On July 13, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Kevin McIntyre of Virginia to serve as a FERC Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2018, and an additional term...

As part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the "Act"), Congress extended and increased the 45Q tax credits for carbon capture and storage ("CCS") projects.

On September 22, 2017, the USITC determined that increased imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells are a substantial cause of serious injury to the domestic industry producing competing articles.

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report shows that utility-scale solar costs fell 29% last year to roughly $35/MWh on a levelized basis.

California's Supreme Court recently upheld the State's greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade auction program. In a June 28, 2017 order, the Court denied petitions to review a lower court's ruling...

On Friday, May 11, California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) issued a notice that it is considering listing laundry detergent that includes nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) ...

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued orders holding litigation challenging two major climate regulations in abeyance—the "Clean Power Plan" and the...

On August 15, 2017, EPA issued non-binding guidance providing insight of EPA's expectations for states to assume regulation authority over coal combustion residuals (CCRs).

On May 30th, EPA reinstated a Bush Administration RCRA exemption that allows third-party recycling of hazardous secondary materials, known as the "Transfer-Based Exclusion."

On March 1, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") Administrator, E. Scott Pruitt, signed a notice seeking public comment on the proposed withdrawal of the CTG for the oil and natural gas industry.

Yesterday, the EPA withdrew its request seeking data from the oil and gas industry on methane emissions from existing oil and gas operations, effective March 2, 2017.

The order comes in response to a lawsuit filed by environmentalists arguing that EPA is years overdue in completing reviews required by the Clean Air Act (CAA).

Recent statements from Myron Ebell, the leader of President Trump's U.S. EPA transition team, continue the drumbeat from the new Administration on reducing environmental regulation.

The Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to be the new EPA Administrator on a vote of 52-46.

Today, in a much-anticipated decision, the Supreme Court unanimously held that district courts are the proper courts to hear challenges to the WOTUS Rule, an Obama-era regulation...

The United States Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral argument in the Florida v. Georgia lawsuit on January 8, 2018.

On May 16, 2017, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed Executive Directive 11, which instructs the Department of Environmental Quality to propose regulations that "abate, control, or...

In July 2017, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit against a Canadian cigarette manufacturer, Grand River Enterprises Six Nations, for failing to comply with California laws governing NPMs.

Louisiana has redefined "vapor products" to include nicotine and non-nicotine products. The law became effective on May 30, 2018 when Governor John Bel Edwards signed HB239.

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