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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 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.

On September 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in State of Mississippi et al. v. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a closely watched case challenging DOE's direct final rule (DFR) establishing new energy efficiency standards for conventional cooking products.

On January 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Proposed Rule to revise its Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification regulations.

On October 12, 2022, the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Letter of Concern ...

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

On August 11, 2022, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a significant new climate bill, "An Act driving clean energy and offshore wind" into law.

On December 5, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to modify Toxic Release Inventory reporting to increase reporting for listed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...

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...

Project development east of the Rocky Mountains may be about to become exponentially more difficult in light of a new proposal under the Endangered Species Act.

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.