A Chamber of Commerce study reported more than 100 new EPA rules have been forced by "sue and settle" tactics from environmental groups, The Hill reports.
Business and policy groups including the Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce called on the Senate to approve the Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill, The Hill reports.
States and industry groups have filed challenges against four EPA climate change regulations with the Supreme Court in recent weeks, The Denver Post reports.
Opponents of the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas regulations have turned to the Supreme Court to hear their pleas.
Industry groups, states and trade associations filed a number of petitions with the court by Saturday's deadline to appeal the rejection of challenges by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Friday that a new Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit disclosure policy will help it and other groups intervene in lawsuits intended to force new regulations.
Bill Kovacs, a chamber senior vice president, said the EPA's decision to post weekly updates of notices to sue the agency came after multiple Freedom of Information Act requests by the chamber for the information.
The American Petroleum Institute and the Chamber of Commerce told federal judges the European Union's rule to require oil companies to disclosure payments to foreign governments does not justify a similar Security and Exchange Commission rule, The Hill reports.
Advocates of the Security and Exchange Commission's rule that requires oil and mining companies to disclose payments to foreign governments have begun to cite the European Union's passage of a similar rule in legal arguments, The Hill reports.
A group of business organizations led by the Chamber of Commerce called on Congress to prohibit the so-called "sue and settle" process that allows regulations to be implemented without traditional research and public comment, The Hill reports.
Environmental groups have turned against utility Exelon Corp. over CEO Christopher Crane's opposition to wind subsidies and the company's growing electoral donations to Republicans, Bloomberg reports.
The Energy Information Administration said coal's market share for electricity generation rebounded since March 2012 on higher natural gas prices, MarketWatch reports.
Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe switched his position on offshore drilling of the state's coast, supporting a pro-drilling bill introduced by Virginia's Democratic senators, The Washington Post reports.
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer urged NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane to complete an investigation and hold a public hearing before allowing the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to restart, Southern California Public Radio reports.
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., called for a GAO report on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's procedures for determining the costs of new regulations, Platts reports.
FracFocus, an industry-backed registry for hydraulic fracturing chemicals, will update its system to allow regulators to search through a database of chemicals next week, Bloomberg reports.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent four staffers to assist Gabriel Gomez in the Massachusetts Senate special election, Roll Call reports.
A group of two dozen Senate Republicans urged President Obama against making Keystone XL pipeline approval contingent on "unrelated" climate change policies, The Hill reports.
The American Petroleum Institute issued a white paper projecting new federal rules could increase gasoline prices by as much as 25 cents a gallon, The Washington Examiner reports.
California Jerry Brown contended news media inadequately report on climate change and give too much coverage climate skeptics, The Sacramento Bee reports.
