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.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) recently published notice that it is initiating a formal review of Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12 a little over a year after its latest iteration took effect.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalized regulations on the clean electricity production tax credit and clean electricity investment tax...

Two weeks after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Zeldin outlined the agency's PFAS plan in broad strokes, EPA provided more detail on how it intends to proceed with respect to drinking water...

On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 published in the Federal Register its Final Designation of stormwater discharges from commercial...

Starting November 1, 2022, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will require applicants who are applying for a new registration, permit, or activity...

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together, the Services) proposed rescinding the definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Under the proposed ETS, employees would be required to wear a mask during indoor daily health screenings regardless of vaccination status.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an interim final rule on May 13, 2025, extending the reporting deadlines for its Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Reporting Rule...

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 6, 2022, issued an emergency order reinstating the Trump Administration's rule governing Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

On December 15, 2022, EPA issued a final rule amending the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule (AAI Rule), 40 CFR part 312, to recognize the updated ASTM International standard for conducting Phase I...

As part of its responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its final Herbicide Strategy to address potential impacts...

Companies that import, produce, or reclaim HFCs should carefully review – and consider submitting comments on – a new rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection...

Litigation surrounding plastics and microplastics has increased significantly in recent years due to growing concerns over plastic pollution.

A New York intermediate appellate court recently affirmed the dismissal of a claim alleging violations of the State's Environmental Rights...

New York's "Cumulative Impacts Bill" was signed into law on December 31, 2022, and is set to become effective in late June 2023.

Before last year, federal appellate courts consistently looked to federal safety regulations to define the standard of care in tort suits related to nuclear contamination...

In Bask, Inc. v. Municipal Council of Taunton, 490 Mass. 312 (2022), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) addresses the limits of the equitable authority of the Massachusetts...