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Latest News in Energy
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December 11, 2025
Alaska Natives Say Arctic Oil Project Ignores Enviro Risks
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management failed to properly evaluate the environmental impacts of ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.'s seismic and exploration drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaskan natives and green groups said Thursday in a new lawsuit.
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December 11, 2025
DC Judge Seeks US Guidance In $173M Russia Award Suit
A District of Columbia federal judge on Wednesday held off deciding whether to restart long-delayed litigation filed by one of Russia's largest oil companies to enforce a $173 million arbitral award against Ukraine, instead ordering the Trump administration to indicate whether it wants a say in the matter first.
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December 11, 2025
FEMA's Freeze On Disaster Mitigation Funds Ruled Unlawful
The Trump administration unlawfully terminated Federal Emergency Management Agency funds intended to pay for disaster mitigating projects, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday, describing the case as an "unlawful executive encroachment on the prerogative of Congress to appropriate funds" for specific purposes.
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December 11, 2025
Judge Slams Eaton Expert For Offering Legal Analysis
A report submitted by one of Eaton's expert witnesses in its acquisition financing trial overstepped the limits of an expert's role, offering legal rather than economic analysis and seeming to advocate for the company, a U.S. Tax Court judge said Thursday.
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December 11, 2025
New Russia Energy Sanctions Add Compliance Complexity
Recent U.S. and U.K. designations of Russian oil companies and related entities, as well as a new sanctions package from EU, mark a significant escalation in restrictions on the Russian energy industry and add a new layer of regulatory complications for companies operating in the global energy sector, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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