Lots of attention on the Texas YIMBY lawsuit to ease nuclear regulation, not a lot on the Texas NIMBY lawsuit to block nuclear waste storage in the state. In a 6-3 decision made on procedural grounds, SCOTUS ruled against the Lone Star State's attempt to halt a federal plan for

"I think this case is probably going to be the start of a trend of new litigation that more closely targets misinformation from utilities and then also the damages caused by electric and gas utilities," @cleantechfacts told @ClarkMindock on utility industry's climate deception.

The year ahead: climate change deception, plastics and youth-led cases

A California federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by 18 young people who claim the US Environmental Protection Agency discriminates against children by issuing permits for fossil fuel projects that release too many climate-warming pollutants https://t.co/FLyUHHz0Ll @ClarkMindock

A non-profit dedicated to protecting stray cats on Wednesday sued the U.S. National Park Service seeking to stop a plan that would remove, and in some cases kill, famed felines from a national historic site in Puerto Rico @ClarkMindock https://t.co/THtzzdCxom

A non-profit dedicated to protecting stray cats sued the US National Park Service seeking to stop a plan that would remove, and in some cases kill, famed felines from a national historic site in Puerto Rico https://t.co/THtzzdCxom @ClarkMindock

The DOJ sued Campbell Soup, alleging the company's plant in northwestern Ohio has for years illegally released too much bacteria, phosphorous and other contaminants into a river that feeds into Lake Erie @ClarkMindock https://t.co/wBX0q49pHk

Environmental groups have challenged the Biden administration’s decision to give primary permitting authority to Louisiana over the state’s carbon sequestration wells, which the US government says are key tools to address climate change https://t.co/uULrX1jIb0 @ClarkMindock

EPA blocked from using civil rights law to stop discrimination in permitting @ClarkMindock https://t.co/krKdSLDmVv

US Supreme Court declines to hear Exxon, Koch Industries appeal on venue in climate case @ClarkMindock https://t.co/dcKGOkrZEV

Farmworkers, environmentalists urge EPA to pull approval for glyphosate @ClarkMindock https://t.co/4ZPVdEj33d

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3M, DuPont defeat massive class action over forever chemicals @ClarkMindock https://t.co/cJiw0NtUp9

The developer of the Mountain Valley Pipeline has sued two protesters it says blocked construction on the $7.2 billion natural gas project, seeking compensation and orders barring them from interfering in the future @ClarkMindock https://t.co/C0SRBOYQOm

Colombia is one of the world's deadliest countries for environmentalists. Each year advocacy groups report dozens of environmental activists killed in the country. But what happens to the communities and projects they leave behind? @Reuters took a deeper look.

A federal judge in Alaska today upheld Biden administration approvals for ConocoPhillips' $8 billion Willow oil and gas project The decision is a big blow to environmental groups and tribes, which have called the project a major climate threat

A chemical added to car and truck tires to make the rubber stronger has in recent years been linked to fish deaths on a massive scale. Now, fishing groups are suing the world's leading tire makers, hoping to save California's endangered salmon: https://t.co/dNMttHv5fJ

US commercial fishing groups sued 13 tire manufacturers in California, saying a chemical used in their tires is poisoning West Coast watersheds and killing rare trout and salmon https://t.co/XXph5JRqMf @ClarkMindock