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Six environmental groups led by the Sierra Club sued the Interior Department over its rollback of the Endangered Species Act’s “blanket” rule, which temporarily treats threatened plants and animals like those considered endangered. https://t.co/CGN8aQgAyz

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Democratic attorneys general from nine states sent a letter to Senate leaders voicing “substantial concerns” with the permitting bill Congress is weighing. https://t.co/XdZrDMGvso

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Nearly half of surveyed attorneys say their well-being has worsened since the start of 2025. https://t.co/2XunKpDdnf

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Opinion: The Fifth Circuit has issued an opinion that could make effective management of methylene chloride and other hazardous chemicals more difficult. https://t.co/hjWxQ37ubp

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The Trump administration is canceling an environmental review of energy corridors that would accommodate solar and wind power transmission lines on public lands in the West. https://t.co/ufDNl6P7Ao

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Opinion: The EPA's rule repealing most Biden-era standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants and the litigation challenging it were predictable, but the outlook for affected industries is exactly the opposite. https://t.co/CMvnotUFZ2

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Crowell & Moring partners rejected President Donald Trump’s ex-top air regulator Aaron Szabo for a job because they took issue with his tenure in the administration, two people familiar with the matter said. https://t.co/0pD50d9cXD

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Arizona’s move to join Nevada’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s Colorado River cuts is inflaming tensions among states and making it more likely the dispute will end up before the US Supreme Court. https://t.co/RmSJG5a94u

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Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit against West Virginia’s attorney general, alleging investigations the state’s top lawyer launched into their organizations are “baseless and retaliatory” and the related subpoenas are unconstitutional. https://t.co/u09cFs4Y2E

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A Texas judge affirmed her decision preventing US-Mexico border wall construction through Big Bend National Park, setting up a possible US Supreme Court battle. https://t.co/OMmp7JDKbF

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Opinion: The Fifth Circuit's ruling in East Fork Enterprises v. EPA hopefully will place future rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act on much more solid ground, attorneys W. Caffey Norman and Keith Bradley write. https://t.co/YjPwEoQSEp

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Crowell & Moring partners rejected President Donald Trump’s ex-top air regulator Aaron Szabo for a job because they took issue with his tenure in the administration, two people familiar with the matter said. https://t.co/gVz3nsRWk6

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Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit against West Virginia’s attorney general, alleging investigations the state’s top lawyer launched into their organizations are “baseless and retaliatory” and the related subpoenas are unconstitutional. https://t.co/Y9Z0G6DLNH

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Environmental groups asked a federal court to take a closer look at a recent final rule that delays the 2025 reporting deadline for greenhouse gases by about four months. https://t.co/7zx74UH9iL

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The Trump administration is rolling out seismic changes to federal performance evaluations — and workers say they are already eroding morale and diminishing managers’ input. https://t.co/rPT5oGvBi5

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Democratic attorneys general from nine states sent a letter to Senate leaders voicing “substantial concerns” with the permitting bill Congress is weighing. https://t.co/8snwbGeBMY

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Opinion: The Fifth Circuit has issued an opinion that could make effective management of methylene chloride and other hazardous chemicals more difficult. https://t.co/IIcr4mELuK

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The Trump administration’s new security requirements for wind farms amount to a death knell for projects, renewable energy groups said in a court filing. https://t.co/S1dYvHkf5Y

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Six environmental groups led by the Sierra Club sued the Interior Department over its rollback of the Endangered Species Act’s “blanket” rule, which temporarily treats threatened plants and animals like those considered endangered. https://t.co/O1oVylwJl7

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A federal appeals panel appeared unlikely to reverse a lower court’s default judgment against a California oil company for violating Ventura County’s zoning ordinances. https://t.co/MykjBBHXN9