President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to ease restrictions on the use of a tax-exempt variety of diesel, his latest bid to pare costs for the fuel ahead of November’s midterm elections. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

Weston Solutions Inc. can perform a $67 million advisory and assistance services contract for the US Environmental Protection Agency in several mid-Atlantic states, despite Tetra Tech Inc.'s claim that the agency improperly eliminated its bid. news.bloomberglaw.com/federa…

The US Supreme Court wrestled with whether to allow state and local lawsuits blaming oil companies for climate change, as the justices opened their new term with a clash carrying big stakes for the environment and the energy industry. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…

The permitting overhaul package Senate lawmakers unveiled last week is likely to pare down, though not completely eliminate, litigation arising from projects that fall apart due to a shaky federal permitting outlook. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

Kirkland & Ellis partner Allison Murphy is joining Baker McKenzie to co-head the congressional investigations practice, weeks before the midterm elections are set to decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill. news.bloomberglaw.com/busine…

This video explores the history, impact, and legal scrutiny surrounding executive orders, with a focus on the expansive use of this presidential tool by Donald Trump. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…

The Trump administration’s new foreign tourist fees at national parks have been bad for business and constitute an overreach of the executive, an Arizona tour group said in a complaint. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

The Department of Homeland Security is blocked from constructing a planned US-Mexico border wall through Big Bend National Park in Texas under a preliminary injunction granted Friday. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

Public and private sector scientists say standardized laboratory methods are needed for regulators to get data they can use to address growing public concerns about microplastics. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

A federal judge is allowing the Department of Homeland Security to proceed with a plan to build a border wall through Texas’ Big Bend National Park, which the agency says it may scale back. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

Opinion: Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy’s products are speeding up climate change, but the energy giants are positioning to stick consumers with the bill. They appear to have a sympathetic ear in Chief Justice Roberts, writes a former DOJ and EPA lawyer. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-…

Independent investigators couldn’t verify that the Department of Government Efficiency protected sensitive federal data at half a dozen agencies at the beginning of the Trump administration, according to a new report from congressional auditors. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

The Trump administration violated numerous federal laws in approving the expansion of an Arizona zinc-and-manganese mine, two environmental groups said in a complaint. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

The Justice Department’s challenge to animal welfare laws protecting egg-laying chickens in California survived the state’s motion to end the suit. news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…

Coalitions of 22 states, five cities, and six environmental groups challenged the Trump administration’s recent fuel economy final rule in three federal cases filed Friday. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

The Department of Homeland Security is blocked from constructing a planned US-Mexico border wall through Big Bend National Park in Texas under a preliminary injunction granted Friday. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

A national business trade organization is appealing a recent federal court ruling upholding an Oregon law that requires plastics producers to pay into a recycling program for their products. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

The Justice Department’s challenge to animal welfare laws protecting egg-laying chickens in California survived the state’s motion to end the suit. news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…

Opinion: The US Supreme Court should hold in Suncor that the Clean Air Act displaces, precludes, and preempts climate-related public nuisance claims, George Mason University law professor Donald Kochan says. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-…

A federal judge is allowing the Department of Homeland Security to proceed with a plan to build a border wall through Texas’ Big Bend National Park, which the agency says it may scale back. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…