https://www.law360.com/energy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Energy Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Fri, 02 May 2025 07:23:37 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2334609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2334609 British energy giant Shell PLC said Friday that it will line shareholders' pockets with an extra $3.5 billion to carry on its buyback streak despite a 28% drop in its first-quarter earnings. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:05:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333424?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333424 Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives indicted over their alleged roles in a $1 billion bribery scandal objected Thursday to the possibility they could be sanctioned for failing to produce certain information in a civil suit brought by FirstEnergy investors, calling language in a special master's report "inappropriate" and potentially prejudicial. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:53:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332723?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332723 Drivers who claimed Audi of America LLC and Volkswagen Group of America Inc. sold them electric vehicles with defective batteries that could short circuit and catch fire while driving have never actually suffered this alleged issue, the automakers said in their bid seeking to dismiss the proposed class action. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:44:52 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333006 States that had asked the Eighth Circuit to revive vacated National Environmental Policy Act regulations are now abandoning their appeal because the White House has eliminated the standards — but they're still asking that a lower court's decision striking down the regulations be overturned. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:22:40 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332924 Power generator maker Generac Holdings Inc. asked a Wisconsin federal judge to permanently toss an investor suit over the company's alleged failure to keep up with a surge in business during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing the proposed class repeats arguments about Generac's sales disclosures that were previously dismissed. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:34:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2331850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2331850 A PetroSaudi unit continues fighting the Trump administration's bid to pause litigation to seize a $380 million arbitral award while related proceedings in Switzerland play out, saying a California federal judge has already denied its stay request once before. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:20:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333292?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333292 The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to eliminate a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule aimed at restricting industrial facilities' harmful air emissions after being reclassified as a less severe pollution source. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:53:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333097 The American Chemistry Council can move forward with its challenge to a since-withdrawn subpoena from the California attorney general tied to a plastics pollution probe, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:01:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333159?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333159 Arrow Field Services LLC has asked the Texas Supreme Court to wipe out a $20 million verdict for its general contractor on a North Dakota natural gas plant because the company "was in continuous default" during the project. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:16:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332519 While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell. Thu, 01 May 2025 14:23:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332980?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332980 The federal government sued to block two states' climate change Superfund laws and stop two other states from launching threatened lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, saying the states' actions jeopardize national energy security. Thu, 01 May 2025 14:05:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333075?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2333075 The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the third of three Congressional Review Act resolutions that would undo Clean Air Act waivers that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued for California's vehicle emissions programs. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:51:17 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332769?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332769 Sony could sell its semiconductor unit for $49 billion, while proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis is considering ending its practice of advising shareholder votes on politically charged topics, and AI startup Nscale plans to raise $2.7 billion in private capital to support the construction of data centers around the world. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:23:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332501 A Venezuelan state-owned petrochemicals company is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify which party has the burden of proving whether sovereign immunity applies in litigation targeting foreign countries, as it looks to dodge litigation to enforce a $23 million debt owed to a Florida chemical wholesaler. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:37:14 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332649?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332649 The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday granted the American Petroleum Institute's request to dismiss a suit challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior's 2024–29 offshore oil and gas leasing program after the government promised to develop a more industry-friendly plan. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:55:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332466?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332466 The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed two Congressional Review Act resolutions that would repeal clean-vehicle waivers for California that were approved by the Biden administration, leaving the fate of the measures up to the Senate. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:14:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332475 Guatemalan and Texas energy companies and several Texas residents are pushing to join a petition from oilfield services company Schlumberger NV to try to avoid being dragged into an arbitration through which US Oil of Guatemala aims to seek $230 million in damages over an allegedly mismanaged hydrocarbon project in Guatemala. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:01:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332562?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2332562 Amazon can sue a California-based private equity company and firms tied to a pair of Golden State solar energy developments for allegedly trying to sabotage the projects after signing long-term power purchase deals, a Washington state judge has ruled, rejecting jurisdictional arguments from the defendants. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:39:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2331748?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2331748 A North Carolina chapter of the NAACP wants to intervene in public water suppliers' forever chemical pollution lawsuit against Chemours and a Corteva subsidiary, saying the information the companies want to conceal should remain available.