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Latest News in Environmental

  • April 30, 2026

    Judge Gives $27M Settlement Final Nod In DuPont PFAS Case

    A New York federal judge has granted final approval to a $27 million deal between DuPont and the Hoosick Falls residents who claimed the company's chemicals contaminated their drinking water for years, damaging their property values and leaving toxic levels of "forever chemicals" in their blood.

  • April 30, 2026

    Verizon Slaps Landowner With Counterclaims Over Tower Lease

    Verizon is fighting back after a North Carolina federal judge declared that the lease for land a cell tower was constructed on is invalid, laying down a set of counterclaims accusing the landowner of using it to build up the site before canceling the lease.

  • April 30, 2026

    Wash. Tribes Beat Big Oil's Bid To Dismiss Climate Suits

    A Washington state judge refused on Wednesday to dismiss two Native American tribes' lawsuits accusing ExxonMobil, Chevron and other major oil companies of concealing climate change risks related to fossil fuels, rejecting the companies' arguments that federal law blocks the tribes' claims.

  • April 30, 2026

    Mass. AG, Auditor Brace For High-Stakes Constitutional Clash

    A closely watched separation-of-powers test is playing out in Massachusetts, where the Bay State auditor will argue to the state's top court in a hearing next week that the attorney general is stonewalling her from conducting a voter-approved audit of the state legislature.

  • April 30, 2026

    Northrop Grumman Drops Satellite Damage Suit In Va.

    A Virginia federal judge has approved Northrop Grumman's voluntary dismissal of its breach of contract lawsuit against Maryland-based subcontractor Element U.S. Space & Defense, which Northrop had accused of wrecking a $5 million solar satellite array and refusing to reimburse resulting damages.

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  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • State and international environmental regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Clean Air Act
  • Clean Water Act
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
  • Coastal Zone Management Act
  • Endangered Species Act
  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
  • National Environmental Policy Act
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  • Safe Drinking Water Act
  • Toxic Substances Control Act
  • Emissions regulation
  • Climate change rules
  • Cap-and-trade programs
  • Alternative energy initiatives
  • Offshore drilling regulation
  • State and international legislation and regulation
  • Environmental lobbying
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  • Pollution investigations and cleanups
  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Energy infrastructure projects
  • Renewable energy deals
  • LITIGATION
  • Pollution suits and toxic torts
  • Land- and water-use disputes
  • Environmental nuisance suits
  • Insurance coverage disputes
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of environmental practices

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