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#1 Supreme Court Dealt Blows to EPA and Environmental Protections
Jul 1 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court delivered setbacks to environmental interests in a series of recent rulings including by further restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority and relaxing requirements for...
#2 Newsom Signs Bill Overhauling California’s Landmark Environmental Law
Jul 1 2025 // Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that will remake California’s landmark environmental protection rules, an overhaul that he says is essential to address the state’s housing shortage and...
#3 US Supreme Court Sets Test for Which Courts Can Hear EPA Cases
Jun 19 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court established rules of the road on Wednesday to determine when lawsuits challenging actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions should be...
#4 Ryan Transactional Risk Launches Environmental Practice Product
Jun 25 2025 // Ryan Transactional Risk announced the launch of a new product that will specialize in insuring the risk of cost overruns for environmental remediations and clean-ups. Ryan Transactional Risk Enviro is providing...
#5 Groups Notify Musk’s AI Company of Intent to Sue Over Facility Pollution in Memphis
Jun 18 2025 // The NAACP and an environmental group said Tuesday that they intend to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI over concerns about air pollution generated by a supercomputer facility located near...
#6 EPA Orders Cleanup Following Battery Fire at California Energy Storage Facility
Jul 11 2025 // A company has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a cleanup in the wake of a lithium-ion battery fire that occurred at the company’s energy storage facility in...
#7 Justices Back Temporary Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Site
Jun 18 2025 // The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste at a temporary site in west Texas over the objections of local landowners and oil and gas operators. Voting 6-3,...
