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Environmental law articles, insights, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics such as clean air/pollution, climate change, environmental law and waste management.

Implementing California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)

Under SGMA, DWR is tasked with conducting technical evaluations of Groundwater Sustainability Plans, including ongoing assessments of plan adequacy and their incorporation of updated data. Recent probationary determinations indicate that State agencies expect demonstrable progress, particularly in critically over-drafted basins.

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Nossaman LLP

Looking Ahead At California’s Shifting Wildfire Liability Landscape

Here is a look at the groundbreaking recommendations from the SB 254 reports and other significant wildfire legislation introduced for the 2026 legislative session, which could fundamentally alter wildfire liability in California.

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

WOTUS Snapshots: Sailing Shifting Seas

In life, only three things are certain: death, taxes and ever-changing administration of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). In the following pages, we provide an overview of actions taken under President Trump’s second administration since our last WOTUS update and describe what project proponents might expect in the coming months and years.

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

EPA Publishes Battery Recycling Best Practices Report, Federal EPR Framework To Follow

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a report to Congress addressing best practices for battery collection, recycling, labeling and consumer education...

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

New Mexico And Hawaii Adopt Low-Carbon Fuel Programs

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Michael Mims Discusses Methane Monitoring Risks For Landfill Operators

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

Bringing Data Centers To Brownfields

United States Environment

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Bracewell

EPA Plans To Expand Immediately MyPeST Platform For Pesticide Submission

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Special Trees vs. Heritage Trees In Washington, D.C.: What Every Property Owner Should Know

United States Real Estate

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Jackson & Campbell

What Businesses Need To Know About Emerging PFAS Regulations

United States Environment

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Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP

Connecticut Posts PFAS Reporting Form Due July 1, 2026

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Washington Update: Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure — June 2026

United States Energy

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Mintz

ACD’s ChemEdge 2026, August 12-14, 2026, Atlanta, GA

United States International

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Bergeson & Campbell

New York Adopts SEQRA Exemptions For Housing And Public Works Projects

United States Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

DOJ And CFTC Bring New Insider Trading Cases In Prediction Markets

United States Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Court Vacates $100K H-1B Payment Requirement

United States Immigration

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Fennemore

Ambiguity Of Measurement Conditions For Relevant Chemical Property Leads To Federal Circuit Affirming Noninfringement Of Epoprostenol Patents

United States IP

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Duane Morris LLP

Orders Enforcing Agreements To Arbitrate—Final Or Not?

United States Litigation

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

The Trump Administration’s Security-for-Minerals Model Faces Test In The DRC

Worldwide Government

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Steptoe LLP

One Year After Seven County: Trends In NEPA Review And Litigation Risk

Federal courts have consistently applied the Supreme Court's Seven County decision over the past year, establishing a highly deferential standard for NEPA review that favors agencies and project proponents.

United States Environment

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WilmerHale

California Environmental Law & Policy Update

Federal agencies advance controversial oil and gas leasing proposals while communities grapple with industrial chemical emergencies and legal battles over dam decommissioning. Meanwhile, courts reshape environmental protections as lawsuits challenge EPA regulations on waste incinerators and drinking water fluoride standards.

United States Environment

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Authorize EPA’s Safer Choice Program

Senators Chris Coons and Jon Husted have introduced bipartisan legislation to formally authorize and strengthen the EPA's Safer Choice Program, which has operated for decades without congressional authorization.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

New Federal PFAS Proposals Address Compliance Timeline And Scope Of Regulation

The EPA has proposed two significant rules that could fundamentally reshape federal PFAS regulations, potentially altering the 2024 drinking water standards that govern maximum contaminant levels...

United States Environment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Potential Listing Of Flame Retardants DBDPE And TBPH In Stockholm Convention On Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Worldwide Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Read Before You Sign: What Forestland Owners Need To Know About Biomass, Biochar, Carbon, And Other Forest Revenue Agreements

United States Real Estate

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Fennemore

Indoor Environment As The Next Mass Tort: PFAS, Mold And Rental Housing Litigation

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Takeaways From ACI’s 3rd Annual Summit On PFAS Regulation, Compliance And Litigation

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Challenge To Oregon’s Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility Law Races To Trial While Other Legal Battles Brew

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

Goodbye, Green Disclosures: SEC Proposes Full Withdrawal Of Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

United States Commercial

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Mayer Brown

FDA Moves On Two Fronts: AI Compliance Enforcement And Clinical Trial Innovation

United States Healthcare

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Dechert

Future Of Climate Liability Litigation Up In The Air In Suncor

United States Environment

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Bracewell

Minnesota’s PFAS Ban Is Coming – But Not For Everything

United States Environment

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Dechert

PFAS Regulatory Alert: EPA Rolls Back RCRA Proposed Rule On “Hazardous Waste” But Does Not Disturb Proposed RCRA Rule On PFAS

United States Environment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

FDA Moves On Two Fronts: AI Compliance Enforcement And Clinical Trial Innovation

This monthly newsletter examines significant legal trends and landmark cases in tort law, including the Sixth Circuit's reversal of class certification, FDA's dual approach to AI regulation in pharmaceuticals, Minnesota's upcoming PFAS ban, and the Supreme Court's expansive interpretation of federal officer removal jurisdiction. These developments carry strategic implications for businesses navigating complex litigation and regulatory compliance across multiple industries.

United States Healthcare

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Dechert

Future Of Climate Liability Litigation Up In The Air In Suncor

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether federal law, including the Clean Air Act, preempts state-law tort claims brought by local Colorado governments seeking damages from fossil fuel companies for alleged...

United States Environment

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Bracewell

Minnesota’s PFAS Ban Is Coming – But Not For Everything

The FDA is taking a dual approach to artificial intelligence in the pharmaceutical sector, issuing compliance warnings for manufacturing while simultaneously encouraging AI innovation in clinical trials.

United States Environment

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Dechert

PFAS Regulatory Alert: EPA Rolls Back RCRA Proposed Rule On “Hazardous Waste” But Does Not Disturb Proposed RCRA Rule On PFAS

EPA has withdrawn its 2024 proposed rule expanding the RCRA definition of “hazardous waste” for corrective action purposes but has not withdrawn its companion proposal to list nine PFAS as RCRA hazardous constituents.

United States Environment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Action Due: June 1 Deadline For California Producers Is Fast Approaching

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

California SB 54 Is Here: What Companies Using Plastic Packaging Need To Do Now

California’s Senate Bill 54 (“SB 54”) requires producers of single-use packaging and plastic food service ware (collectively, “Covered Materials”) to reduce the use of such materials and ensure full recyclability...

United States Environment

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

EPA Files Administrative Complaint Against Chemical Supplier For TSCA Violations

The EPA has filed an administrative complaint against Wego Chemical Group for allegedly importing hundreds of millions of pounds of toxic chemicals from China since 2016 without meeting federal reporting requirements under TSCA.

Worldwide Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Deadline For Textile Producers To Join Landbell USA Is Fast Approaching

Textile producers have thirty days left before the July 1st deadline to join Landbell USA, the Producer Responsibility Organization (“PRO”) charged with implementing California’s Responsible...

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker LLP

FERC Proposes Expansion Of The Blanket Certificate Program

On May 21, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM25-12-001 proposing the most consequential overhaul of its regulations governing natural gas pipeline permitting in 20 years.

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

We Need Another Hero: Fossil Fuels Versus Renewable Energy Production — Which Is The Alternative? (Part 1)

Worldwide Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

SEC Proposes Rescinding Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

United States Commercial

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Holland & Knight

California Environmental Law & Policy Update

United States Environment

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

SB 54 And 343 Update And Compliance

United States Environment

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Steptoe LLP

Southampton’s Residential Dock Ban Tests Its Authority Over Bay Bottoms

United States Real Estate

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Minnesota Legislature Amends PFAS Statute To Exclude Older Products From PFAS Reporting Requirements

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

FDA Announces FY2026 Grant Funding For Animal And Veterinary Innovation Centers

United States Healthcare

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Duane Morris LLP

New York Budget Amends the State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

EPA Proposes Rules To Extend Time To Comply With PFOA And PFOS Drinking Water Standards And Rescind Regulatory Determinations And Regulations For Other PFAS

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Environmental Permitting For AI Data Centers: Federal Acceleration, Federal Lands, And State Resistance

United States Environment

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Squire Patton Boggs LLP

EPA Issues Fact Check Stating That It Has Not Authorized The Release Of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Activates Emergency Viral Pathogen Guidance For Hantavirus

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

New Frontiers In PFAS Litigation: Standing, Disclosure, Function, And The Lessons Of Cavalier v. Apple

United States Litigation

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

EPA Releases Report On Criminal Regulatory Offenses

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

EPA Finalizes Changes To "Technology Transitions" Provisions Of The AIM Act

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

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What Europe's Renewable Energy Struggles Can Teach U.S. Regulators About Dispute System Design

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JAMS

Rare Earth Minerals-Part 2 – Enter Greenland's Global Significance

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Mercosur-EU – A New Potential Powerhouse In Trade Blocs If Ratified

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

The Nexus Of Trade And Food Security Amid Global Conflicts

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Latest Videos

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2026 Forecast: TSCA Reform Developments — A Conversation With Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. And Ryan N. Schmit (Podcast)

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Bergeson & Campbell

Environmental Essentials Webinar Series – Surface Transportation Reauthorization: 2026's Megabill With Permitting Reform (Video)

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Bracewell

Going For Green In Real Estate Sectors – Episode 3 - Data Centres In The AI Era (Podcast)

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Smart Approach To Environmental, Health, And Sustainability In Real Estate (Podcast)

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

Company Accuses Competitor Of Greenwashing In New Lawsuit (Podcast)

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

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