Texas leaders have held multiple talks with financial institutions as lawmakers weigh options for easing the liquidity crisis facing the state’s power market following last month’s energy crisis.

The Biden administration has begun an intense examination of how to structure a carbon market that would encourage broad participation by U.S. farmers, including whether to guarantee a minimum price for credits given for reducing emissions, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday.

California State University isn’t exempt from a state law that allows employees to sue on behalf of a labor agency, but isn’t liable for $2.9 million in penalties awarded to an asbestos expert who alleged violations of the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Act, a state appellate court said Friday.

Canada is a step closer to building a nationwide marketplace to trade carbon credits as part of the Trudeau government’s bid to curb greenhouse gas emissions in the country.

The Environmental Protection Agency reversed a Trump administration January decision and is again considering nationwide caps on carbon.

The Art and Antique Dealers League of America Inc. lost a bid to overturn New York state’s restrictions on the sale of ivory after the Southern District of New York ruled Friday that a display ban is a constitutional limit on commercial speech.

An unidentified manufacturer of mosquito control products has agreed to stop shipping its formulations in plastic containers that EPA tests revealed leached “forever chemicals” into its sprays, the agency announced Friday.

California water regulators are requiring water suppliers to shift wells offline, blend sources, or notify customers when they detect a third “forever chemical” at certain thresholds.

A Wisconsin city sued firefighting foam manufacturers, claiming the companies could have foreseen potential harm to people and the environment from “forever chemicals” in the products.

Senator Ted Cruz is delaying William Burns’s confirmation as CIA director to demand that the Biden administration do more to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as Republicans seek to ramp up pressure now that construction has resumed.