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Just before the July 4th holiday, two Judges on a Ninth Circuit panel reversed their earlier conclusion that conveying contaminated groundwater can give rise to RCRA liability for the "transportation" of a "solid waste".

On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its 2026 Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of PFAS (Interim Guidance)...

On April 13, 2023, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal that will accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed Senate bill S-1683 (A-4267) extending many compliance requirements for the solid waste industry.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed Senate bill S-1683 (A-4267) extending many compliance requirements for the solid waste industry.

Before last year, federal appellate courts consistently looked to federal safety regulations to define the standard of care in tort suits related to nuclear contamination...

At age 97, Betty Reid Soskin is not only the oldest National Park Ranger, she's a powerful voice for the African-American wartime experience.

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently overturned the district court decision and correctly ruled that the failure of a state to list a site on its Hazardous Sites Inventory was not a sufficient basis for concluding that the investigation of hazardous substances in groundwater was not necessary.

On December 11, 2018, U.S. EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a new hazardous waste pharmaceutical rule.

In TGR Warehousing, LLC v. Borough of Berwick Zoning Hearing Board, No. 473 C.D., the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania refused to apply the natural expansion doctrine.

In this challenging and rapidly changing environment, real estate players are dealing with the effects of COVID-19 on real property operations in real time.

Fall 2021 was a busy time for the EPA and its regulatory agenda for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

In Pennsylvania General Energy Co. L.L.C. v. Grant Township, Magistrate Judge Susan P. Baxter of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in an unpublished opinion, held that several provisions of an ordinance enacted by Grant Township establishing a "Community Bill of Rights" were invalid or preempted by state law.

In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, or the "Agency") promulgated national regulations governing the disposal of coal ash generated by coal-fired power plants, or coal combustion residuals (CCRs).

January 1, 2011 is the statutory deadline for California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to adopt its potentially game-changing "Green Chemistry" regulations for companies that produce chemicals or consumer products for use in California.

Under the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024, which aims to make textile and apparel producers responsible for the cost of consumer textile and apparel waste, all producers of covered products...

Last Friday, in American Farm Bureau Federation v. EPA, Judge Sylvia Rambo upheld EPA's Chesapeake Bay TMDL.

They may not realize it, but the manufacturers of many of America's favorite foods are subject to a multitude of environmental regulations for food and beverage companies.