Kerry Jones

On July 14, New York became the first state to implement a statewide moratorium on building new hyperscale data centers. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order banning lawmakers from approving environmental permits for...more The Minnesota Court of Appeals on June 8 halted – for the time being, at least – the construction of a proposed 500,000 square-foot, 84-acre hyperscale data center in Faribault, Minn. According to the court, the city of...more The Supreme Court of Maryland recently affirmed the dismissal of three climate change lawsuits brought by state municipalities against various energy companies, finding that the claims were displaced and preempted by federal...more The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously held that the dozens of pending environmental damage lawsuits against oil and gas companies in Louisiana belong in federal court under the federal officer removal statute....more