Environment
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A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday said a rule the Obama administration put forth in 2015 to broaden the reach of the Clean Water Act can’t pass legal muster, marking the second time a federal judge has said the government must revisit the regulation… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California authorities on Wednesday once again put themselves at odds with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announcing a plan to phase out the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in the state after the federal regulator decided not to ban the chemical… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A group of Exxon Mobil Corp. investors sued the energy giant’s top officers in New Jersey federal court Tuesday, alleging they misled investors about the expected impacts of climate change on various aspects of the company’s business… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An environmental advocacy group sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, D.C., federal court on Wednesday, saying the agency had broken the law by failing to make a determination on a petition to list emperor penguins as a threatened or endangered species… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday told a California federal judge that Volkswagen AG was partly to blame for the lengthy time period between the revelation of the German automaker’s emissions scandal and the agency’s filing of its suit against the company… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 