this year, thanks to changes in the firm’s compensation system. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

The Trump administration Monday dropped a legal challenge against two California cities over their bans on natural gas hook-ups, citing recent moves by both localities to rescind the policies. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

A DC Circuit panel on Tuesday struggled with the scope of factors the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was required to consider when approving Venture Global’s CP2 LNG export terminal project in Louisiana. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Board adopted a PFAS in consumer products rule Monday, adding the state to a handful of others working to phase the chemicals out of many products. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Trump administration is redefining a “ski area” in national forests to allow resorts to adapt to warmer winters as the climate changes, according to a Federal Register public inspection notice posted Tuesday. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Freshfields’ highest-paid US partners are set to make $17 million or more apiece this year, thanks to changes in the firm’s compensation system. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

The United Steelworkers and AFL-CIO have dropped their lawsuit challenging the EPA’s 2024 trichloroethylene rule to focus on a proposed revision of that rule, which the agency has said it will craft. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Interior Department’s plans to allow oil, gas, and mine development in greater sage-grouse habitat in Montana and Wyoming are illegal, three environmental groups claim in a lawsuit filed Thursday. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The EPA’s biggest union, along with dozens of allied groups, called on the agency to withdraw 19 recent notices laying off employees working on environmental justice. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Washington, DC’s law requiring newly constructed or improved buildings to be zero-energy by 2027 was upheld by federal court Thursday. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Court Allows Endangered Species ‘God Squad’ to Meet Tuesday news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…