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On March 17, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is proposing to add portions of the Lower Hackensack River in Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey...

Specifically, the memo requires the Secretary of Commerce to solicit comments on the impacts of federal regulations on domestic manufacturers, as well as federal actions to streamline permitting and otherwise reduce regulatory burdens.

It's been more tricks than treats this season for restaurants located in California. In the past few weeks, there have been over 100 California Proposition 65 60-day notices of intent to sue issued...

Podcast episode with Milbank partners Allan Marks and Russell Jacobs and Common Earth's CEO and Founder Rola Khoury...

Recent statements from Myron Ebell, the leader of President Trump's U.S. EPA transition team, continue the drumbeat from the new Administration on reducing environmental regulation.

In May 2009, New Jersey enacted the Site Remediation Reform Act.(1) The SRRA radically transformed the state’s environmental remediation regime.

On June 15, 2011, NERC filed with FERC for approval of the revised Reliability Standard FAC-008-3 (Facility Ratings), which would replace the currently effective FAC-008-1 and FAC-009-1 Reliability Standards

The First Circuit recently confirmed the traditional rule that it doesn’t take much to trigger an insurer’s duty to defend a policyholder against an environmental claim.

Former Obama administration Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is warning that the White House's proposed guide for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the National Environmental Policy Act .. assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the National Environmental Policy Act

The Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to be the new EPA Administrator on a vote of 52-46.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., ruled that the flow of water from an improved portion of a navigable waterway into an unimproved portion of the same waterway does not qualify as a "discharge of a pollutant" under the Clean Water Act.

On June 22, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services), issued three sets of proposed revisions...

Texas AG Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Global Fiberglass Solutions, Inc. and several affiliates (collectively, "Global") for allegedly violating the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act...

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

Partners Louis Lehot and Michael Kirwan published an article in Reuters Legal News titled: "The Importance of ESG for Startups: Pioneering a Sustainable Future."

EPA sent its final hazardous waste generator improvements rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.

Late last month, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued an immediate stop-work order for Revolution Wind, Ørsted's $6.2 billion, 65-turbine offshore wind power project located 15 miles south of Rhode Island.

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