Category: Environmental News
Texas says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority by retroactively issuing a deadline for the El Paso area to reduce its ozone levels, and wants a federal court (more…)
By Elena Craft, PhDOn Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed lawsuits filed by Attorney General Greg Abbott and a group of power companies that could (more…)
By Elena Craft, PhDFollowing a series of delays in release of the ozone standard, several environmental groups have filed a motion with the DC Circuit Court to compel action from EPA. On (more…)
Volkswagen and Audi told the Texas Supreme Court that the state shouldn’t be allowed to pick other judges to consider petitions accusing the German automakers of violating state anti-tampering (more…)
A cohort of environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to require Texas’ environmental regulator to increase public participation and consider environmental (more…)
A year into implementation of Texas’ Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act, Jennifer Pier at Husch Blackwell discusses how renewable energy project developers, owners and investors planning (more…)
A trio of advocacy groups are claiming Texas transportation officials improperly divided a plan to overhaul sections of Interstate 35 into three standalone portions to avoid a full review (more…)
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday hit pause on a lawsuit that asked it to decide whether German car companies Volkswagen AG and Audi AG have enough connections to Texas to be sued over alleged (more…)
The owners of a proposed temporary nuclear waste storage facility in the Permian Basin on Tuesday defended the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of the project, telling the D.C. (more…)
A Texas bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday approved energy-sector inspection service Cypress Environmental Partners’ $60 million debt-for-equity Chapter 11 plan, newly revised to free up more (more…)
