https://www.law360.com/environmental?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Environmental Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 20:53:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332723?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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/environmental/articles/2333006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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 20:10:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332952?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332952 A Georgia jury heard in closing arguments on Thursday that C.R. Bard's medical sterilization plant wantonly polluted the air with ethylene oxide and caused a man's cancer, while the company said the man's exposure was nowhere near danger levels. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:26:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332760?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332760 A panel of insurance experts stressed in front of a U.S. Senate committee Thursday the importance of mitigation efforts, such as strengthening building codes and hardening homes, as the experts discussed how prices in the property insurance market have soared because of recent natural disasters across the country. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:20:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2333292?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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 18:10:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332913 A Hawaii federal judge preserved a tenant's claims that he was effectively evicted from his home when a landlord failed to identify or warn of water contamination caused by leaks in 2021 at a U.S. Navy fuel storage facility on Pearl Harbor. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:53:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2333097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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 17:08:23 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2333053?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2333053 A Ninth Circuit decision allowing a Guam group to challenge an Air Force permit renewal application to detonate expired munitions conflicts with precedent and threatens to burden permit applicants, agencies and courts, the U.S. government said in a rehearing petition filed Wednesday. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:16:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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/environmental/articles/2332980?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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/environmental/articles/2333075?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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/environmental/articles/2332769?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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/environmental/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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 22:37:14 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332649?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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/environmental/articles/2332466?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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 20:01:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332562?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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/environmental/articles/2331748?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/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. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:14:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332629 The school district for East Palestine, Ohio, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Norfolk Southern, claiming the railroad hasn't made good on its promises to help the district recover after a fiery derailment shook the town in 2023. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:12:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332482 Federal agencies and contractors face challenges from staff reductions, contract terminations, pending regulatory reform and other actions from the second Trump administration's first 100 days, but other areas stand to become more efficient and cost-effective, say attorneys at Thompson Hine. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:15:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332354?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/2332354 A Florida-based nonprofit organization that owns a high school in Guam accused its property insurer of underpaying its more than $5.1 million typhoon damage claim in bad faith, telling a Guam federal court Wednesday that all amounts due are "well within the value" of its policy.