Textile extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements continue to evolve in the U.S. and abroad, with California now taking a major step and other jurisdictions advancing similar frameworks.

On June 6, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2025-42, which eliminated the 5% Safe Harbor for most wind and solar projects seeking clean energy...

Following the Trump administration's previously announced commitment to "slash unnecessary red tape and regulations," the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed a new suite of deregulatory actions that, if successful...

Maryland's Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) requires owners of large commercial, industrial, and multifamily buildings to annually report their energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG)...

The Maryland General Assembly concluded its spring 2025 legislative session on April 7, 2025. The General Assembly spent a considerable portion of the session attending to the State's pressing budget issues.

Despite delayed implementing regulations, Circular Action Alliance (CAA), the producer responsibility organization (PRO) responsible for administering California’s packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR)...

Beveridge & Diamond (B&D) litigators defeated a motion to dismiss a claim brought by landfill and solid waste companies challenging the constitutionality of a municipal ordinance imposing flow control...

Ethylene Oxide (EO) remains a high priority for the Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from both a risk and an environmental justice standpoint. Expect that spotlight to continue next year and beyond.

On November 5, 2025, the European Commission (Commission) announced that 21 airlines committed to modifying their environmental marketing practices after EU consumer authorities...

On the heels of its March 12 major announcement about 31 deregulatory actions, EPA also issued an important Memorandum honing the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final modification to its 2022 Construction General Permit (CGP) to expand the list of areas eligible for coverage to include construction projects...

President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) that directs agencies to streamline reviews, prioritize high-capacity projects, and support infrastructure critical to AI and national security.

When the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission unveiled its Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment on May 22 (reissued May 28), it framed the document as a clarion call...

Plaintiffs alleged that the regulation created an easement on their properties that amounted to a per se physical taking, requiring just compensation under the Constitution.

orway nominated decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) and its related substance for listing under the Stockholm Convention. The European Union (EU) nominated bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate (TBPH).

Over the last decade, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has imposed dozens of multi-million-dollar civil penalties on companies under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA)...

On July 29, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Alaska final authorization to administer its hazardous waste management program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Alaska is the 49th state authorized to administer most aspects of the federal RCRA hazardous waste program and the first state in more than 25 years to receive initial authorization.

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has initiated rulemaking to list cleaning products containing hydrofluoric acid (HF) as Priority Products under California’s Safer Consumer Products (SCP)...

The EPA's withdrawal of its 2024 proposed rule raises critical questions about the scope of corrective action authority at hazardous waste facilities and the regulatory treatment of emerging contaminants like PFAS.

What Happened: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a Health Advisory regarding outbreaks of New World Screwworm (NWS) outside the U.S. and the risk of spread into U.S. territory.