California regulators on Thursday approved Pacific Gas and Electric’s plan for exiting Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the company fought in federal court to block a set of strict new probation terms aimed at preventing wildfires.
Read moreA federal court in Washington dismissed a cannabis farming business’ claims against Chelan County relating to its moratorium on siting new cannabis businesses. Grandpa Bud, the cannabis farm, has not shown that the county did not have a legitimate interest in regulating cannabis production.
Read more
The European Union can tighten rules governing workers sent outside their home countries despite protests from Hungary and Poland, an adviser to the bloc’s highest court said Thursday.
Read more
Defending the country’s abandonment of air pollution controls even as the globe is in the grip of a deadly respiratory virus, Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler pulled down a facemask emblazoned with a butterfly to testify Wednesday before members of the Senate.
Read moreMarkets continued their upward march the day after the Trump administration announced it will slash regulations to speed an economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more
WASHINGTON (CN) — The D.C. Circuit chided the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday for not actually breaking down the costs
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit upheld a ruling in favor of the Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service in a dispute challenging the agencies’ actions in connection with the approval of the Bagley Hazard Tree Abatement Project, which was designed to identify and remove fire-damaged trees that pose a danger to drivers on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest’s roadways.
Read more
A lawsuit by a regional truckers association challenging California’s sweeping labor classification law was dismissed Monday by a federal judge in Los Angeles who said in a tentative ruling the group’s claims were not ripe.
Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency has reportedly decided to drop regulation of a water contaminant that’s been linked to brain damage in infants, though agency officials deny a final decision has been made.
Read moreSan Francisco Mayor London Breed released guidelines for the limited reopening of some businesses next week, including a requirement of social distancing, curbside pick-up only and requiring businesses to have a written health and safety plan.
Read moreA 10th Circuit panel on Thursday upheld the federal government’s ban on bump stock accessories for guns, striking down a Salt Lake City resident’s challenge to the federal ban on the device that allows semiautomatic guns to fire ammunition at the same speed as automatic weapons.
Read more
While New York and New Jersey continue to battle Covid-19 as the states worst hit by the deadly outbreak, they appeared to gain ground at the D.C. Circuit on Thursday in a fight to regulate smog carried downwind from neighboring states.
Read more
One of Florida’s top elections officials faced hours of questioning Monday over a hastily cobbled policy to determine the voting eligibility of felons with outstanding fines, as the closely watched federal voting rights trial entered its second week.
Read more
A hotly debated proposal in Texas for government-mandated oil production cuts is unlikely to move forward after a key regulator on Monday described the proposal as “dead.”
Read more
http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/scotus-may-4.pdf
Read more
The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency-use approval to the antiviral drug remdesivir, allowing the product to reach the market without the typically required data supporting its safety and success.
Read more
A lawsuit claiming the Environmental Protection Agency’s water pollution standards for slaughterhouses are outdated will move forward, the Fourth Circuit ruled.
Read moreThe Conservation Law Foundation and seven other environmental groups sued EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in federal court for limiting which bodies of water are protected by the Clean Water Act.
Read more