Environmental Archive » February, 2026

Environmental - February, 2026

242 articles

• Energy Transfer Secures $345M Greenpeace Judgment
• Exxon's Bid To Pause Tribes' Climate Suit Met With Skepticism
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: Exxon, Steelers, R&B Singer
• Trump Admin Says 9th Circ. Can't Revive Energy Orders Suit
• Sunoco Sued Over Pipeline Leak In Philly-Area Neighborhood
• State, Federal Policies Complicate Fuel And Carbon Markets
• Marine's Heart Attack Should Speed Up Cases, Court Told
• AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness
• Army Corps Fights Bid To Void Alaskan Gold Mining Permit
• Taxation With Representation: Linklaters, Wilson Sonsini
• Reed Smith Leads Climate Tech Biz In $850M US SPAC Deal
• Self-Driving Truck Startup Raises $113M Before SPAC Merger
• Florida Admits Fed Funds For Immigration Facility Unlikely
• Toyota Nears OK On $436M Class Deal Over Forklift Emissions
• Judge Won't Block Trump's White House Ballroom Project
• Senator Moves To Dismantle Utah National Monument Plan
• Co. Says $1.3B Gov't Fire Retardant Deal Props Up Monopoly
• PacifiCorp Hit With $305M Verdict For Oregon Fire
• Judge Orders Dam Spill To Protect Columbia River Salmon
• Feds Seek To Pause Fight Over Stopping Empire Wind Project
• What New Packaging Waste Laws Mean For Franchisors
• BlueScope Turns $11B Bid Down But Still Open To Talks
• Longtime Civil Rights Attorney Joins DiCello Levitt In DC
• Vanguard Will Pay $29.5M To Settle Red States' ESG Suit
• Feds Ask For Early Win In Forest Service Timber Targets Suit
• Playing Piano Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• EPA's Cancellation Of Solar Program Is Illegal, States Say
• 9th Circ. Upends $8M Asbestos Verdict Against BNSF
• BP Says Wash. 'Odors' Suit Smells No Better 2nd Time Around
• BLM Nom Faces Sen. Committee Heat Over Public Lands Stance
• Enbridge Cites 'Painful' Risk In Bid To Delay Line Shutdown
• Mass. Town Targets Georgia-Pacific, Honeywell In PFAS Suit
• Winston & Strawn-Led SPAC Mozayyx Prices Upsized $261M IPO
• Engie To Buy UK Power Networks At $21.4B Enterprise Value
• Squire Patton Boggs Adds Senior Interior Dept. Counsel
• NYC Energy Storage Guidance Clarifies Compliance Pathways
• Builders Lose Bids To Toss NJ Town's Suit, DQ Counsel
• Feds Sue Mich. Exotic Pet Dealer Over Inspections
• 6th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Sotera Toxic Gas Investor Suit
• DC Circ. Presses Gov't On Reason For $20B EPA Clawback
• Enbridge Opposes High Court Exam Of Mich. Immunity Claims
• 4th Circ. Nixes Tree Farm Plans For Va. Golf Community
• Mich. Judge Bars 'Hearsay' Testimony In Flint Water Trial
• 11th Circ. Clears Path For CFPB's Clean-Energy Loan Rule
• Justices Wary Of Moving Pipeline Suit To Federal Court
• How States Are Using Antitrust Principles In Climate Litigation
• AI-Generated Doc Ruling Guides Attys On Privilege Risks
• Gibson Dunn, Sidley Guide $2.2B CECO, Thermon Deal
• Stop & Shop 'Flushable' Wipes Suit Voluntarily Thrown Out
• Interior Department Finalizes NEPA Rollback For Public Lands
• High Court Crafts Escape Hatch In Review Of Climate Torts
• Monsanto Tells High Court US Law Trumps State Label Rules
• Chemical Co. PQ Contaminated Port Of Tacoma, Suit Says
• Tribe Says Poll Shows Ariz. Voters Oppose Copper Mine
• Wolverine Says Michigan's PFAS Demands Exceed Settlement
• PosiGen Gets OK For Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan
• Apple Snuffs Out Suit Over 'Carbon Neutral' Claims, For Now
• Alaskan Village Asks Court To Block BLM Land Decision
• Xcel Energy Will Replace Utility Poles After Historic Wildfire
• NJ Statehouse Catch-Up: Family Leave, PFAS, Farmland Tax
• States Back Challenge To IRS Nix Of Wind, Solar Safe Harbor
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Bracewell
• Justices Won't Review Conviction In $1B Renewables Fraud
• Justices Will Mull Future Of State Climate Torts
• Chemical, Carpet Cos. Fight To End Landowners' PFAS Suits
• Wash. Man Admits To Role In $100M Oil Investor Crypto Con
• PacifiCorp To Pay Feds $575M Over Calif., Oregon Wildfires
• Chemours, Koura Beat Rivals' Refrigerant Antitrust Suit
• NC Panel Won't Review DuPont PFAS Nuisance Appeal
• DuPont Atty's Clerkship Leads Judge To Reconsider Recusal
• Colo. Town Says Water District Can't End Agreement Yet
• 4th Circ. Backs $1.1M Roof Verdict Against Church Insurer
• PVC Pipe Buyers Want To Get Price-Fixing Discovery Moving
• Monetizing EV Charging Stations For Long-Term Success
• Reel Justice: 'Sentimental Value' And Witness Anxiety
• Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital
• Up Next At High Court: Cuban Seizures & Removal Deadlines
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Sidley
• Groups Fight Trump Arctic Drilling Plan Over Wildlife Risks
• Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Simpson Thacher
• Calif. EV Waiver Fight Faces 'Significant' Hurdles, Judge Says
• Texas Tornado Ruling Puts Policy Definitions In Spotlight
• FERC Won't Restore Ban On Pipeline Work During Appeals
• 3M Wants Michigan Landfills' Contamination Suit Tossed
• Squires Accepts 8 PTAB Cases, Walks Back 7 Merits Referrals
• Tax Court Slashes $115M Easement Deduction
• Property Co. Denies Connection To Hawaii Temple Access Suit
• Locations, Permits And Power Are Key In EV Charger Projects
• Travelers Must Defend Ag Co.'s Herbicide Suit, With Limits
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton
• Willkie Adds Energy Regulatory Partner From Troutman In DC
• Trump Orders Weedkiller Glyphosate Production Hike
• Trivia Competition Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• BakerHostetler Adds Contaminants Pro From DLA Piper
• Duke Energy's $17M Fuel Cost Recovery Improper, Panel Says
• Va. Energy Sues Feds Over $144M Funding Clawback
• Trump Admin Illegally Cut Billions In Energy Funds, AGs Say
• DTE Energy Hit With $100M Fine In Clean Air Act Action
• Pine Gate Can Wind Down Biz In Ch. 11 Post-Asset Sales
• SEC Plans To Repeal Biden-Era Rule On ESG Fund Names
• EPA Hit With Suit Over Repeal Of Climate Rule
• Feds Release $130M NY, NJ Gateway Hudson Tunnel Funds
• State And Int'l Standards May Supplant EPA's GHG Rule
• BlueScope Gets $11B 'Final' Bid From SGH, Steel Dynamics
• Clarifying A Persistent Misconception About Settlement Talks
• Kirkland Leads Ovintiv's $3B Oklahoma Anadarko Basin Exit
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Kelley Drye
• Law School's Missed Lessons: What Cross-Selling Truly Takes
• NC Town Files Latest PFAS Suit Against 3M, DuPont
• Okla. Officials Look To Toss Creek Nation's Hunting Suit
• Waste Co. Republic Sued Over Alleged Seattle River Pollution
• Pa. Quarry Can't Shut Down Norfolk Southern's Sinkhole Suit
• States Say FEMA Ignoring Disaster Mitigation Funding Order
• Tick, Tock: Maximizing The Clock, Regardless Of Trial Length
• How Cos. Can Prepare For Calif. Recycling Label Challenges
• Groups Sue Over National Parks' Removal Of Historical Signs
• How AI Data Centers Are Elevating Development Risk In 2026
• Wisconsin Tribe Fights Enbridge's Line 5 Shutdown Delay
• Bayer AG Unveils $7.3B Deal For Roundup Users
• 100% 'Buy America' Push May Stall EV Charging Supply Chain
• Senior Community Says Insurer Owes Millions In Coverage
• Feds Resist Sierra Club's Bid To Enforce Border Wall Deal
• DOI Looks To Nix Calif. Tribes' Suit Over Real Estate Project
• Liberty Unit Seeks Coverage Repayment For Bio-Lab Fire
• Judges On AI: Practical Use Cases In Chambers
• Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
• Fuel Credit Regs Clear Clouds Over Middleman Sales
• Taxation With Representation: Homburger, Lenz & Staehelin
• Creek Nation's Ala. Burial Site Claims Face Dismissal Bids
• 'Conjecture' Frees Duke Energy From Climate Change Suit
• Blair's Think Tank Urges UK Gov't To End Energy Windfall Tax
• EPA Targets High Court Do-Over With GHG Rule Repeal
• IRS Guidance Offers Relief In Energy Credits' Sourcing Limits
• Trump Admin EV Funding Cuts Suits Merged In Wash. Court
• Solar Co. PosiGen Control Suit Dismissed In Conn.
• Split 4th Circ. Denies Stay Lift In CertainTeed Unit's Ch. 11
• Calif. Insurance Chief Backs Smoke Standards Bill
• Maxeon Dodges Investor Suit Over Financial Disclosures
• 2nd Circ. Declines To Block TRO On Gateway Tunnel Project
• Town Officials Off Hook For Railroad's Axed Superfund Deal
• Washoe Tribe Reclaims 10,274 Acres In Sierra Nevada
• Greenberg Traurig Leads Arko Petroleum's Upsized $200M IPO
• Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Beveridge & Diamond
• Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• EPA Sews Up Repeal Of GHG Endangerment Finding
• Fed. Circ. Backs $85M Patent Antitrust Verdict Against Ingevity
• AGs Warn Cos. Plastic Initiatives May Break Competition Laws
• Trump Directs DOD To Purchase Power From Coal Plants
• 'Unflappable' Mass. Judge Emerges As Trump Foil
• Calif. Will Allow Property Tax Break For Some Tribal Land
• What NY's GHG Reporting Program Means For Oil, Gas Cos.
• Justices' Monsanto Decision May Fix A Preemption Mistake
• Sidley, Fried Frank Steer $1.5B Great Lakes Dredge Deal
• Sustainability Investor Raises $2.4B In Latest Fund Close
• Weil, Latham Lead Solar Project Builder's $513M IPO
• Justices Asked To Review $600M Train Derailment Deal
• Feds Float Strict 100% 'Buy America' EV Chargers Mandate
• IHS To Phase Out Mercury Dental Fillings By 2027
• Suit Claims OxyChem Is Ducking Superfund Cleanup Costs
• 9th Circ. Panel Wary Of Reviving Wash. Gas Appliance Suit
• Delaware Justices Bar Damages For Invalid Noncompetes
• Voltage Infringing Shoals' Solar Patents, ITC Judge Rules
• FERC Wins DC Circ. Backing In Power Auction Fight
• How States Are Advancing Enviro Justice Policies
• Presidio Seeks $1B Debt To Fund Deals After SPAC Merger
• Georgia Lawmakers Revive PFAS Liability Shield Bill
• Occidental Petroleum Atty Joins Greenberg Traurig In Calif.
• Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts
• NJ Panel Nixes Amusement Park Co.'s Luxury Housing Suit
• 9th Circ. Judge Casts Doubt On Feds' Grant Condition Stance
• Chemical Cos. Move To DQ Law Firm From NJ Water Suit
• Feds, MTA Spar Over Due Process In Congestion Pricing Fight
• Data Center Builders, Power Suppliers Duel For Project Needs
• Texas AG Slams Animal Processing Plant's 'Death' Smell
• 9th Circ. Sides With Forest Service In $33M Ore. Wildfire Suit
• GAO Says Protester Not 'Interested Party' In $1.3B Contract
• 6 Firms Guide Plan To Create $17B Transocean Drilling Giant
• As Federal Enviro Justice Policy Goes Dormant, All Is Not Lost
• Renewable Fuel Co. Owner Cops To $6M Tax Credit Scheme
• North Dakota, DOJ Near Settlement In Dakota Access Appeal
• Courts' Rare Quash Of DOJ Subpoenas Has Lessons For Cos.
• Feds Get Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze During Appeal
• US Backs Bid To Halt Line 5 Shutdown On Wis. Tribal Lands
• 'Very Bizarre': Trump's Funding Freeze Appeal Vexes DC Circ.
• NY Judge Allows Funding For $16B Tunnel To Continue
• Northrop Grumman Sues Testing Co. For Satellite Mishap
• 3 Firms Lead TPG's Stake Acquisition Of Sabre Industries
• As Federal Water Regs Recede, Calif.'s Permitting Tide Rises
• EPA's Air Review Rule Backed By Industry Groups
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, S&C, Wachtell
• 8th Circ. Says Farmer Must Face Water Dispute In Tribal Court
• 6 Questions For Incompas CEO Chip Pickering
• PacifiCorp Owes $2M In Latest Wildfire Trial
• Energy Dept. Defends University Grant Cost Cap To 1st Circ.
• FERC's Grid Planning Policy Revamp Is Proper, 4th Circ. Told
• Atlanta Settles Enviro Group's Suit Over Chattahoochee River
• Timbisha Tribe, Green Groups Sue BLM Over Mining Plan
• Conn. Town's PFAS Case Against 3M, Others Sent To MDL
• Kodiak Gas Nabs Distributed Power Solutions For $675M
• Animal Rights Group Fights Mich.'s Coyote Hunting Rule
• Radiation Standard Shift Might Add Complications For Cos.
• Trump Admin Finalizes Rule Facilitating Federal Worker Firings
• News Orgs Urge 1st Circ. To Reject Lobster Industry Libel Suit
• Teaching Logic Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Albright Axes Texas' Anti-ESG Law As Unconstitutional
• Exxon, Shell Say Oil Cos. Can't Be Sued For Wash. Heat Death
• PacifiCorp Urges Appeals Court To Scotch Broad Fire Liability
• NY, NJ Sue Feds Over Hudson River Tunnel Funding Pause
• Wash. Tribes Sue Feds Over $240M Of Salmon Hatchery Funds
• JetBlue Hid Toxic 'Bleed Air' Fumes, Flight Attendant Says
• EPA Can't OK Calif. Engine Emissions Rules, 9th Circ. Told
• Loeb & Loeb To Guide SPAC's Merger With Packaging Co.
• Eversheds Sutherland Hires Paul Hastings Trial Pro
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience
• New State Regs On PFAS In Products Complicate Compliance
• Ex-Pentagon GC Joins Bradley Arant's National Security Team
• Ex-NJ Enviro Chief Credits Lawyering For Successes
• Feds Look To Trim Cross-Claims In Yellowstone Bison Suit
• J&J Beats Proposed Class Action Over Band-Aid PFAS
• Insurer Must Defend Church Against Lead Exposure Suit
• Greenberg Traurig, Latham Steer Arko Petroleum's $200M IPO
• FERC Members Say High Court Helped Speed Up Gas Reviews
• IRS Floats Clean Fuel Credit Rules With Foreign Restrictions
• Clark Hill Expands Energy, Lobbying Teams With Hinshaw Atty
• 1st Circ. Pushes For Settlement In Mass. 'Right-To-Repair' Suit
• Trump's Iron Ore Pollution Exemption Is Unlawful, Enviros Say
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• Exxon Sued For 'Rockefeller-Style' Ammonia Market Maneuver
• EPA Slow To Intervene In Flint Water Crisis, Expert Tells Court
• 'Terumo Knew' Of Dangerous Emissions, Jury Told
• Feds Strike Deals With 630 Plaintiffs In Red Hill Fuel Leak Row
• Offshore Wind Crowns Courtroom Sweep With Sunrise Restart
• NHTSA To Redo Heavy-Duty Pickup Truck Fuel Economy Rule
• Insurer Ordered To Pay $14.4M To Glass Co. For Tornado Loss
• State Of Insurance: Q4 Notes From Illinois
• NYC Bar Opinion Warns Attys On Use Of AI Recording Tools
• Calif. Lawmakers OK Tax Break For Tribal Land Conservation
• Town's Northeastern Univ. Land Grab Divides Mass. Top Court
• Blake Cassels Guides Eldorado On $2.8B Foran Mining Deal
• The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court