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Last week, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers vacated BLM's rescission of the 2016 methane "Waste Prevention Rule." Although Judge Rogers found many flaws in the rescission rule, I think that two are key.

Describing its action as the "first-of-its-kind lawsuit seek[ing] to hold one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world accountable for misleading the public on plastic's recyclability and polluting California's...

Environment and Energy Report (subscription required) had a story today about growing opposition to EPA's proposal to list two PFAS compounds, PFOA and PFOS, as hazardous substances...

In an important decision yesterday, Judge Douglas Woodlock of the District of Massachusetts confirmed that CERCLA preempts local cleanup bylaws.

In the matter of City of Reading v. Ronald L. Heckman, the City of Reading (the "City") filed a lien against a two-unit residential property for an owner’s (the "Owner") unpaid trash collection and recycling fees.

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has proposed spill reporting regulations.

Almost five years after publishing the first substantial revisions to its solid waste management regulations, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation published a new set of final revisions to the regulations...

Determining when a person has "arranged" for the disposal of a hazardous substance has long been difficult.

Friday, 5 December, World Soil Day - Soil research plays a crucial role in protecting our planet and ensuring a healthy living environment.

On June 27, 2023, the EPA administratively closed its Title VI investigations into whether the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality ("LDEQ") and the Louisiana Department...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Trash Free Waters Program and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Debris Program have released their Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee Report on Microfiber Pollution.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a press release on Nov. 30, 2020, describing recommendations from the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

EPA announces its proposal to streamline the regulation of hazardous waste aerosol cans by adding them to the list of materials that can be managed under the Universal Waste management system.

EPA held two listening sessions recently to announce its intention to draft a formal enforcement discretion policy that would shield certain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon publish new rules that provide tailored standards for handling hazardous-waste pharmaceuticals in the health care sector.

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as "forever chemicals," are a varied group of thousands of manufactured chemicals and have been used in industry and consumer...

On March 12, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Executive Order 25-38, for "Creating Opportunity Through Reduction of Excessive Environmental Regulation" (Order)...

In January 2020, New Jersey's "Dirty Dirt" legislation was signed into law. The law requires businesses engaged in soil and fill recycling to register with the ...