Judge Charles R. Breyer’s role in shaping and approving a $10 billion settlement of consumers’ claims against Volkswagen AG over diesel emissions software in federal court in California doesn’t create the appearance of bias in an upcoming trial involving 10 car owners who opted out of that deal, the judge said Friday.

A Delaware railcar repair company already facing a $551,226 federal fine stemming from a worker’s death, faces new safety violation allegations and a proposed $371,276 penalty.

The Delaware environmental department had the authority to issue a cease and desist order under the environmental code to require the active removal of improperly stored waste, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled.

Under a modified version of H.R. 3399, $12 million would be authorized annually from fiscal 2021 through 2025 to support states affected by invasive nutria.

The Supreme Court will wade into a decadeslong water fight in April, hearing arguments from Texas and New Mexico over how to share water from the Pecos River.

The most extreme risks of climate change can’t be ruled out -- including the collapse of human civilization, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.

A cancer-causing solvent used to clean equipment and to make refrigerants has too much potential to harm workers and consumers, the EPA said Friday.

California is suing the Federal Aviation Administration over its approval of a proposed airport cargo facility, saying the project will harm a community that’s already burdened with heavy air pollution.

The Trump administration must better protect the critically endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse by further safeguarding its habitat in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, two conservation groups claim in a new lawsuit in the District of Arizona.

California is backing away -- ever so slightly -- from its once-sweeping mandate requiring solar panels on virtually every new home.