A split Texas Supreme Court held Friday that Volkswagen and Audi can face the state’s environmental violation claims over emissions software defeat devices, saying the manufacturers developed (more…)

The Texas Department of Transportation has asked a federal court for summary judgment in a suit claiming officials improperly divided an over $5.6 billion plan to overhaul an oft-congested (more…)

A Texas federal judge has refused to reconsider a ruling that Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc. does not owe an energy trading company more than $9 million for several days of missed natural (more…)

The European Union has approved the $1.5 billion acquisition of four renewable energy companies by a consortium of investors, including Blackstone Inc., power company Invenergy and Canadian (more…)

The owners of a Texas hotel asked a federal judge to find that its insurer improperly denied coverage for more than $2 million in damages following Winter Storm Uri in February 2021. …Read (more…)

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association asked a state appellate court to reverse a trial judge’s decision siding with a Corpus Christi hotel owner in a storm damage coverage suit, arguing (more…)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency joined a collection of nonprofit groups in calling on the full Fifth Circuit to uphold Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $20 million fine for Texas air pollution, (more…)

A split Fifth Circuit panel agreed to pause the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s disapproval of Texas and Louisiana air quality plans, finding the states likely to prevail in their (more…)

Federal regulators botched an environmental review of SpaceX’s heavy-duty rocket launches on the Gulf Coast and failed to diminish harm to endangered species from heat, light and vessel explosions, (more…)

The Supreme Court of Texas has turned down mineral owners’ second bid to amend the terms of their LaSalle County oil and gas leases with EP Energy in a $41 million contract dispute. …Read (more…)