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Latest News in Energy
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January 30, 2026
DOE-Created Climate Panel Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Energy violated the law when it formed a climate change science advisory panel that environmental groups alleged was created to undermine findings on the harmful impact of greenhouse gas emissions.
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January 30, 2026
3rd Circ. Backs 'Modern Icarus' Conviction, Cuts Restitution
The Third Circuit affirmed Friday the fraud and identify theft conviction of a former clean-energy company CEO who characterized himself as a "modern Icarus" in his appeal, but held that the lower court wrongly ordered him to pay $100,000 in victims' attorney fees in addition to $1.1 million in restitution.
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January 30, 2026
Defamation Litigation Roundup: Grok, Drummond, Bravo Star
In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights a suit against Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company over reported sexualized deepfakes of women generated by its flagship model, as well as a verdict in favor of a coal company in its defamation and racketeering case against a former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner.
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January 30, 2026
8th Circ. Affirms Toss Of ND Tribal Landowners' Pipeline Suit
The Eighth Circuit Friday refused to revive a group of landowning Three Affiliated Tribes members' lawsuit accusing oil pipeline operator Andeavor of trespassing across their North Dakota reservation lands, with a panel majority concluding that the members had no federal common law trespass claim.
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January 30, 2026
Trump Says Court Can't Review Rule Delay For Chemical Cos.
The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal judge to nix a lawsuit by green groups that claim it violated the Clean Air Act by postponing emission standard compliance deadlines for 50 chemical manufacturing facilities, arguing they lack standing since they fail to sufficiently allege injury from all facilities that received exemption.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- State and international energy regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Energy infrastructure and efficiency programs
- Emissions regulation
- Climate change rules
- Cap-and-trade programs
- Alternative energy initiatives
- Offshore drilling regulation
- Energy lobbying
- International energy regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Emissions rules enforcement
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
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- Land- and water-use disputes
- Antitrust cases
- Breach of contract disputes
- Insurance coverage suits
- Intellectual property issues
- International trade disputes
- Labor and employment suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings
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- Personnel moves
- Profiles of energy practices
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