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5 days ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Bobby Magill
Cattle and oil industry plaintiffs in Texas’ suit against lesser prairie-chicken protections asked a judge to rule in their favor and toss the federal government’s listing decision.
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5 days ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Bobby Magill
Cattle and oil industry plaintiffs in Texas’ suit against lesser prairie-chicken protections asked a judge to rule in their favor and toss the federal government’s listing decision.
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6 days ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Bobby Magill
The Trump administration plans to reconsider endangered species protections for the imperiled lesser prairie-chicken by the end of November 2026, the Justice Department said in a court filing. The federal government filed a motion seeking voluntary vacatur and remand of the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s final rule protecting the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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6 days ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Bobby Magill
Fourteen coal-producing states led by Indiana urged a federal judge to deny the Trump administration’s April motion to pause litigation over a Biden-era coal mine safety rule. The Justice Department in April requested an indefinite stay in the states’ litigation in the US District Court for the District of Columbia over a Biden administration rule expanding citizens’ power to force the government to address problems at mines.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Bobby Magill
Benton Harbor, Mich., officials must face civil rights charges against them related to drinking water contaminated with lead, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan’s 2023 dismissal of the claims against the city and remanded the case. But the panel affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of claims against Michigan state officials.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Bobby Magill
Florida’s control of the Clean Water Act dredge-and-fill permitting program is lawful and sufficiently protects endangered species, lawyers for the state and the EPA argued before an appeals court panel Monday. Florida is appealing Judge Randolph Moss’ February 2024 vacatur of the state’s Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting program in the US District Court for the District of Columbia in a ruling finding the program violated the Endangered Species Act.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Bobby Magill
The Interior Department’s conservation, wildlife habitat programs, and historic preservation programs and hundreds of units of the National Park System are proposed to be eliminated under the White House’s fiscal 2026 budget request released Friday. President Donald Trump proposed to cut the Interior Department’s budget by 30.5% from $16.8 billion in fiscal 2025 to $11.7 billion, primarily by eviscerating the National Park Service, tribal, and conservation programs.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Bobby Magill
The Interior Department’s conservation, wildlife habitat programs, and historic preservation programs and hundreds of units of the National Park System are proposed to be eliminated under the White House’s fiscal 2026 budget request released Friday. President Donald Trump proposed to cut the Interior Department’s budget by 30.5% from $16.8 billion in fiscal 2025 to $11.7 billion, primarily by eviscerating the National Park Service, tribal, and conservation programs.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Bobby Magill
Clean water and wastewater utility groups on Wednesday urged a Senate committee to reauthorize federal funding to upgrade water infrastructure nationwide. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dedicated $50 billion for water works upgrades, including lead pipe replacements and other improvements. The funding, distributed by states mainly through the Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water and clean water state revolving funds (SRF), expires in 2026.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Bobby Magill
Clean water and wastewater utility groups on Wednesday urged a Senate committee to reauthorize federal funding to upgrade water infrastructure nationwide. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dedicated $50 billion for water works upgrades, including lead pipe replacements and other improvements. The funding, distributed by states mainly through the Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water and clean water state revolving funds (SRF), expires in 2026.
