The Biden administration’s new rulemaking for carbon dioxide pipeline safety, and a nearly $4 million fine for a 2020 pipeline rupture, are seen as a step toward carbon capture goals that envision building out thousands of miles of pipelines, industry watchers said Friday.

Commissioner Drew Hirshfeld had the authority to review administrative patent tribunal decisions even while he led the US Patent and Trademark Office in a temporary role, the Federal Circuit ruled, sparing the agency from potentially devastating consequences.

Donald Trump’s federal lawsuit challenging the authority of New York to investigate his sprawling real estate business was dismissed, the latest setback in efforts by the former president to halt the three-year-old probe.

A new SEC proposal for investment funds to disclose their portfolio companies’ greenhouse gas emissions is forcing them to think twice about pursuing environmentally friendly strategies.

A federal appeals court rejected a lower court’s finding that a Civil War-era law protects Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R) and other politicians accused of insurrection, but deliberately kept alive the question of whether the 14th Amendment bars anyone who commits insurrection from seeking public office.

The US Federal Trade Commission’s study of competition questions around the nationwide baby formula shortage highlights the severity and reach of the crisis.

Recent shootings at a Texas elementary school and New York grocery store have put a spotlight on Washington’s inaction on guns.