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One year after the Copenhagen Accord, many commentators believe credibility has been restored to international climate change negotiations following the United Nations' annual climate change conference, which ended on December 11, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.

Last month, I went out on a limb and predicted that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals would not stay the CPP. Today, the Court vindicated my faith in judicial rationality and refused to grant a stay.

On November 17, the EPA paused its prior approval of up to 100 shipments of wastes containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the Chemours Netherlands B.V. facility...

Since assuming office in January, President Donald Trump – with the support of Congress – has stated his intention to roll back "burdensome" U.S. environmental regulations.

U.S. EPA has imposed new requirements on facilities where carbon dioxide is injected and sequestered underground.

On July 15, 2016 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new final rule limiting greenhouse gas and other emissions from newly constructed municipal solid waste landfills, together with emissions guidelines for existing landfills.

On December 27, 2010, U.S. EPA proposed to defer until March 31, 2014 a requirement under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, codified at 40 C.F.R. Part 98, to report certain data that are inputs to emission equations—including production and throughput quantities, product compositions, raw materials used, and other process-specific information—for calendar years 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Last week the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to several large power companies in their appeal of 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in greenhouse gas (GHG) nuisance case, Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co.

A report on a case at the intersection of the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act that could have significant implications for any source of air emissions that can credibly be alleged to affect waters of the United States.

Section 321(a) requires EPA to evaluate the potential for plant closures and job losses resulting from regulation and/or enforcement under the Act.

Last month, a local brewery was informed by the Water & Sewer Commission in its town that its wastewater contained more pollutants than was originally anticipated.

Effective July 1, 2015, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) will be implementing new stormwater management regulations in order to meet the goals outlined in Green City, Clean Waters.

On July 1, 2015, the U.S. EPA issued a proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare.

The Senate and the House of Representatives are both on Spring Recess, with the Senate returning on April 4 and the House scheduled to return on April 12.

On Tuesday the House Budget Committee released its $3.9 billion budget resolution that would rescind unobligated balances from stimulus green energy programs and reduce funding for the Environmental Protection Agency.

In Washington this week, the energy and climate front was packed with hearings, proposals, and negotiations in preparation for several happenings at the end of the year.

The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed the "design details" of the Clean Energy Incentive Program ("CEIP").