The Interior Department released a new regulation Friday that will affect 13 million acres in Alaska, prohibiting drilling for oil on the land. The Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska rule will affect 40% of Alaska’s reserve, as 10.6 million acres will be completely protected by the Bureau of Land Management […]
The new Bureau of Land Management regulation, which applies to nearly 90,000 wells on federal public land, is hampered by math errors and overly optimistic cost projections.
The new Bureau of Land Management regulation, which applies to nearly 90,000 wells on federal public land, is hampered by math errors and overly optimistic cost projections.
The Biden administration has finalized a new rule for land management, despite facing opposition from private industries and Republicans.
The federal government's plan would recategorize pot, once deemed highly dangerous, addictive and without medical use, as a prescribable medication.
(The Center Square) - Oil and gas company Ameredev II, LLC will pay New Mexico $24.5 million to settle alleged violations of state air regulations, the state's Environmental Department announced in a press release. It is the largest settlement for a civil oil and gas violation in Department history. Most of the money will go into New Mexico’s General Fund.“This settlement makes one thing crystal clear - companies that pollute our air will pay for circumventing New Mexico’s...
About 4 million more workers will qualify for overtime when the rule is fully implemented.
The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S.
Environmentalists celebrate new rules but Alaska politicians call it an ‘illegal’ attack on state’s livelihood and predict lawsuitsThe Biden administration said on Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13m acres (5.3m hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm.The decision – part of an ongoing, years-long fight over whether and how to develop the vast oil resources in the state –...
Millions of salaried workers will soon qualify for overtime pay under a final rule released by the US Department of Labor on Tuesday. The new rule raises the salary threshold under which salaried employees are eligible for overtime in two stages. The threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888, or $844 a week, starting July 1, and then to $58,656, or $1,128 a week, on January 1, 2025. About 4 million more workers will qualify for overtime when the rule is fully...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just told the Biden administration to pound sand with its new
Overtime pay would cover 4 million more workers by January 1 under a new Biden administration rule that boosts the salary threshold for exemption