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August 28, 2026
An inspector warned Nippon Dynawave Packaging that a storage tank at its paper mill in Washington state was unfit for service and at high risk of failure roughly 10 months before the vessel ruptured in May and flooded the plant with corrosive liquid that left 11 employees dead, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board reported Friday.
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August 28, 2026
A coalition of industry groups and 25 states led by Kentucky and West Virginia have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a D.C. Circuit decision that upheld a challenged rule imposing tighter nationwide limits on soot pollution.
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August 28, 2026
Two Native American tribes urged a Washington state judge Friday to preserve their climate change tort claims against ConocoPhillips, contending there's a "clear connection" between the oil company's Washington ties, its alleged actions downplaying the dangers of burning fossil fuels and the tribes' purported injuries.
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August 28, 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against the Trump administration and Golden State Wind LLC, claiming the government unlawfully used a $120 million buyout of the company's offshore wind energy lease to end the renewable energy project and facilitate fossil fuel development.
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August 28, 2026
A federal judge's endorsement earlier this month of the Trump administration's restart of a pipeline over California's objections will likely embolden the federal government to override state opposition to energy project development, but the ruling won't be the last word on the legality of such moves.
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