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Sable Offshore, Exxon lose ground in Santa Barbara permit-transfer dispute
The judge's tentative decision on Sable and Exxon's constitutional law claims didn't address the companies' writ petition to vacate the denial of the permit transfer.
Keystone Pipeline operator will pay $26.8M+
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The EPA and Kansas filed a proposed consent decree with the Keystone Pipeline’s owner and operator to resolve claims that a December 2022 rupture, which leaked almost 13,000 barrels of oil into Mill Creek, violated the Clean Water Act. The company agreed to pay $26.8 million in civil penalties, will complete about $40 million of work to prevent future discharges and agreed to put $3 million toward the state’s restoration projects to preserve natural resources.
Major carmakers handed dieselgate victory in UK
Manufacturers will still face a second trial in October to determine a level of damages.
Judge denies environmentalists pause on California water projects
Conservation groups say the large water infrastructure projects in Northern California could harm vulnerable salmon, trout and sturgeon populations.
Judge halts roundup of wild horses in Arizona
Wild free-roaming horses will continue to rove national forests in Arizona and New Mexico after a judge granted a preliminary injunction to stop removal of the equines.
New York sues 3M, DuPont over ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
State Attorney General Letitia James says a group of manufacturers concealed the dangers of PFAS chemicals from the public, even as they phased out their use.
Europe scorched by hottest June on record as heat deaths top 8,000
It's the “new normal”: Europe keeps breaking heat records, and a strong emerging El Niño could make things worse.
Trump settles suits challenging Biden-era oil restrictions in Alaska
Federal officials characterized the dismissals as a “correction of the prior administration’s congressional obstruction.”
Judge pauses BLM plans to relocate Northern California wild horses
While a planned roundup of wild horses in Northern California scheduled for September was put on hold, a Native American tribe failed to stop the federal government from removing horses in an area in Eastern California this week.
Environmental groups brawl with New Jersey over future of interstate gas pipeline
Environmentalists accuse New Jersey regulators of fast-tracking the pipeline project without proper public comment or environmental protections.
Specialty farmers adapt harvests, protect crops in face of extreme heat
Smaller farms often plant and harvest a wide variety of crops throughout the year. Part of that is a business decision, but it's also to protect against losses that might impact one crop, but not others.