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In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") concentrated its efforts on reducing ozone standards throughout the United States.

Concern for environmental and social issues has reached an inflection point. While traditional governance issues that have been a staple of investor advocacy and discussion

Late last year I blogged on the dubious decision by the Seventh Circuit in Bernstein v. Blankert which held that a settling CERCLA party did not resolve its liability to the government until it had performed all of its obligations under the Consent Decree.

In a collaborative effort to slash transportation-related emissions, the Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...

The Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office issues a request for public comments regarding climate-related financial risk.

EPA just announced that its eDisclosure system for reporting environmental audit disclosures and corrections is open for business as of December 9, 2015.

Each year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) publishes its annual Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR) in the Federal Register.

On March 26, 2024, USEPA published a plan to collect nationwide data on per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) that will be used to support PFAS regulation.

On May 16, 2017, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed Executive Directive 11, which instructs the Department of Environmental Quality to propose regulations that "abate, control, or...

Waste Advantage Magazine covered a recent presentation of Riker Danzig Environmental Attorney Matthew A. Karmel at the Northeast Recycling Council's Virtual Fall Conference on October 14, 2021.

On June 16, 2015, the White House issued a press release highlighting private sector commitments and a series of executive actions related to investment in clean energy innovation.

With anxiety rising over a possible recession, Finance counsel Victoria Judd explores the reassuring future for green bonds, a form of fixed-income intended to raise money for climate-related and environmental projects,...

Financial Markets and Funds Partner Neil Robson spoke with Compliance Week on how AI could be a useful tool for analyzing a company's data for its ESG reporting and disclosures.

Legislatures, regulators and plaintiffs are increasingly focused on a broader range of PFAS chemicals, beyond PFOA and PFOS, in personal care products...

As reported recently in Dairy News Today, a recent consumer research study revealed that 79% of Americans surveyed trust a farmer to "do the right thing" when it comes to the public interest.

Green is the new black, or so it seems, based on the growing number of companies that are making ​"green" claims. Claims about carbon reductions are particularly in fashion, both with advertisers...

President Obama's recently released budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year repeats many of his past energy-related tax proposals, including a permanent extension of the renewable energy production tax credit and a provision making it refundable.