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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.

EPR Packaging Laws Moving From Concept To Compliance

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws are increasingly making companies that market, distribute, and sell packaged consumer products responsible for the cost to dispose of the packaging that they place in the market.

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Mayer Brown

California Enacts New Consumer Products Laws: 2025 Legislative Highlights

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a series of new consumer products laws that may impact manufacturing, distribution, and sales in the state in the coming years.

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenwashing Suits Expand While PFAS Product Cases Hit Standing Hurdles

Greenwashing claims continue to expand, with an active plaintiff bar issuing demand letters and filing suits on subjects such as biodegradability, PFAS, heavy metals, and recycling.

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

EPA Releases Draft Pesticide Registration Notice 2026-NEW: Notifications, Non-Notifications, And Minor Formulation Amendments

On January 5, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its draft Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice, entitled "Pesticide Registration Notice 2026-NEW...

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Bergeson & Campbell

Key Takeaways From The California Public Utilities Commission SB 254 Wildfire Report

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Nossaman LLP

Minnesota PFAS Reporting System Available, MPCA Will Hold February Webinar On CUUs

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Fifth Circuit Denies Challenge To Texas NSR Permit Construction Commencement Extension

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Leadership Transition At California Department Of Fish And Wildlife

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

TSCA Section 21 Petition Seeks Risk Management Rule For Chemicals "Widely Used" In Consumer Liquid Laundry Detergents

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Environmental Developments To Watch In California In 2026

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

New EPA Proposal Seeks To Adopt A More Restrictive Section 401 Framework

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K&L Gates LLP

Gillespie, Littlejohn Tackle Water And Environmental Policy On Florida Specifier Podcast

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Adams and Reese

SB 54 Advisory Board Meeting: Rescinded Regs And Reporting Requests

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

CEQA Reforms: 2025 Enactments And 2026 Proposals

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

How The GENIUS Act Is Reshaping Stablecoin Regulation And Emerging Financial Disputes

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JAMS

The X Factor In Mediation Success: Why A Consistent Client Experience (CX) Fosters Trust

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JAMS

The Empty Chair At Johannesburg: What It Says About US Power

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Ohio's New E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act: What Construction Employers Need To Know

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Environmental Law

Michigan Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration Efforts To Quash Michigan State Action On Climate

Trump Administration efforts to quash state-driven climate action were recently dealt a setback when a Michigan federal court rejected a federal effort to quash state claims focused on the fossil fuel industry.

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ArentFox Schiff

EPR Packaging Laws Moving From Concept To Compliance

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws are increasingly making companies that market, distribute, and sell packaged consumer products responsible for the cost to dispose of the packaging that they place in the market.

United States Environment

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Mayer Brown

2025 California Proposition 65 Trends

As 2026 begins, this edition of Greenberg Traurig's Consumer Compass highlights the pivotal shifts and emerging trends impacting the consumer products industry.

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

California Enacts New Consumer Products Laws: 2025 Legislative Highlights

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenwashing Suits Expand While PFAS Product Cases Hit Standing Hurdles

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

P2N0 - Edition 41 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

EPA Releases Draft Pesticide Registration Notice 2026-NEW: Notifications, Non-Notifications, And Minor Formulation Amendments

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Key Takeaways From The California Public Utilities Commission SB 254 Wildfire Report

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Nossaman LLP

Minnesota PFAS Reporting System Available, MPCA Will Hold February Webinar On CUUs

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

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Climate Change

P2N0 - Edition 41 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

Baker Botts Partner, Michael Harrison, delves into the drive to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (NZE). P2N0 highlights major global news items in concise summaries, with a focus on policy changes and project advancements.

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Baker Botts LLP

Ninth Circuit Enjoins California Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure Law, But The Waiting Game Continues

On November 18, 2025, the Ninth Circuit stayed the enforcement of a California law requiring certain companies to publish a climate risk report.

United States Commercial

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Environmental Developments To Watch In California In 2026

California will continue to set the pace for environmental regulation in 2026, using its rulemaking, enforcement, and market influence to drive requirements that often become de facto national standards for companies...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Climate Analysis In Louisiana's Coastal Permitting Regime: The Second Commonwealth LNG Petition

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

CARB Advances Climate Disclosure Rules As Ninth Circuit Appeal Continues

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Carbon Quarterly–Volume 13

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

California AG Tells Plastic Bag Manufacturers To Throw Out False Recyclability Claims

United States Environment

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Cozen O'Connor

What's Next For SB 253 And SB 261? Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Recap

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Report On New York's Climate Superfund Law

United States Environment

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

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Clean Air / Pollution

Minnesota PFAS Reporting System Available, MPCA Will Hold February Webinar On CUUs

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced on January 30, 2026, that the online system for reporting products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Fifth Circuit Denies Challenge To Texas NSR Permit Construction Commencement Extension

On January 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ's) decision to grant a third New Source Review (NSR) construction commencement deadline...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Data Centers Are The New Industrial Neighbors: Managing Risk Of Nuisance And Environmental Litigation

Earlier this week, the New Orleans City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers while the city revisits how (and whether) to regulate them.

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

Fifth Circuit Upholds TCEQ's Third Construction Extension For Texas LNG Project

United States Energy

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

SB 54, Take Two (Again): California Pulls Packaging EPR Regulations Back For Revision

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

2026 Forecast: Capitol Hill Issues — A Conversation With James v. Aidala (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

CA Cracks Down On Landfill Methane With 2027 Compliance Rules

United States Environment

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FBT Gibbons

Recent Federal Developments For January 2026

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

What To Expect Under TSCA In 2026

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

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Waste Management

2025 California Proposition 65 Trends

As 2026 begins, this edition of Greenberg Traurig's Consumer Compass highlights the pivotal shifts and emerging trends impacting the consumer products industry.

United States Consumer

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Extended Producer Responsibility Laws Are Here: What Manufacturers Must Do Now To Assess Applicability And Compliance Risk

A cutting‑edge experiment in recycling policy is now unfolding in multiple states across the country: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Laws.

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

Court Of Appeals Reaffirms SEQRA Standing For Affected Property Owners

New York's State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) plays a key role in its municipalities' decision-making.

United States Environment

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Coast To Coast: How New York's New GHG Reporting Rules Compare To California's SB 253

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Latest Pandora's Box: What You Need To Know Now About State EPR Laws

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

State AG News: Environmental Regulation, Consumer Protection, Patient Safety (January 8-14, 2026)

United States Environment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Federal PFAS Regulation And Litigation: Developments, Implementation, And What To Expect In The Second Year Of The Trump Administration

United States Environment

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

New York Implements Greenhouse Gas Reporting For 2026

United States Environment

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

Simplificación, Modificación Y Expedición De Trámites Y Formatos Que Se Presentan Ante La Secretaría De Medio Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Latest Videos

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The Latest On California's Climate Disclosure Laws (SB 253 & SB 261) (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

In That Case: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (Video)

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WilmerHale

Hon. Andrew Wheeler | Former EPA Administrator and Current Partner and Head of Federal Affairs at Holland & Hart (Podcast)

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Holland & Hart

Dirt In The Ditches: A Practical Look At How The Sackett Decision Affects WOTUS Permitting Nationwide (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

COP28 Insights Mini-Series (Video)

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Mayer Brown

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