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  • April 15, 2026

    Solar Co. Freedom Forever Hits Ch. 11 With Over $500M Debt

    California-based home solar panel installer Freedom Forever filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday with more than $500 million in debt, including $114 million owed to residential solar panel financing firm Mosaic.

  • April 14, 2026

    NAACP Sues Musk's XAI Over Data Center Pollution In Miss.

    The NAACP sued Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, Tuesday in Mississippi federal court over a Memphis, Tennessee-area gas power plant powering its data center, claiming it failed to secure permits for the plant, which emits "dangerous pollutants" affecting communities with "significant Black populations."

  • April 14, 2026

    Westlake Inks $67M Antitrust Deal With PVC Pipe Buyers

    Purchasers of polyvinyl chloride pipe urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to sign off on a proposed $67 million deal with Westlake Corp. that would put to rest allegations it and other PVC pipe producers conspired to fix prices, according to a motion filed in Illinois federal court.

  • April 14, 2026

    Red State AGs Fight Bid To Trim Suit Against BlackRock

    Republican attorneys general are opposing a bid by BlackRock and State Street to trim a suit accusing the asset managers of driving up coal prices, arguing that the firms' assertion that the suit cannot get past the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on federal antitrust damages claims is incorrect.

  • April 14, 2026

    EPA Sued Over Missed Deadline For Tougher Soot Limits

    A group of 17 organizations including the Sierra Club and the American Lung Association sued the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in California federal court Monday, alleging that the agency failed to meet a deadline to strengthen national air standards for soot.

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