Bloomberg Law: Environment

Justice Elena Kagan told lawmakers she hadn’t read a chapter on climate science that drew objections from conservative attorneys general before writing the forward for a reference manual for federal judges. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ka…

The Trump administration is reconsidering plans to convert a New Jersey warehouse into an immigration detention facility, despite previously telling a federal court that the agency abandoned such efforts. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Thirteen environmental groups on Tuesday asked federal courts in California and Washington state to throw out the Trump administration’s deletion of the Endangered Species Act’s definition of “harm.” news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Trump administration’s decision to use the Supreme Court’s unraveling of Chevron deference to delete the word “harm” from the Endangered Species Act is likely to expose the government to swift legal challenges. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

President Donald Trump shrank Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, opening the door to possible drilling, mining, and other development on formerly-protected lands. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Destroying an imperiled species’ nest or habitat is no longer illegal unless it’s intentional under the Trump administration’s rollback of the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The EPA’s new proposal to ease truck pollution standards marks at least the third time this year that the agency has floated a rule that doesn’t consider the monetized value of human health effects. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The EPA will unveil on Tuesday a new plan to let more coal plants benefit from a pending coal ash rule. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

NEW: President Donald Trump shrank Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments Monday, opening the door to possible drilling, mining, and other development on formerly-protected lands. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Two New York counties failed to convince the Second Circuit on Monday that New York City’s congestion pricing program violates drivers’ rights to travel through Manhattan. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/nyc…

The EPA’s new proposal to ease truck pollution standards marks at least the third time this year that the agency has floated a rule that doesn’t consider the monetized value of human health effects. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Destroying an imperiled species’ nest or habitat is no longer illegal unless it’s intentional under the Trump administration’s rollback of the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Federal food safety officials will expand monitoring of heavy metal contamination to processed meat, poultry, and egg products for the first time under a cross-agency memorandum of understanding updated Friday. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

The Trump administration aims to reclassify more federal workers under a new quasi-political designation that makes them easier to fire, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said Friday. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Destroying an imperiled species’ nest or habitat is no longer illegal unless it’s intentional under the Trump administration’s rollback of the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act finalized Friday. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Defense Department is urging a federal court to dismiss a challenge from renewable energy groups trying to get the agency to conduct an analysis essential for offshore wind development. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

A federal appeals court has stricken a sentence alleging improper EPA conduct during notice-and-comment rulemaking from the court’s May decision about a toxic flame retardant. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The Department of Homeland Security was barred from converting a warehouse in Arizona into an immigration detention center until it completes an environmental review, according to a court order. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The owners of the Keystone Pipeline System entered into a settlement Friday with the Environmental Protection Agency and Kansas under which they agreed to pay more than $26 million in damages for a 2022 oil spill. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The nation’s electric grid is being pushed to the limit by an explosion in data centers, domestic manufacturing, large industrial loads, and widespread electrification, the Energy Department said in a draft study. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…