Senators are planning to tackle legislative priorities such as infrastructure, highways and contact tracing in the upcoming months as they continue to address the coronavirus pandemic.

Denka Performance Elastomer LLC convinced a Louisiana federal judge Wednesday to throw out as untimely a proposed class action over allegedly dangerous chemical releases from a Louisiana Neoprene plant the company bought from E.I. du Pont de Nemours.

Valero Refining Co. lost its bid for more emission reduction credits after upgrades and other refinery changes, after a California appeals court upheld Thursday a hearing board’s calculations and rejected the energy company’s fairness arguments.

California’s coronavirus lockdown has dealt a blow to its cap-and-trade system, slashing the amount of money the state raises to fight climate change.

The IRS released proposed rules Thursday for an expanded tax credit for capturing carbon dioxide before it enters the atmosphere.

HollyFrontier’s Kansas crude oil refinery, one of the largest in the Midwest, reached a tentative $16 million settlement with the EPA and the state on Thursday to resolve Clean Air Act violations.

Democratic lawmakers are asking Marathon Petroleum Corp. to turn over a raft of documents tied to the refiner’s lobbying on a Trump administration effort to ease fuel-economy standards.

BlackRock Inc. has challenged Korea Electric Power Corp. over plans to invest in new coal-fired power plants in Vietnam and Indonesia.

After-market photovoltaic coatings on already-installed solar panels will be allowed in California in areas like Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, and along the Mexican border in order to improve energy output.

The United Nations “Cop26” Climate Change Conference in Glasgow has been officially postponed for a year and is now expected to take place the first two weeks of November.