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• January 16, 2019

  Westmoreland Says It Will Seek To End Union Contract

  Saying it was unable to get the benefits concessions it needs under its postpetition financing arrangement, Westmoreland Coal told a Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday it plans to ask permission to reject its contracts with the United Mine Workers of America.

• January 16, 2019

  Republic Metals Lenders Fight Ch. 11 Examiner Appointment

  The senior lenders for Republic Metals Refining Corp. on Wednesday told a New York bankruptcy judge that a U.S. Trustee request for an independent examiner to check on the ownership of the company’s inventory would be a waste of time and money.

• January 16, 2019

  Enviros Lose Fight Over BLM's Nevada Oil & Gas Lease Sale

  A Nevada federal judge rejected claims brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management did not conduct a thorough environmental review before offering oil and gas leases on nearly 200,000 acres of land.

• January 16, 2019

  Vistra Coal Plant Can't Dodge Enviros' Emissions Claims

  An Illinois federal judge told a Vistra Energy Corp.-owned coal-fired power plant it should avoid “arguing around the edges” of his earlier finding that its emissions violated the Clean Air Act, but declined to immediately rule in favor of environmental groups looking to hold it accountable for recent violations.

• January 16, 2019

  PG&E's Ch. 11 Is Climate Change Wake-Up Call For Utilities

  Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s plan to seek bankruptcy protection to address crippling liabilities for California wildfires should ring alarm bells for utilities, regulators and lawmakers in other states and force them to examine whether the current utility business model can accommodate climate change-related risks to energy infrastructure, policy experts say.

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