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  • April 28, 2026

    Ohio Steel Co. Agrees To Spend $12M On Waste Cleanup

    Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has reached a proposed settlement to undertake at least $12 million worth of corrective measures to resolve a decades-old suit filed by the U.S. government in Ohio federal court over hazardous waste discharge at its Middletown Works steel production facility in the Buckeye State, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

  • April 28, 2026

    UAE's Exit From OPEC Could Hurt Smaller US Oil Producers

    The United Arab Emirates' forthcoming exit, announced Tuesday, from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to have limited immediate effects, but it would free the country from the cartel's oil production quotas and could eventually lower global oil prices.

  • April 28, 2026

    Feds Say 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Halts Ballroom

    Using language reminiscent of President Donald Trump's social media posts, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to dissolve his order halting construction of the White House ballroom, saying the historical preservation nonprofit that won the injunction suffers from "Trump Derangement Syndrome."

  • April 28, 2026

    Pipeline Violations Trouble 4th Circ. As Gas Co. Fights Stay

    A Fourth Circuit panel repeatedly pressed state enforcers and counsel for Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC during oral arguments Tuesday, questioning how language baked into water quality certifications would protect local streams and wetlands given the company's history of permit violations.

  • April 28, 2026

    EPA Creates A Legal Haze With Emissions Plan Rejections

    The Trump administration is advancing a novel constitutional argument in its efforts to keep fossil fuel-fired power plants open, which, if sustained in court, could pose new challenges for states trying to hold up their end of the Clean Air Act.

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