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The mining industry has again become the subject of criminal environmental enforcement, this time in Alaska, and it is likely to remain a target of future enforcement actions.

On September 14, 2016, Florida joined a growing number of jurisdictions that reject the "any exposure" theory of proving causation.

On June 1, 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord.

Pending before the U.S. Supreme Court is a case with broad implications for the Environmental Protection Agency's power and agency power more broadly.

On Friday, EPA released its Policy Assessment for the Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards."

On May 7, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a direct final rule in the Federal Register.

The expansion of the oil and gas industry in the United States led the Inspector General to investigate whether EPA was equipped to regulate and evaluate the air emissions coming from this particular industry.

What energy sources would qualify as having clean energy attributes?

As we noted in 2013, two different Courts of Appeal had ruled that injunctive relief is not available in PSD/NSR enforcement cases against former owners.

Seyfarth Partner Andrew H. Perellis is quoted in this Law360 expert analysis, High Court Water Case Could Put Target On Agencies' Backs (March 29, 2016).

The Biden administration's rule requiring the payment of a fee for methane emissions has effectively been rescinded, although, for now at least, the statutory provision imposing the fee remains in effect along...

As we kick off Earth Day 2024, we look to this year's Earth Day theme–"Planet versus Plastics." Planet versus Plastics seeks to focus attention on the challenges...

Recently, the Maine DEP adopted amendments to its air licensing regulations, including Chapter 100, Definitions; Chapter 115, Major and Minor Source Air Emission License Regulations; and Chapter 140, Part 70 Air Emission License Regulations.

Within hours after being sworn into office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order ("EO") that teed up a slew of clean air issues as top environmental priorities.

SB 323 enhances the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act that required a 25 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from 2006 levels by 2020.

On December 20, 2019, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) was signed into law,

The President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has just issued a guidance document that addresses that question.