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...

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 or personal injury.

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...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a call for information and nominations (Call) today inviting the public to comment on leasing areas off the Oregon coast for offshore wind energy.

On March 3, 2026, OLC issued an opinion addressing a question raised by the Department of Energy involving an energy company that leases and operates a large oilfield in federal waters...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) implementing regulations for the state's landmark 2020 environmental justice law (EJ Law) have withstood appellate court scrutiny.

Last month, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced a rulemaking process to list perflouorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Oregon Cleanup Law.

The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) issued a Request for Information (RFI) asking affected industries to identify existing Interior regulations that...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld EPA's designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA, rejecting industry challenges to the rule. The decision addresses critical questions about EPA's regulatory authority, cost-benefit analysis requirements, and the scope of potential liability for PFAS contamination. What does this ruling mean for companies facing potential cleanup obligations and future CERCLA litigation?

On April 14, Beveridge & Diamond’s Texas Environmental Law Roundtable convened a wide-ranging group of attorneys, regulators, industry representatives, and nonprofit stakeholders in Houston to examine how federal...

A New York intermediate appellate court has dismissed claims brought by a nonprofit for alleged violations of New York's Environmental Rights Amendment, also called the Green Amendment.

States and cities are increasingly using their using their police power to regulate mobile source emissions. Warehouses – and the trucks that serve them – are already subject to an "indirect source rule"...

Corporations seeking to meet emissions-reduction targets are increasingly turning to book-and-claim systems to manage carbon reductions in their supply chains. These mechanisms decouple physical product delivery from environmental attributes, enabling companies to claim GHG benefits even when direct delivery of low-carbon commodities is impractical.

Today the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued an interim final rule (IFR) that will soon remove all existing CEQ regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

A New York trial court ordered the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to issue regulations by February 6, 2026...

Based on recent decisions, judicial interpretation of New York's Environmental Rights Amendment (also called the Green Amendment) continues to evolve.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) recently released draft amendments to State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)...

This article presents an overview of the comments on EPA's first risk assessment regarding PFAS in biosolids, including a summary of over 100 major comments, and a link to EPA's full comment docket.

On May 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on the future regulation of genetically engineered (GE)...

On August 15, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2025-42 (Guidance), updating the rules on when construction is considered to have "begun"...