Environment
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The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday refused to dismiss Oberlin, Ohio’s challenge of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the $2.1 billion Nexus gas pipeline, even though the city has granted permanent pipeline easements to the pipeline’s developer… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The California Coastal Commission on Wednesday handed down a record $15.6 million fine against a developer for an alleged “bait and switch” related to a hotel project in Santa Monica that saw two lower-cost motels knocked down to clear the way for a high-priced hotel… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California environmental authorities announced on Tuesday that they have decided to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to negative health impacts that has been at the center of a federal lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to also prohibit the product… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday waived a slew of environmental protection and conservation laws that it said could hinder the construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, repeating a move that previously landed the agency in federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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DuPont Co. and Chemours Co. will have to face a trimmed version of a proposed class action alleging that the companies failed to stop toxic chemicals from a North Carolina factory from polluting the Cape Fear River, according to a Friday filing in North Carolina federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 