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Environmental Protection Agency

Mar 31, 2026

U.S. exempts Gulf of Mexico drillers from protecting endangered species

A federal panel, convened for the first time in more than three decades, voted unanimously on March 31 to exempt oil and gas drillers in the Gulf of Mexico from […]

Jun 25, 2025

SCOTUS resuscitates challenge to Calif. emission rules

SCOTUS rules 7–2 that fuel producers have standing to challenge EPA approval of California’s electric vehicle and emissions regulations.

Marcus Muhammad, mayor of Benton Harbor, Mich., has governmental immunity in a lawsuit over lead contamination in the city’s water system, a federal court ruled Wednesday. (Associated Press file)
Aug 30, 2024

Court dismisses mayor from water quality lawsuit

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — An appeals court dismissed a Michigan mayor from a lawsuit that accuses local officials of mismanaging problems with lead-contaminated water. The court’s decision Wednesday reversed an […]

The Biden administration has proposed shifting marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to the less restrictive Schedule III. (Depositphotos.com)
Jul 2, 2024

What to expect if marijuana rescheduling is approved

The evolving cannabis industry faces uncertainty under the proposed rescheduling of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, potentially impacting medical-use businesses significantly while adult-use businesses may still navigate federal legal constraints.

Cases awaiting decisions this term from the U.S. Supreme Court range from presidential immunity involving former President Donald Trump to abortion to homelessness. (Associated Press file)
Jun 21, 2024

SCOTUS has much to do, little time left to do it

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is headed into its final few weeks with about a third of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape […]

Black smoke rises Feb. 6, 2023, over East Palestine, Ohio, after authorities blew up part of a derailed Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials. (Associated Press file)
May 24, 2024

Railroad to pay modest $15M fine in Ohio derailment

The federal government agreed to a modest $15 million fine for Norfolk Southern over last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the railroad promised to pay more than […]

May 20, 2024

SC joins challenges to EV mandates

COLUMBIA — South Carolina has joined two lawsuits challenging federal and California mandates that seek to boost the use of electric vehicles. The state and 23 other states filed a […]

Environmental cleanup specialists work in mid-September at one of the last remaining residential asbestos cleanup sites in Libby, Mont. (The Missoulian file)
Apr 23, 2024

Jury: BNSF contributed to 2 deaths by asbestos exposure

HELENA, Mont. — A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was […]

‘The EPA's new rule has more to do with advancing President (Joe) Biden's radical green agenda than protecting Kentuckians' health or the environment,’ said Kentucky’s attorney general, Russell Coleman, who is a leader among 24 state attorneys general suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its new fine particle pollution rule. (Associated Press file)
Mar 7, 2024

24 states sue EPA rule over soot rule

WASHINGTON — Twenty-four Republican-led states filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Biden administration rule that sets tougher standards for deadly soot pollution. Republicans, led by attorneys general from Kentucky […]


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