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As ESG continues to influence investment opportunities, greenwashing is becoming a big problem globally...

Newly Released Preliminary Draft Broadens State Board's Jurisdiction Over 'Waters of the State'

California is implementing two groundbreaking laws that will fundamentally reshape how businesses label products as recyclable, creating potential conflicts with federal and other state requirements.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is retaining its Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) designations for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and plans to propose a new framework to guide future designations with economic impact considerations.

On May 9, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a memorandum withdrawing authority from EPA regional offices to make final decisions on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act remedies with an estimated cost exceeding $50 million

On February 6, a federal judge in Oregon quietly issued a two‑page order that might have initially appeared to be a mundane procedural ruling, but it wasn't. That order enjoined Oregon's sweeping Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) statute.

EPA has withdrawn its 2024 proposed rule expanding the RCRA definition of “hazardous waste” for corrective action purposes but has not withdrawn its companion proposal to list nine PFAS as RCRA hazardous constituents.

In response to a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled that proceedings conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) constitute a "suit" within the meaning of the standard-form CGL policies at issue, thus triggering the insurers' duty to defend.

The Texas Supreme Court reversed a jury award because the plaintiff failed to meet the high standard for establishing loss of market value.

The pet food manufacturing industry stands at a critical juncture of technological advancement and increasing consumer demands for quality.

On November 2, 2021, President Biden released the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan (the "Plan").

In 2021 the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued its strategic roadmap to address a broad group of thousands of manmade chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS")...

With Republicans poised to control the House, Senate, and White House in 2025 for the first time since 2018, President-elect Donald Trump will have a powerful tool at his disposal: the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

Amid rising concerns over black-bear encounters, Seminole County could become Florida's first local government to impose fines on people who don't lock up their trash or who unwittingly lure bruins into residential communities.

In connection with EPA's final rule listing two PFAS as hazardous substances under CERCLA, EPA also released policy guidance addressing its enforcement discretion under the new rule.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week released a pre-publication copy of a proposed rule on pharmaceutical hazardous wastes in healthcare and related industries that will significantly affect our healthcare clients.

Any issue that poses the potential for health risks and/or liabilities associated with uncertain regulatory requirements demands corporate attention

hese types of federal health advisories are not legally binding, though state governments can use them to set their own PFAS drinking water standards.