A provision of the sweeping infrastructure law signed in November by President Joe Biden could extend the federal government’s control over electric power transmission expansions.
A 2018 animal welfare law enacted in California through a ballot initiative took effect in January, triggering lawsuits from livestock and meat processing industry groups, as well as restaurants and retailers.
“A lot of people think the regulations are following the science, but they're not. They're following the money, and the money is in big, consolidated hospital complexes that employ a lot of people and hold incredible political sway.”
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee deadlocked on a vote to move the nomination of Laura Daniel-Davis, President Joe Biden’s nominee for assistant secretary of Land and Minerals Management at the Department of the Interior, forward.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law preventing local governments in the state from banning new commercial, industrial, and residential natural gas hookups.
A citizens group calling itself Citizens for Responsible Energy is suing to halt the siting of row of 612-foot-tall wind turbines on top of mountains in Botetourt County, Virginia.
“A unique patient identifier will weaken health care by making individuals reluctant to share personal information—such as drug and alcohol use and past sexual history—with health care providers.”
