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California’s Largest Water Body Shrinking as Goals Remain Unmet
California still hasn’t met habitat restoration and dust suppression goals for the Salton Sea, the state’s largest lake that has long been plagued by a shrinking coastline, rising salinity numbers, insect infestations, and dying fish populations.
Xoom Customers Denied Class Status in Suit Over Price Promises
Xoom Energy LLC and ACN Inc. defeated class status in a lawsuit alleging marketing contractors tricked them into signing up with Xoom after a Maryland federal court found reliance and other problems.
More Than 360 Fires Burn in California With Heat Holding On (1)
Californians already struggling with rolling blackouts and sweltering heat are confronting the next crises tied to extreme weather: wildfires and thick haze choking the air.
Trump’s OPEC Push Fails to Avert U.S. Oil Industry’s Breakdown
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New York’s ConEd Faces ‘Steep Penalties’ for Storm Response
P&G, Other Companies’ Chemical Compliance Strategies in Flux (1)
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North Dakota to Proceed With Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Protests
North Dakota’s lawsuit can proceed against the federal government to force it to pay $38 million in costs the state incurred to respond to protests over the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Idaho, Unable to Regulate PFAS, Seeks to Convey Chemicals’ Risks
Idaho regulators say tension exists between them and the EPA over PFAS contamination as the state—unable to create its own limits for the chemicals—faces public concerns about the chemicals’ risks.
Trump Officials Won’t Defend Obama Methane Rule for Public Lands
The Trump administration won’t defend an Obama-era rule to cut methane emissions from oil and gas development on public and tribal lands, saying the Bureau of Land Management made legal errors when it crafted the regulation in 2016.
Land Agency Sued Over Expanded Oil, Gas Development in Colorado
The Bureau of Land Management is “willfully ignoring the full impact” of its decision to authorize oil and gas leasing in southwestern Colorado, environmental groups say in their lawsuit filed in a federal court Wednesday.