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  • August 24, 2026

    Enviro Groups' Drilling Suit Lacks Imminent Harm, Judge Says

    Environmental groups sued too early over a move last year by President Donald Trump to revive the prospect of Arctic oil and gas leasing in offshore areas that prior administrations deemed off-limits, an Alaska federal judge ruled Monday, saying the plaintiffs have not demonstrated a "substantial risk of imminent harm."

  • August 24, 2026

    Nevada Challenges Feds' Plan For Colorado River Shortages

    Nevada on Monday asked a federal judge to block a framework for Colorado River water cuts the Trump administration finalized, arguing that a flawed review and analysis threaten to put shortages on the backs of it and two other lower basin states.

  • August 24, 2026

    DOJ Seeks To Beat UC Researchers' Challenge Of Grant Axings

    The U.S. Department of Justice argued on Friday that the Trump administration should prevail over University of California researchers' challenges of the termination of their grants, telling a California federal judge that the First Amendment doesn't apply to competitively awarded grants.

  • August 24, 2026

    EPA, States Defend Cleanup Deal In Talc Co. Whittaker Ch. 11

    The government, joined by California and Montana, is defending a proposed settlement in former talc supplier Whittaker Clark's New Jersey Chapter 11 case, saying a group of personal injury creditors' objection mischaracterized the $16.5 million deal.

  • August 24, 2026

    Calif. Takes Trump Admin Pipeline Fight To 9th Circ.

    California has asked the Ninth Circuit to review a district court's rejection of its bid to block the Trump administration's reopening of a controversial coastal oil pipeline, which a judge said was a valid use of federal emergency authority under the Defense Production Act.

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