In a landmark decision, the D.C. Circuit Court invalidated an aspect of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule concerning confidential business information (CBI)...

Three bipartisan bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives aim to revolutionize domestic recovery and recycling of critical minerals from waste streams, particularly lithium-ion batteries. The legislation addresses regulatory barriers under RCRA that currently complicate battery recycling operations and establishes new federal programs to coordinate critical mineral recovery efforts. Will these measures successfully position America to compete in the global race for critical mineral independence?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) have offered two “supplemental options” for the regulatory definitions provided in their November 2025 notice of proposed rulemaking to redefine the Clean Water Act’s jurisdictional trigger, “waters of the United States” (WOTUS).

On January 17, the European Parliament approved the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive (the "Directive"), aimed to improve environmental marketing practices...

DOE finalized rules to apply the 45 lumens per watt "backstop" efficiency standard to general service lamps and to include five categories of specialty incandescent lamps, incandescent reflector lamps...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic's spread in early 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began implementing a series of policies to provide supply chain flexibility...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is poised to make good on its promise to ramp up enforcement efforts in relation to climate risk and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures.

Last week, the Solicitor General weighed in on a pending petition for a writ of certiorari in Port of Tacoma v. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, No. 24-350.

On July 3, 2025, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) completed and released its Third Program Review and an updated CO2 Budget Trading Program Model Rule.

The plaintiffs filed their case against SB 253 and SB 261 in the District Court on January 30, 2024.

Colorado's greenhouse gas emissions trading program is expanding across high-emitting sectors, creating opportunities for companies to profit from selling emissions credits or meet compliance...

On March 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that EPA would soon undertake efforts to roll back 31 environmental regulations that cut across industry sectors.

The first, adds to and revises the list of factors FERC will consider when determining the need for a new natural gas facility.

On Thursday, July 8, 2021, New York's Appellate Division (Third Department) overturned the Supreme Court (Albany) in a highly contested case challenging a Site Plan approval issued by the Planning Board of the Town of Guilderland.

On March 10, 2026, DOJ released its first department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy for corporate criminal matters.

Earlier this year, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released draft text in advance of formally proposing regulations that would...

The EPA has proposed a significant revision to the Clean Air Act's New Source Review preconstruction permitting program that would allow companies to begin certain non-emitting construction activities before obtaining permits.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting public comments on its Financial Capability Assessment (FCA) guidance document, a key methodological...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service have finalized a rule rescinding longstanding regulatory definitions of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act, fundamentally changing how habitat modification is treated under federal wildlife protection law. This regulatory shift eliminates the interpretation that habitat modification or degradation, standing alone, constitutes prohibited "take" of listed species, potentially reducing permitting requirements for landowners and busin

Denver’s Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) is developing Indirect Source Rules (ISRs) to curb emissions from trucks and passenger vehicles by regulating facilities such as warehouses, entertainment venues...