Japan to Release Fukushima Wastewater From Aug. 24, PM Says
Japan will begin a contentious plan to release treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 24.
Oil companies including Sunoco LP, Chevron Corp., and Exxon Mobil Corp. urged justices to dismiss a climate lawsuit they say falls outside of the scope of local law during oral arguments at the Hawaii Supreme Court.
Growing extreme-weather risks mean President
The Surface Transportation Board unlawfully authorized the construction of a new railway line in Utah’s Uinta Basin, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday, finding that the agency didn’t fully consider its environmental effects.
Renewable power developers blasted a US government
When flames ripped through the drought-parched town of Paradise in 2018, destroying homes and killing 85 in California’s deadliest-ever wildfire, it was a wake-up call to power
Japan will begin a contentious plan to release treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 24.
The Biden administration is pushing new constraints on offshore drilling and related activities in parts of the Gulf of Mexico inhabited by the Rice’s Whale, which industry leaders say could curtail oil development.
The American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corp., and other energy giants want the US Supreme Court to weigh in on a climate misinformation suit brought by the state of Minnesota.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is scrapping its reconsideration of status quo ozone rules in favor of a lengthier review, which clean air watchers say will leave many communities unprotected.
The US clean energy industry in a public hearing Monday encouraged the Treasury Department and the IRS to make adjustments to proposed rules on the direct payment of clean energy tax credits.
A Luxembourg-based firm that’s harnessing microwave technology to recover metals is looking to build a $440 million refinery in Texas to help quench demand for a key ingredient in electric-vehicle batteries.
A shareholder of Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc. sued the company’s executives and directors, alleging that they misled investors about supply chain challenges and cash advances paid to contractors for more than a year.
The Endangered Species Act requires the US Environmental Protection Agency to consult with other agencies before issuing recommended water-quality criteria, a federal judge ruled, vacating the agency’s standard for chronic freshwater cadmium.
Trump lawyer John Eastman‘s California disciplinary trial resumes Aug. 24 amid a tangle of legal issues including attorney-client privilege and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, an issue that’s become more acute since his indictment by a Georgia grand jury last week.
The US Department of Labor’s independent watchdog is launching a probe into the agency’s response to a recent surge in child labor violations in the US workforce.
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