Two South Korean electric-vehicle battery makers reached a last-minute settlement in a bitter U.S. trade dispute, sparing President Joe Biden from choosing between undermining intellectual property rights or dealing a politically toxic blow to his climate agenda.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has found that successful sustainable investment decisions require a human touch that algorithms have so far been unable to match.

The threat of a shutdown still looms over Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access pipeline even after the Biden administration announced it wouldn’t take action against the project.

President Joe Biden sought to elevate funding for civil rights offices across more than a half-dozen federal agencies in his first budget proposal, a move advocates say could mark a tangible step toward equality if Congress agrees.

Investment advisers and funds are issuing potentially misleading statements about environmental, social, and governance investing, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

Syngenta AG and Chevron USA Inc. face a growing number of lawsuits from people alleging their exposure to the herbicide paraquat caused Parkinson’s disease.

The Texas Supreme Court revived part of a challenge to Austin city utility rates Friday, saying an internet service provider had standing to bring the case.

President Joe Biden proposed $769.4 billion in nondefense discretionary spending for fiscal 2022, a $105.7 billion increase over the fiscal 2021 level.

The Biden administration sided with the offshore wind industry Friday, rescinding a legal opinion under President Donald Trump that made it tougher for companies to place turbines off of U.S. coasts.

The Dakota Access pipeline that’s been at the center of a years-long battle between oil companies and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe won’t be forced to shut down while federal regulators conduct a new environmental analysis.