The American Petroleum Institute and two oil companies say the federal government's own admission that the Ninth Circuit made some errors in finding regulators wrongfully approved dozens of permits for fracking off the Californian coast is all the more reason the U.S. Supreme Court must review the decision.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule Wednesday that would expand federal regulations requiring the safe management of coal ash dumped at operating and retired power plants, which are currently unregulated at the federal level, in a move an environmental advocate called "a really big deal."
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia pledged Wednesday to oppose every Biden administration nominee for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency amid news that the agency plans to propose a rule on Thursday regulating coal and gas-fueled power plants.
A textile and chemical manufacturer has agreed to permanently eliminate its use of "forever chemicals" by the end of the year, resolving Clean Water Act claims under a settlement struck Tuesday in Georgia federal court between itself, an environmental group and a northern Georgia town.
A federal judge slashed the claims of 350 residents of Flint, Michigan, who are seeking damages related to the city's water crisis from the EPA, ruling they failed to provide the agency proper notice of their individual allegations.