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  • April 13, 2026

    Chemical Site Owner To Pay Pa.'s $2.4M Cleanup Bill Via Sale

    A former chemical mixing and storage operation in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, will be marketed for redevelopment, with proceeds going to the state Department of Environmental Protection to defray the $2.4 million the state spent cleaning up the site, according to a proposed consent decree filed in federal court.

  • April 13, 2026

    Ireland To Cut Energy Taxes Amid Blockades By Protesters

    Ireland will spend €505 million ($592 million) on further cuts to fuel taxes, deferring a carbon tax increase and offering financial aid to fuel-intensive industries after protesters blockaded infrastructure over rising costs linked to the U.S. and Israel's war in Iran, according to the government.

  • April 13, 2026

    EPA's Retreat On GHGs Reshapes Preemption Debate

    In the wake of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rescission of its finding that it can regulate climate-threatening greenhouse gases, states are poised to step up their own GHG regulation — but the EPA's new framework creates substantial uncertainty over the extent of federal preemption, say attorneys at Holland & Hart.

  • April 10, 2026

    Colo. Oil Co. Accuses Landfill Firms Of Easement Violations

    An oil and gas company has accused two landfill operators of breaching their agreement allowing it exclusive use of part of their property for well operations, telling a Colorado state court it could lose tens of millions of dollars.

  • April 10, 2026

    Maryland, Ship Owner Reach Deal On Baltimore Bridge Wreck

    Maryland has reached a settlement in principle with the owner and manager of the container ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and triggered its March 2024 collapse, ending the state's claims that their negligence and mismanagement left six people dead and destroyed a vital transportation corridor.

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