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The U.S. EPA has adopted final nonattainment designations for 51 areas across the country for the agency's 2015 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone.

On May 12, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new regulations that directly target methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector.

Yesterday, November 2, 2016, EPA released a pre-publication version of proposed regulations that spell out how the Agency's 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard will be implemented.

On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent a letter to the West Indies Petroleum Limited and Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation LLLP, the new owners of the St. Croix refinery (Refinery).

Earlier this week, the EPA proposed the most significant update to the NESHAP for Coal- and Oil- Fired EGUs, commonly known as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ("MATS")...

On Dec. 21, 2010, EPA published the final rule amending the methods for measuring filterable PM10 and PM2.5 and condensable PM emissions from certain stationary sources including fossil fuel steam generators, electricity generating units, petroleum refineries, municipal waste combustors, and coal preparation plants, and others.

On January 5, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft Environmental Justice Action Plan.

EPA's "exceptional events" rule allows air pollution caused by "exceptional events" to be discounted by States in determining their compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards ("NAAQS").

Adam Cutler was quoted in the Law360 article "Exxon Defeat on Gas Additive Leaves Energy Cos. Vulnerable."

Although there is no news on DOE's web site as of today, apparently FutureGen 2.0 future gen 2is dead.

There certainly has been plenty of bad emissions news in the past few months in the Automotive Industry. How about some good news?

The Governor applauded such efforts as a key step in the development of this new market.

With the Clean Power Plan currently stayed in federal court, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper appears to be considering his own options to act unilaterally on climate change.

California Governor Jerry Brown just signed AB 900, the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011.

On June 26, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a series of challenges to EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations under the Clean Air Act ("CAA").

Winston & Strawn Partner Jonathan Brightbill participated on the Regulatory Transparency Project's podcast episode "Federalism or a Federal Standard? Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard" on June 23, 2021.

This week the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) posted Parts One and Two of its response to pre-hearing and hearing comments.

On May 12, 2016, the EPA proposed a rule which would remove the exemption for site cleanup activities under the hazardous waste statutes from the emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.