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1 Min Read A conservation group sued the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., federal court on Thursday over 32 Trump-era oil and gas leases in Utah, alleging that the DOI proceeded without properly assessing their impacts on the area’s archaeology and nature including in the nearby Bears Ears National Monument. Friends of Cedar Mesa, whose staff met Wednesday with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as she visited the monument’s visitor center, claims in its lawsuit that the DOI has violated the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it auctioned off terrain in 2018 near the monument’s earlier boundaries, before former president Donald Trump scaled them back in 2017. ....
1 Min Read Capturing carbon to store it so it doesn’t become a greenhouse gas has become a more profitable proposition with the Biden administration saying this week that as part of its $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, it intends to expand a federal tax credit designed to spur investment in carbon capture and sequestration projects. The announcement comes about three months after the U.S. Treasury Department issued its final regulations for the Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code tax credit. To read the full story on Westlaw Today, click here: bit.ly/2PSNeH6 ....
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1 Min Read National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre acknowledged in Texas bankruptcy court on Wednesday that he made a “mistake” by not disclosing a yacht trip he was provided by the owner of companies that have done business with the gun rights organization. LaPierre’s statements came during his testimony on the third day of a virtual trial before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Harlin Hale in Dallas on motions to dismiss the NRA’s Chapter 11 case from New York Attorney General Letitia James and the NRA’s former ad agency, Ackerman McQueen. James and Ackerman contend that the case was not filed for legitimate purposes under bankruptcy law. The NRA had said in January that it was seeking bankruptcy protection to help it exit what it deemed a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York. ....
1 Min Read Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon on Monday signed HB 207, legislation that appropriates funds to initiate lawsuits against other states’ laws and regulations that harm its coal industry, the governor’s communications director, Michael Pearlman, told Reuters. The law creates a $1.2 million legal-defense fund to sue other states whose laws “impede” the top coal-producing state’s ability to export coal or that cause the early retirement of its coal-fired power plants, Governor Gordon’s office said. To read the full story on Westlaw Today, click here: bit.ly/3mrQSnH ....