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The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, reversed the trial court's decision denying the plaintiff insurers' motion for summary judgment on the applicability of pollution exclusions in their policies.

On August 2, Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) introduced a bill designed to provide greater regulatory certainty for companies affected by Section 112(r)(1) of the Clean Air Act.

There has been a lot of scholarly discussion in recent years about the importance of putting a price on natural resources.

Last week the first building in Los Angeles to be retrofitted with federal stimulus funds was announced: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilmember Herb Wesson attended today the unveiling of the first building – the Vineyard Recreation Center – to be retrofitted by workers trained through the Green Retrofit Workforce Program. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the first-in-the nation, workforce development retrofit program targets workers from low-income

On March 4, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision (linked below) in the City and County of San Francisco v. EPA case holding that NPDES permit conditions the Court characterized...

Earlier this month, we described Senate Bill 1763, which would authorize a new type of exempt facility bond to be issued for "qualified carbon capture facilities."

On October 29, 2025, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works favorably reported several nominations, including Jeffrey Hall to be an Assistant Administrator...

On July 25, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a proposed rule to list two mussel species, the Salina mucket (Potamilus metnecktayi) and Mexican fawnsfoot (Truncilla cognata)...

Activist investors will put forward a record 142 shareholder resolutions during the upcoming proxy season.

The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Air Act Rules for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing electric generating utilities were published in the Federal Register.

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a final decision in Ohio v. EPA and granted the stay of a USEPA plan designed to require several States, including Ohio...

There is disagreement over what will become of the MATS regulations while the Circuit Court considers the case further.

In a significant win affirming the ongoing validity of long-issued permits, United States District Judge Sam A. Lindsay of the Northern District of Texas dismissed all of the claims brought by two groups...

Last week, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down EPA's rule implementing the 2008 ozone standards.

As every litigator knows, evidence almost always tells a story that is untidy and riddled with loose ends. This was illustrated by a recent innocent landowner case in California — Coppola v. Smith.

It will be interesting to see whether MassDEP can somehow come up with the money necessary to run its own program.

Partner Brian Potts authored an op-ed piece published in Forbes, titled "The Supreme Court's Air Pollution Decision Is Wrong, But Don't Blame The Court."