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Tropical Storm Sally Is Heading North, Stalking New Orleans (3)
Tropical Storm Sally is set to reach New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana early this week, bringing with it a dangerous storm surge, flooding rains and potential to cause up to $4 billion damage and losses.
Ousted CEO, Russian-Backed Metals Company Appear to Settle Suit
An ousted chief executive officer has dropped his lawsuit against Russian-backed aluminum company Braidy Industries Inc., which removed and replaced him as CEO, following an apparent settlement in Delaware Chancery Court over claims Braidy refused to honor a voting agreement.
Trump Considers Cash Aid for Refineries Denied Biofuel Waivers
Trump administration officials are developing a plan to offset the potential economic damage of denying dozens of refineries waivers from biofuel-usage mandates: giving them financial aid.
BGOV Bill Summary: S. 2193, Federal Electric Car Recharging
Federal employees could use government charge cards to pay for recharging electric vehicles at commercial stations under
Oil Producers Pay Million-Dollar Fines for Dirty Gasoline (1)
Massachusetts-based Gulf Oil LP and Florida-based George E. Warren LLC agreed to pay fines to settle Clean Air Act violations for producing and importing gasoline that didn’t meet clean fuel standards.
Utah Pipeline Plan Sparks Water Tiff in Colorado River Basin
Utah is heading toward a fight with the six other states in the Colorado River Basin over the state’s plan to build an underground pipeline to transport Lake Powell water across the desert to 10 communities in the southwestern part of Utah.
White House Environmental Review Rule Survives Legal Test (1)
The White House’s rewrite of environmental review rules is set take effect as planned this month, after a federal judge on Friday declined to freeze the measure.
Owners of 20 New York Storage Tank Sites Strike Cleanup Deal
Chestnut Petroleum Distributor Inc. and several related companies will pay $187,000 in civil penalties to settle claims they violated federal underground storage tank requirements under a consent decree approved Friday by the Southern District of New York.
Former Direct Energy Customers Launch Appeal Over Plan Pricing
Former natural gas customers are continuing their fight over Direct Energy Services LLC’s policy of automatically switching fixed-rate plans to month-to-month variable rate plans, according to a notice of appeal filed in federal court in New York.
Dow, Shell, Other Companies Implicated in California TCP Suit
A California water utility has sued Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co., four other companies and hundreds of yet-to-be discovered polluters for allegedly contaminating its drinking water supply with a toxic industrial solvent.