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  • October 13, 2026

    DC Circ. Mulls Whether EPA Can Set Waiver Post-Deadline

    The D.C. Circuit is set to decide if the Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to go back and change the amount of renewable fuel that gas-producing companies have to make in a given year after the deadline for doing so has passed.

  • October 13, 2026

    Colo. Panel Probes Challenge To Large-Scale Feedlot Permit

    The Colorado Court of Appeals challenged environmental groups' opposition to a permit allowing large-scale animal feeding facilities to operate without certain monitoring requirements, but pressed counsel for both parties on Tuesday on the permit's purpose amid potential pollution to the state's waterways.

  • October 13, 2026

    Judge Halts Tree Clearing In Trump DC Golf Course Plan

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge Tuesday ordered the Trump administration not to fell any more trees on a public golf course it's seeking to rebuild, days after the government cleared over 400 trees from the park.

  • October 13, 2026

    GKN Isn't Covered For Toxic Chemical Emergency, Court Told

    A Chubb unit told a Texas federal court Tuesday that a pollution exclusion bars coverage to GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. for underlying lawsuits and a civil investigation stemming from the overheating of a storage tank in California that led to toxic emissions and the evacuation of thousands of residents.  

  • October 13, 2026

    Standing Rock Tribe Seeks To Halt DAPL Over Spill Risks

    The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is again asking a D.C. district court to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, arguing that a decision to approve a new 25-year easement for the channel has a flow rate of nearly double the capacity in which it was originally authorized.

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