Bloomberg Law: Environment

The EPA is trying to change a key regulatory definition to let companies more quickly build AI data centers under a proposed rule it plans to issue. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

John Quinn has been celebrating the 40th anniversary of the law firm he founded by expounding on what he has learned running it all these years. Sunday, he seemed to give one more lesson: Don’t be sentimental about your exit. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

The Trump administration unlawfully began painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool basin blue without conducting the required consultations before altering a registered historic landmark, a new lawsuit alleged. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

A tug-of-war is playing out in a uniquely Utah fight over whether a dirt track road scratched out of the desert by Mormon settlers more than 140 years ago should be smoothed out for travelers. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

A federal appeals panel offered few hints as to whether the Environmental Protection Agency’s relaxed emissions calculations lawfully holds polluters accountable. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The EPA withdrew a Biden-era proposed rule to clarify that significantly harmful materials could be managed under one of the major hazardous waste control laws. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Lawmakers are preparing to vote on expanding the use of corn-based ethanol fuel, marking the potential culmination of a years-long debate as policymakers look for ways to bring gas prices down. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

The Interior Department will finalize in June its rollback of a Biden-era regulation granting greater protections for federal land and allowing groups to lease public land for conservation efforts. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The EPA withdrew a Biden-era proposed rule to clarify that significantly harmful materials could be managed under one of the major hazardous waste control laws. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan founder John Quinn is stepping down from managing the firm he founded. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

A group of Native American tribes and advocacy organizations won their bid to temporarily halt a drilling project approved by the US Forest Service in South Dakota’s Black Hills. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/sou…

The EPA missed a key deadline to preempt state commercial chemical regulations under federal law, opening the door for states to regulate more than a dozen chemicals and highlighting concerns about the pace of the agency’s oversight. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

A federal appeals panel will determine whether the Trump administration may allow projects releasing air pollution to include future offsets to possibly avoid a federal review of new facility construction. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Michigan Clean Energy Project Rules Mostly Blessed by Court news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/mic…

The Interior Department transferred 1.4 million acres of public lands along Alaska’s Dalton Highway to the state in part to promote mining, the agency announced. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The NAACP and environmental organizations asked a judge Wednesday to order Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. to stop operating dozens of natural gas turbines powering a Memphis-area data center project until it has permits and “pollution controls” to protect locals. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

US charges that three M&A lawyers exploited client secrets for financial gain raise questions as to how they got hired at seven different Big Law firms over the course of their alleged crime spree. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

The EPA unveiled a new online mapping tool to help developers and government officials quickly tell which agency has jurisdiction. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Department of Energy unlawfully directed Sable Offshore Corp. to defy state regulators and court orders to stop pumping oil, California said in a new court filing asking a judge to block the department’s emergency order. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Trump administration is taking the first steps to potentially remove the imperiled Rice’s whale from the endangered species list to promote oil drilling, according to a notice published Monday. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…