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  • October 29, 2025

    Greenpeace Gets Dakota Pipeline Damages Cut To $345M

    A North Dakota state judge Wednesday reduced a jury's $666 million damages award against Greenpeace to $345 million in litigation claiming the group falsely disparaged the Dakota Access Pipeline project during environmental protests, finding that some of the damages awarded by the jury weren't backed by evidence.

  • October 29, 2025

    DOE's Data Center Proposal May Spark Grid Policy Turf War

    The Trump administration's push to convince the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to enable the connection of data centers to the interstate transmission system may ignite a legal turf war with states over their authority to regulate retail electricity sales.

  • October 29, 2025

    BP Unit Sued Over Wash. Refinery's 'Noxious Odor' Emissions

    BP Products North America was hit with a proposed negligence class action in Washington federal court on Tuesday, alleging it emitted noxious odors from its oil refinery that damaged nearby properties, forcing some residents to retreat to Airbnb homes for temporary relief from the foul smells.

  • October 29, 2025

    5th Circ. Backs FERC's Approval Of Pacific NW Pipeline

    The Fifth Circuit has affirmed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a TC Energy Corp. natural gas pipeline, rejecting states' claims that FERC didn't fully consider costs to consumers and green groups' claims that an environmental review was inadequate.

  • October 29, 2025

    Climate Change Heat Death Suit Returns To Wash. State Court

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday sided with the Seattle-area family of a woman who died during a 2021 heat wave, sending their first-of-its-kind wrongful death suit against oil and gas giants like Exxon back to state court.

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