The Environmental Protection Agency received a mixed ruling from the Sixth Circuit on Friday over an environmental challenge concerning whether the greater Detroit area complied with Clean Air Act standards.
The Interior Department and a North Dakota coal mining company won their joint bid to get rid of litigation between them over a coal lease application that was allegedly overdue years for review.
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Conservation groups lost their challenge to a US Forest Service rule meant to expedite logging near communities vulnerable to wildfires after a federal judge said the lawsuit was premature.
The EPA’s silicone chemical risk evaluation doesn’t acknowledge many ways the compound gets into the environment and people’s bodies, according to a scientific advisory panel.
Several states asked the US Supreme Court to hear a case regarding a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to temporarily store nuclear waste, arguing the outcome will affect states that want to have a say in where it’s stored.
The Environmental Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, and nine other health and environmental groups filed a petition for review Wednesday against a final action that punts compliance dates for methane limits in the oil and gas sector.
Kirkland & Ellis added a pair of trial lawyers from Orrick LLP as the firm continues a hiring binge in its litigation practice.
The most recent shakeup over the FDA’s top drug regulator position is adding to uncertainty within the pharmaceutical and biotech industry over how one of the most powerful agency centers will be led.
The EPA says more than 600 PFAS chemicals are in the marketplace in the U.S. While states are racing to regulate PFAS, while the federal government lags.
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