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Republican drive to tilt courts against climate action reaches a crucial moment

A Supreme Court environmental case being decided this month is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by Republican attorneys general and conservative allies.
Biden administration halts new drilling in legal fight over climate costs

Biden administration halts new drilling in legal fight over climate costs

The Interior Department is pausing new federal oil and gas leases and permits after a judge blocked the government from weighing the cost of climate damage in decisions.

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Meet 5 Republican AGs fighting Biden on climate

Republican attorneys general have a powerful tool for fighting President Biden's early actions on climate change: multistate lawsuits.
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What Merrick Garland as attorney general means for the environment

President-elect Joe Biden's pick for attorney general, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Merrick B. Garland, is set to bring deep expertise on environmental law to the Justice Department.

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Xavier Becerra brings environmental justice to forefront

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services is the first state attorney general to create an environmental justice bureau.
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Josh Kaul eyes strengthened approach to environmental regulation

The move, Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said, is meant as a departure from the less assertive approach toward environmental regulation taken by former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel.
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New York sues Exxon Mobil, saying it deceived shareholders on climate change

After an investigation of more than three years, the state's attorney general has sued Exxon Mobil, accusing it of downplaying the risks of global warming to its business.
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