HILL ENERGY BRIEFING: US Seeks Robust Cuts to Shipping Emissions
Several countries including the US this week are pushing for robust emissions targets for 2030 and 2040 from the global shipping industry.

The Supreme Court is already planning to dive back into the culture wars and tackle the power of regulatory agencies in Washington in the slew of new cases it’s taking up in the fall.
Federal officials can now introduce experimental populations of endangered plants and animals outside their historic habitat range as climate change shifts where imperiled species live, the Interior Department announced Friday.
Weld County, Colo., failed to meet Clean Air Act standards for ozone pollution, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday, finding that the US Environmental Protection Agency lawfully relied on older data when making the assessment.
Airline emission standards finalized under the Trump administration that align with international aviation regulations don’t violate the Clean Air Act, according to a federal circuit opinion released on Friday.
A coalition of environmental groups is urging the Biden administration to push harder on raising public awareness of home insulation tax credits under the climate bill.
Several countries including the US this week are pushing for robust emissions targets for 2030 and 2040 from the global shipping industry.
The Energy Department would spend $1 billion to boost demand for clean hydrogen under a new plan to provide initial revenue for the first large-scale producers and provide certainty for potential buyers.
Programs aimed at helping landowners conserve natural resources are under a microscope as lawmakers write the next five-year farm bill that begins to expire Sept. 30.
Global temperatures have smashed through records this week, underscoring the dangers of
Opposition to Japan’s plan to
The “gross under-reporting” of methane leaks from Australia’s fossil fuel sector signals the urgent need for many large industrial facilities to double their rate of decarbonization, according to a new report.
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It was premature for a federal court to decide that a tribal court didn’t have jurisdiction over a land dispute between WPX Energy Williston LLC and a Native American family, the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday.
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Law students and early career attorneys said they’re disappointed by the June 30 decision in Biden v. Nebraska even if it wouldn’t have made a big dent in debt burdens that impact major life decisions.
Massachusetts will reconsider thousands of cases tainted by faulty breathalyzers, dishonest police officers, and even a racist attorney as the courts fight to rebuild trust after more than 20,000 drug cases were corrupted by scandal.
The Supreme Court next term is poised to abandon or weaken its Chevron deference standard, which would leave federal bank regulators more exposed to court challenges. Regulatory and enforcement activities of the OCC and FRB would face the most scrutiny, but lawsuits against the FDIC could rise as well.
AMS’s Jonathan Kestenbaum explains how a new employment law enacted in New York City will change how employers use AI tools when recruiting and hiring employees as similar proposals gain popularity nationwide.
Sam Guthrie has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a tax partner in the Washington office, the firm said Wednesday.
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