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Latest News in Energy
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February 04, 2026
Albright Axes Texas' Anti-ESG Law As Unconstitutional
Texas' law restricting state investments with financial firms and businesses that want to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels is both "overbroad and unconstitutionally vague," a federal judge has ruled, handing a sustainability-focused business group a summary judgment victory.
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February 04, 2026
Exxon, Shell Say Oil Cos. Can't Be Sued For Wash. Heat Death
Fossil fuel giants including Exxon Mobil and Shell pressed a Washington state judge Tuesday to toss a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over a 2021 Seattle heat wave death, saying the plaintiff family cannot use Evergreen State law to extract damages from oil corporations for harm allegedly caused by more than a century of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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February 04, 2026
PacifiCorp Urges Appeals Court To Scotch Broad Fire Liability
The power utility PacifiCorp argued to an Oregon appeals court Wednesday that broad-brush trial evidence and class certification issues require overturning a 2023 verdict that made the company liable to property owners for wildfires around the state on Labor Day 2020.
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February 04, 2026
Coal Miner Accuses Colorado Energy Co. Of FLSA Violations
A Kentucky coal miner accused a Colorado energy company in a proposed collective action Wednesday of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by forcing employees to work more than an hour of overtime every workday without pay.
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February 04, 2026
EPA Can't OK Calif. Engine Emissions Rules, 9th Circ. Told
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to determine whether California's plan to set tighter emissions rules for off-road engines warranted a Clean Air Act waiver before giving the go-ahead to the Golden State, industry groups have told the Ninth Circuit.
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