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FILE PHOTO: An offshore oil rig is pictured off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, U.S., November 14, 2024.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Explainer: Can Trump overturn Biden’s offshore drilling ban?

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – President Donald Trump in an executive order on Monday revoked a ban imposed by former Democratic President Joe...

A United States Postal Service (USPS) collection box is pictured in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
AutomotiveCourtsElectric Vehicles (EVs)EmissionsEnvironmentNatural GasNewsOilPoliticsTransport

States, environmental groups drop lawsuit over US Postal Service EV purchase plans

The lawsuit sought to block the U.S. Postal Service's plan to buy mostly gas-powered, next-generation delivery vehicles.

U.S. flag and Judge gavel are seen in this illustration taken, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Montana top court says youth have right to stable climate

This was the first lawsuit to go to trial in the US by young environmental activists challenging policies they say are exacerbating climate...

Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter) and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk attends the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Bletchley, Britain on November 1, 2023.   Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Tesla investors lose bid for new US trial over Musk’s 2018 tweets

A U.S. appeals court upheld a verdict clearing Elon Musk and Tesla of liability in the 2018 "funding secured" tweet case.

FILE PHOTO: Tiehm's buckwheat plant is seen in this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.   Courtesy of USFWS/Sarah Kulpa/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine

Environmental and Indigenous groups sued to block the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine, citing risks to Nevada's rare Tiehm’s buckwheat.

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X looks on during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024. Elon Musk was wrongfully ordered to remove a tweet discussing unionization of Tesla workers, a court has ruled. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
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US labor board wrongly ordered Tesla’s Musk to delete anti-union tweet, court rules

Elon Musk was wrongfully ordered to a delete a tweet discussing Tesla staff unionizing in 2018, a US court has ruled.

FILE PHOTO: A gavel and a block is pictured in this illustration picture taken in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Illustration/File Photo
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US arrests laser tech salesman for illegal exports to Russia

Ex-salesman arrested for allegedly conspiring to evade U.S. export laws to sell laser equipment to Russian nuclear firm.

FILE PHOTO: A fish lies dead in oil from an oil spill on Grand Terre Island, Louisiana June 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Celano/File Photo
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US must do more to protect species from Gulf of Mexico drilling: judge

District judge rules federal agency's assessment on drilling impact on endangered species as flawed, orders new review.

Lengths of pipe wait to be laid in the ground along the under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline near Elliston, Virginia, U.S. September 29, 2019. Picture taken September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/File Photo
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US appeals court scraps natural gas pipeline safety standards

The court invalidated several of Biden’s natural gas pipeline safety rules, citing insufficient cost-benefit analysis by PHMSA.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of ExxonMobil is seen during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Energy companies win dismissal of Baltimore’s climate change case

The judge dismissed the lawsuit against energy giants over climate change, ruling that global emissions issues exceed state law limits.

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