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  • November 12, 2026

    NextEra Says Avangrid Wants To Show Dems 'Parroted' Claims

    NextEra Energy Inc. sparred with developer Avangrid Inc. in dueling Massachusetts federal court briefs over the latter's bid to restart discovery, which NextEra cast as an attempt solely to show that Democratic state attorneys general and senators have "parroted" Avangrid's allegations of blocked competition.

  • November 12, 2026

    DC Circ. To Decide If EPA Needs Stricter Incineration Rules

    The D.C. Circuit will decide whether the Environmental Protection Agency has been violating the Clean Air Act by declining to set standards for all types of incinerators, something two environmental groups say the law intended but the agency has refused to do for 25 years.

  • November 12, 2026

    Colo. Enviro Group Says Herbicide Threatens Protected Mice

    An environmental nonprofit urged a Colorado federal judge to block Boulder County from using drones to spray herbicides across 2,400 acres north of Boulder, alleging the "indiscriminate" spraying will kill and otherwise harm a threatened mouse species native to the area.

  • November 12, 2026

    Colo. Appeals Court Won't Rehear Emissions Rule Challenge

    The Colorado Court of Appeals said Thursday that it would not rehear environmental advocacy groups' challenge to a state agency rule on emissions monitoring, leaving intact a panel's October ruling that determined the rule "heightens, increases or raises" criteria for pollution permits beyond those already in place.

  • November 12, 2026

    6th Circ. Rejects Fraud Claims Over $600M Train Deal

    Ohio residents who waived personal injury claims for extra payments from a $600 million settlement with Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern Corp. over a 2023 train derailment can't reclaim their right to sue the railroad giant, the Sixth Circuit ruled.

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