After several rounds of revisions and contentious public meetings, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board adopted the agency's proposed non-emergency regulatory standard for COVID-19 on December 15.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a landmark rule revising the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. This proposal – termed the "Set 2" Rule - marks the 20th anniversary...

Among its energy policy priorities, early executive orders, and other actions, the Trump administration has reinforced its commitment to expanding the U.S. biofuels sector, which typically has strong bipartisan.

On May 23, 2025, Maine's Governor Janet Mills signed into law "An Act to Require Landowners to Report Their Participation...

In a pithy decision issued on January 26, 2022, in PNW Metal Recycling, Inc. v. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Court of Appeals determined...

On March 29, 2025, a Texas District Court ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) should have considered economic costs when crafting protections for the lesser-prairie chicken...

On December 1, 2025, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16.1 governing multi-district litigation (MDL) proceedings took effect. This is the first MDL-specific rule and is the culmination of a multiyear-long rulemaking...

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) recently published its revised Universal Standards, which go into effect on January 1, 2023.

On May 19, 2021, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Hemp Access and Consumer Safety Act of 2021 (SB 1698), which would address long-standing regulatory uncertainty facing products ...

Many states have now enacted extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws, creating new and costly requirements for manufacturers, wholesalers...

Following climate laws passed in 2021 and 2022, Massachusetts has again enacted a new piece of climate-focused legislation. On November 21, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed into law "An Act Promoting...

These recent changes clarify and alter certain requirements related to solar development on agricultural land in Massachusetts.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) asking for stakeholder feedback on Pipeline Safety Regulations...

On January 5, 2026, the Trump administration filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against two California cities, Morgan Hill and Petaluma, seeking to invalidate local ordinances...

The City of Everett (City) voted on November 5, 2024, to pass initiative 24-03, granting the Snohomish River Watershed (Watershed) enforceable legal rights within the City's limits.

On September 22, 2022, the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) issued an Order finalizing a recent decision...

On July 1, 2021, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Ninth Circuit to review EPA's issuance of the 2021 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Multi-Sector General Permit for stormwater discharges ...

On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (together, the Agencies) announced plans to engage stakeholders in the Trump administration's latest effort to pare back the definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA)

Last month, a federal court judge in the Eastern District of Washington concluded that deposition of aerial emissions from a smokestack could support a claim for arranger liability under Washington's cleanup statute...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced an abrupt reversion to its pre-2020 approach to biotechnology regulation on December 19, in the wake.