Lawsuit Challenging Trump Energy Order May Be Premature States may have good reasons to fight President Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency, but courts may be unwilling to evaluate the strength of a new suit from 15 states in the absence of expedited energy project approvals.
https://www.law360.com/environ....mental/articles/2338

Gov't To Restore Climate Webpages After Lawsuit Pressure The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reversing course and has committed to restore climate change-focused webpages that were taken offline following the January presidential inauguration, according to a court filing in a lawsuit from environmental groups challenging the removals.
https://www.law360.com/environ....mental/articles/2339

Ga. Law Shields Pesticide Makers From Failure-To-Warn Suits Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed new legislation into law that will soon shield pesticide manufacturers from liability in failure-to-warn suits, coming on the heels of a $2.1 billion verdict against the makers of Roundup weed killer delivered by a state jury earlier this year.
https://www.law360.com/environ....mental/articles/2339

IRA Programs at Risk under the Budget Reconciliation Bill The reconciliation process for the fiscal year 2025 federal budget is underway and, unsurprisingly, various provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) are at risk. On May 11, 2025, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce introduced proposed text for the reconciliation bill, which will be considered at the budget reconciliation markup on […]
https://blogs.law.columbia.edu..../climatechange/2025/

Ga. Property Owner Says Insurer Must Pay For Burst Pipes A property owner told a Virginia federal court that although its insurer received late notice of property damage after a 2022 winter freeze burst pipes at its Georgia property, it was still owed coverage under a more than $30 million policy because the insurer accepted its reasons for the delay.
https://www.law360.com/environ....mental/articles/2338