North America: Energy and Natural Resources

In California, solar operators leasing land for their projects face a critical risk: foreclosure by a junior lienholder could extinguish their lease and force premature project removal, potentially triggering defaults under revenue agreements. A simple yet often overlooked solution—recording a Memorandum of Lease—can protect the project from most foreclosures by establishing the lease's priority in the chain of title.

The United States faces unprecedented challenges in securing domestic supplies of critical minerals essential to national security, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing. As global demand surges and geopolitical tensions reshape international trade relationships, innovative technologies are emerging to unlock domestic sources, improve refining efficiency, and transform industrial waste into valuable feedstocks.

Canada's energy sector is undergoing a transformative period with substantial investment flowing into traditional oil and gas infrastructure, electricity generation, LNG facilities, critical minerals, and clean energy projects. As geopolitical uncertainty reshapes global energy markets, understanding Canada's unique regulatory framework—spanning federal and provincial oversight, Indigenous participation requirements, and evolving environmental permitting processes—has become essential for invest

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended its Emerging Viral Pathogen (EVP) Guidance for Antimicrobial Pesticides (Guidance) in response to the Marburg virus. Marburg virus disease is a rare disease that is caused by an infection from the Marburg virus.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has released draft toxicological profiles for cadmium and hexachlorocyclopentadiene, two priority hazardous substances under the Superfund program. These comprehensive evaluations establish new minimal risk levels based on updated scientific evidence and propose health-based reference values that will inform regulatory risk assessments worldwide.

The 2016 Lautenberg Amendments promised to revolutionize chemical safety regulation in the United States, but have four administrations successfully implemented Congress's vision? This discussion brings together diverse stakeholders to debate whether EPA's decade-long implementation of TSCA reforms has achieved its public health goals, or if a fundamental reimagining of chemical regulation is needed.

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senate committee leaders introduced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 on September 30, 2026. The proposal combines broad reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act...

On September 30, 2026, Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee Chair Mike Lee (R-UT), and Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-NM) unveiled the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA; S. 5653), a comprehensive permitting reform package aimed at accelerating approvals for energy, infrastructure, transmission, mining, manufacturing, and other major projects. The legislation represents the most significant bipartisan permitting reform effort in years and follows months of negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats.

California's water professionals work tirelessly to ensure safe and reliable water, wastewater, and recycled water services across the state, especially as the region faces a hotter, drier climate with extreme weather events. This recognition highlights the essential expertise and dedication these professionals bring to their communities while encouraging the next generation to consider rewarding careers in the water industry.

El 30 de septiembre de 2026, la Secretaría de Energía publicó nuevas disposiciones administrativas que establecen requisitos obligatorios para personas físicas y morales con alto consumo energético en México. ¿Qué implicaciones tienen estas regulaciones para las empresas que superan los umbrales de consumo de electricidad y combustibles? Las nuevas normas introducen obligaciones de registro, reporte anual y certificación de sistemas de gestión

Canada's energy sector is undergoing a transformative period with substantial investment flowing into traditional oil and gas infrastructure, electricity generation, LNG facilities, critical minerals, and clean energy projects. As geopolitical uncertainty reshapes global energy markets, understanding Canada's unique regulatory framework—spanning federal and provincial oversight, Indigenous participation requirements, and evolving environmental permitting processes—has become essential for invest

El Plan de Desarrollo del Sector Hidrocarburos (PLADESHi) establece metas nacionales de producción de hidrocarburos hasta 2039, contemplando proyectos de exploración, extracción y modernización de infraestructura energética. El documento detalla estrategias de aprovechamiento de gas natural, reducción de emisiones, desarrollo de infraestructura de refinación y petroquímica, así como la expansión del SISTRANGAS y la participación de operadores privados e