| Jul.06.2017 |
PODCAST: Court Limits EPA’s Ability to Delay Clean Air Act Regulation Without Rulemaking — C&M's Trump: The First Year Series |
| Jun.28.2017 |
EPA Releases the Final TSCA Inventory Reset Rule |
| May.23.2017 |
Citizen Suit Watch: No End in Sight for Clean Water Act Litigation Involving Discharges to Groundwater |
| May.10.2017 |
UPDATE: EPA Intends to Postpone Effective Date of Nano Rule |
| Apr.18.2017 |
Implementing the Energy Independence Executive Order |
| Mar.31.2017 |
President Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order: What Does It Do, and What Comes Next? |
| Mar.30.2017 |
Supreme Court Decision Raises Questions about Acting Officers |
| Mar.08.2017 |
What’s Next for Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: Implications and Options That Flow from the Clean Water Rule Executive Order and EPA-Corps Notice |
| Mar.01.2017 |
Ryan Zinke Confirmed as Secretary of the Interior After Setting Forth Policy Views Supporting U.S. Resource and Energy Development |
| Feb.17.2017 |
Scott Pruitt Confirmed as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency |
| Jan.12.2017 |
EPA Issues New Reporting Rule for Nanoscale Materials |
| Jan.10.2017 |
NIOSH Issues Revised Chemical Carcinogen Policy |
| Jan.03.2017 |
10th Circuit Decision Holds That the SEC’s Method for Appointing Administrative Law Judges Violates the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution |
| Nov.30.2016 |
EPA Announces the First Ten Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under the "New TSCA" |
| Nov.17.2016 |
PODCAST: Environmental Regulation Under the Trump Administration — C&M’s First 100 Days Series |
| Oct.28.2016 |
Are Climate Change-Related Risks Becoming a Material Concern For Public Companies? |
| Sep.19.2016 |
Seventh Circuit Endorses DOE’s Reliance on "Social Cost of Carbon" to Support Appliance Efficiency Rule |
| Sep.13.2016 |
CBP Proposes to Amend TSCA Certification Requirements |
| Aug.05.2016 |
Obama Administration Finalizes CEQ Guidance to Federal Agencies on Consideration of Climate Change Impacts |
| Jul.27.2016 |
EPA Makes Greenhouse Gas "Endangerment Finding" for the Aviation Sector |
| Jul.22.2016 |
New Legislation Dramatically Alters Chemical Regulation in the U.S. |
| Jun.23.2016 |
EPA Seeks Comments on Clean Energy Incentive Program |
| Jun.20.2016 |
Eighth Circuit Invalidates Minnesota’s Climate Change Law |
| Jun.09.2016 |
In Victory for Regulated Community, U.S. Supreme Court Allows Review of Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determinations |
| May.18.2016 |
The Full D.C. Circuit Will Hear Challenges to EPA’s Clean Power Plan |
| May.12.2016 |
OSHA Finalizes Workplace Recordkeeping and Reporting Rule |
| May.02.2016 |
New Government Investigations Regarding Hazardous Air Pollutants Could Result In Enforcement Actions and Class Action Lawsuits |
| Apr.21.2016 |
SEC and G20 Financial Stability Board Seeking Comment on Climate Risk Disclosure Requirements |
| Apr.18.2016 |
VIDEO: Clean Power Plan |
| Mar.30.2016 |
OSHA Publishes Long-Anticipated Revision to Silica Standards |
| Mar.09.2016 |
Oregon Enacts Groundbreaking Law to Eliminate Coal and Boost Renewables |
| Feb.11.2016 |
The Supreme Court Stays EPA's Clean Power Plan |
| Feb.01.2016 |
DoD Directive Mobilizes Agency Action on Climate Change |
| Dec.23.2015 |
DOJ and DOL Announce Plan to Prosecute More Workplace Safety Violations |
| Dec.16.2015 |
Highlights of OEHHA's New Draft Warning Regulation – A Win for California Businesses? |
| Dec.15.2015 |
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Practical Guide |
| Dec.03.2015 |
Four Takeaways for In-House Counsel from the Dec. 1 Amendments to the Federal Rules |
| Nov.18.2015 |
OSHA Releases Draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines |
| Nov.11.2015 |
Another Federal Circuit Rejects Clean Air Act Preemption Arguments and Allows State Common Law Tort Suit to Proceed |
| Nov.10.2015 |
The Widening Circles of the Exxon Mobil Climate Disclosure Investigation and Its Implications for Energy Companies |
| Oct.19.2015 |
EPA's Coal Ash Rule Effective Today |
| Oct.09.2015 |
Sixth Circuit Stays WOTUS Rule Nationwide |
| Oct.02.2015 |
EPA Tightens Ozone Standard, Receives Criticism From All Sides |
| Aug.28.2015 |
North Dakota Court Issues Eleventh Hour Halt to Besieged WOTUS Rule |
| Aug.04.2015 |
EPA Issues Historic Carbon Regulations for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants |
| Jul.29.2015 |
D.C. Circuit Again Invalidates EPA’s 'Good Neighbor' Air Pollutant Transport Rule |
| Jul.15.2015 |
Fish and Wildlife Service To Consider New Incidental Take Authorization Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
| Jun.29.2015 |
Breathing New Life Into Vapor Intrusion Concerns: EPA Issues Long-Awaited Final Guidelines |
| Jun.29.2015 |
The Supreme Court Holds Unlawful EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards |
| Jun.23.2015 |
VIDEO: Alternative Fees in Law |
| Jun.22.2015 |
EPA Ordered To Prepare Timeline For CERCLA Financial Responsibility Rulemaking |
| Jun.19.2015 |
EPA Unveils Significant Changes to Its Audit Policy Procedures |
| Jun.11.2015 |
Obama Administration Takes First Step Toward Regulating Carbon Pollution from the Aviation Sector |
| Jun.05.2015 |
OSHA Issues HazCom Interim Guidance in Conjunction with Compliance Deadline |
| Summer 2015 |
Diesel After DEMS: Regulatory Developments on the Horizon for Mining |
| Summer 2015 |
Managing Cybersecurity: What the Mining Industry Should Know and Do |
| May.06.2015 |
IRS Clarifies Qualifying Income for MLPs |
| Apr.17.2015 |
EPA's Coal Ash Rule: New Risks and 10 Key Points for Corporate Counsel |
| Apr.07.2015 |
The Supreme Court Grapples with EPA's Mercury Rule |
| Apr.02.2015 |
Par Petroleum/Mid Pac: Adrift in a Vertical Merger, A Case Study on Foreclosure on an Island |
| Mar.27.2015 |
EPA Proposes New Regulations for Nanoscale Materials in Commerce |
| Mar.18.2015 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: District Court Rejects Wildlife-Related Challenges to a Section 404 Permit in Wind Farm Dispute |
| Mar.16.2015 |
EPA Unveils New "Safer Choice" Product Labels |
| Mar.09.2015 |
Insights From GlobalChem 2015 |
| Mar.09.2015 |
OSM Announces Plans To Regulate Gases Released During Surface Mine Blasting |
| Feb.24.2015 |
OSHA Issues HazCom Enforcement Guidance to Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors |
| Feb.19.2015 |
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Issues Practical Guidance on the Biocidal Products Regulation |
| Feb.18.2015 |
EPA's Proposed Budget – Five Key Signals for Industry on EPA's Priorities |
| Feb.04.2015 |
EPA's Proposed WOTUS Rule – What Industry Needs to Know (VIDEO) |
| Jan.29.2015 |
MSHA Jurisdiction Extends Over Coal Blending Facilities, According to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Jan.28.2015 |
Got Chemicals? The State of Play on Chemical Security Regulations |
| Jan.23.2015 |
Your Energy Tax Credit May Not Be Safe |
| Jan.20.2015 |
Foam and Polyurethane Manufacturers and Importers Take Note: EPA Proposes SNUR for Seven TDIs |
| Jan.13.2015 |
Prop 65 Reform Update – New OEHHA Draft Changes Target Chemicals |
| Dec.23.2014 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Prevailing Defendants Forego $6.4 Million Attorney’s Fees Award In Broad Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Settlement |
| Dec.18.2014 |
New York Issues Statewide Fracking Ban |
| Fall 2014 |
MSHA Regulatory Update |
| Fall 2014 |
FAA and Drones: Mining the Regulatory Gap |
| Fall 2014 |
Coal Industry Awaits Oral Argument and Decision on Merits of MSHA's Final Rule for Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust |
| Dec.05.2014 |
Supreme Court Decision Unlikely to Provide Regulatory Relief in Perez v. MBA |
| Nov.26.2014 |
EPA Proposes New Standards for Ozone, Including Both Primary and Secondary Standards |
| Nov.21.2014 |
EU Sets in Place Obligations to Stimulate the Development of Alternative Fuel Strategy |
| Nov.14.2014 |
U.S. Announces Agreement with China, $3 Billion Pledge to Help Mobilize Climate Finance |
| Nov.12.2014 |
Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program Deadlines Are Here |
| Oct.14.2014 |
OSHA Requests Stakeholder Input on Revamping Rules Governing Workplace Exposure to Chemicals |
| Aug.20.2014 |
CEQ Resists Mandatory NEPA Regulations and Final Guidance on Climate Impacts, But Courts May Not Wait |
| Aug.18.2014 |
DHS Seeks Comments on Changes to Its CFATS Rule |
| Aug.04.2014 |
EPA Signals Changes to Its Risk Management Plan Rule |
| Jul.08.2014 |
EPA Redefines the Scope of Qualifying Cellulosic Biofuel Pathways in the Renewable Fuel Standard Program |
| Jul.01.2014 |
Federal District Court Finds Clean Water Act Violations Based on Elevated Levels of 'Conductivity' |
| Jun.30.2014 |
New York's Highest Court Upholds Local Zoning Control of Fracking |
| Jun.25.2014 |
U.S. Supreme Court Trims Back EPA Efforts to 'Tailor' Greenhouse Gas Permitting Requirements under the Clean Air Act |
| Summer 2014 |
Mine Safety Disclosures to the SEC: A Recent Study Under the U.S. Securities Laws |
| Summer 2014 |
Credit Risks and Bankruptcy Exposure: The Importance of Implementing Mitigation Strategies and Understanding Your Rights in Bankruptcy |
| Summer 2014 |
EEOC Continues to Adopt Novel and Aggressive Enforcement Positions in Litigation and Compliance Investigations |
| Summer 2014 |
Mixed Signals from MSHA on the Status of Staffing Agencies Under the Mine Act |
| Jun.02.2014 |
EPA Proposes Rule to Regulate Carbon Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants |
| May.16.2014 |
Critical Habitat – Three Service Proposals Out For Public Comment |
| May.01.2014 |
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Holds that Mine Operators Can Be Cited for Violations Discovered During Pre-Op Examinations |
| Apr.28.2014 |
BLM Poised To Announce Rulemaking On Capturing Methane from Federal Leases |
| Apr.24.2014 |
Environmental Justice Alert: EPA Achieves Multi-Million Dollar Clean Air Settlement in Environmental Justice Showcase Community |
| Mar.14.2014 |
FERC Directs Mandatory Physical Security Standards |
| Mar.07.2014 |
EO 13650 Working Group Urges Coordination With Local Emergency Responders |
| Feb.21.2014 |
Ninth Circuit Sends Warning on 10(b)(5) Consequences of Corporate Environmental Communication |
| Feb.19.2014 |
EPA Releases Revised Guidance on SDWA Permitting for Hydraulic Fracturing with Diesel |
| Winter 2014 |
The MSHA Regulatory Agenda—an Active Year Ahead in 2014 |
| Winter 2014 |
SMCRA: It's Back in the News and That's Not Good News For Coal |
| Winter 2014 |
Recent Developments in Whistleblower Retaliation Cases Under the Mine Act |
| Winter 2014 |
How Mining Companies Can Mitigate Risks and Protect their Investments, Part I: International Investment Agreements |
| Winter 2014 |
Yours, Mine, or Ours? Mitigating the Risks of Resource Nationalism |
| Jan.08.2014 |
Stakeholder Input Sought on Options to Improve Chemical Facility Risk Management |
| Dec.26.2013 |
Court Upholds Rights of Municipalities in Long Awaited Fracking Decision |
| Dec.24.2013 |
Chemical Facility Safety Working Group Issues 90-Day Progress Report |
| Dec.23.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Buyer Beware: Purchasing Property That Has Once Been Mined Could Cost You A Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
| Dec.19.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Novel Clean Water Act Citizen Suit on Notice Grounds |
| Dec.11.2013 |
OSHA Considering Significant Changes to Its Process Safety Management Standard |
| Nov.19.2013 |
OSHA Introduces Voluntary Workplace Chemical Exposure Standards |
| Nov.14.2013 |
House of Representatives Holds First Substantive Hearing on TSCA Reform Legislation |
| Nov.06.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects Suit Demanding Greenhouse Gas Regulations Based on Lack of Standing (But Rehearing May Be Next) |
| Oct.30.2013 |
Due Process Challenge to Presidential Order Prohibiting Energy Transaction Dismissed |
| Sep.30.2013 |
Third Circuit Affirms Final Declaratory Relief to Energy Resource Producers in Marcellus Shale Region, Vacating Harmful U.S. Forest Service/Sierra Club Settlement |
| Sep.27.2013 |
Ninth Circuit Upholds California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
| Sep.23.2013 |
Clean Air Act Does Not Preempt Property Owners' State Law Tort Claims, Says Third Circuit in Case of First Impression |
| Sep.23.2013 |
House Subcommittee Hearing on TSCA Highlights Weaknesses in Current Chemicals Law |
| Sep.04.2013 |
Endangered Species Act Rulemakings on the Horizon |
| Aug.27.2013 |
OSHA Releases Proposed Rules on Respirable Crystalline Silica |
| Aug.16.2013 |
Seventh Circuit Holds That CERCLA Does Not Preclude Section 107(a) Cost-Recovery Claims for Costs Incurred Pursuant to Administrative Orders on Consent |
| Aug.01.2013 |
D.C. District Court Affirms the SEC's Approach to Regulating Conflict Minerals |
| Jul.29.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Third Circuit Allows Defendants to Employ Rule 68 Offers Of Judgment To Resolve Attorneys' Fee Disputes |
| Jul.24.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: District Court Allows RCRA Endangerment Suit to Proceed Against Farms That Apply Manure to Fields |
| Jun.12.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects 'Sue and Settle' Consent Decree |
| Apr.26.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch – Stormwater Report: Supreme Court Holds That Stormwater Discharges From Logging Roads Do Not Require Clean Water Act Permits; Federal District Court Rejects a Similar Stormwater Citizen Suit Against A Utility |
| Mar.28.2013 |
EPA Announces New List of Chemicals Targeted for Risk Assessment Under TSCA, Including 20 Flame Retardants |
| Mar.05.2013 |
"Big Brown" Citizen Suit Survives Motion to Dismiss |
| Feb.08.2013 |
California Revises Green Chemistry Regulations--Again |
| Jan.25.2013 |
Commission ALJ Holds Production Operator Liable for Part 50 Reporting Violation Even Though the Temporary Employment Agency Had Reported the Injury |
| Jan.24.2013 |
Federal Court Dismisses Surface Coal Mining Citizen Suit |
| Jan.09.2013 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal District Court Grants Victory to Farmer and Poultry Integrator After Bench Trial in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
| Dec.14.2012 |
EPA Reverses Course and Promises to Withdraw TSCA Section 8(d) Cadmium Rule |
| Dec.13.2012 |
New EPA Regulations on Cadmium Target Manufacturers and Importers of Consumer Products; Retail Distributors to be Targeted Next |
| Oct.19.2012 |
Two Recent Court Decisions Herald Positive Developments for Mine Operators in § 105(c) Whistleblower Cases |
| Oct.12.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal District Court Opens the Door to Clean Water Act Regulation of Agricultural Tile Drainage Systems |
| Sep.24.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal Court Rejects Citizen Suit Against EPA for Alleged Role in RINs Fraud |
| Sep.19.2012 |
District Court Imposes Migratory Bird Treaty Act Criminal Liability For "Takes" of Migratory Birds By Unprotected Oil Field Equipment |
| Sep.13.2012 |
SEC Releases Final Conflict Minerals Rules with Broad Implications for Certain Reporting Companies |
| Sep.07.2012 |
Federal District Court Grants Final Declaratory Relief to Energy Resource Producers in Marcellus Shale Region, Vacating Harmful U.S. Forest Service/Sierra Club Settlement |
| Jul.31.2012 |
Federal Court Rejects EPA Attempts to Regulate Eastern U.S. Coal Mining and Sets Aside EPA Final Guidance |
| Jul.26.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Rejects RCRA Citizen Suit Over Diesel Emissions at Railyards |
| Jun.26.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Sixth Circuit Holds That Citizen Plaintiffs Cannot Sue State Officials For Failing To Enforce Federal Clean Air Act Regulations |
| Jun.25.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Ninth Circuit Decision Requiring Clean Water Act Permits for Forest Roads |
| Jun.22.2012 |
OSHA Issues Hazard Alert For Worker Exposures During Hydraulic Fracturing at Oil and Gas Drilling Sites |
| Jun.05.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Fifth Circuit Precludes Clean Water Act Citizen Suits To Enforce Section 404 Permit Conditions |
| May.11.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Citizen Suit Based on Pre-Existing Consent Decree |
| May.04.2012 |
OSHA Changes to MSDS and Chemical Labeling: May 11 Public Meeting on the New GHS Standards |
| Mar.29.2012 |
Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Jurisdictional Challenges To EPA Compliance Orders - Applicability Beyond the Clean Water Act Is Unclear |
| Mar.27.2012 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Federal Court Demands EPA Review of Nonpoint Source Regulations As Part of Water Quality Standard Review |
| Feb.21.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Supreme Court of Illinois Rejects Attack on Mining Permit Reclamation Plan |
| Jan.19.2012 |
Federal Court Rejects Expansive Interpretation of Criminal Liability Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
| Nov.09.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Tenth Circuit Rejects Article III Standing For Local District Attorney in Multi-Party Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
| Oct.31.2011 |
Update on the Polar Bear-Endangered Species Act Multidistrict Litigation |
| Oct.25.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Third Circuit Reverses Lower Court's Dismissal of Citizen Suit on Abstention Grounds |
| Oct.21.2011 |
Crowell & Moring Files Amicus Brief In Support of Cert Petitions Seeking Review of the Ninth Circuit's Ruling on Clean Water Act Permitting for Forest Roads |
| Oct.11.2011 |
Federal Court Rejects EPA Overreaching Into Clean Water Act Section 404 Permitting in Victory for Crowell & Moring Client National Mining Association |
| Sep.28.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Invalidates Arizona Legislation That Eliminated Funding Mechanism For A Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan |
| Sep.28.2011 |
BOEMRE Proposes Additional SEMS Program Requirements |
| Sep.26.2011 |
Third Circuit Affirms Injunctive Relief to Resource Producers in Marcellus Shale Region of Pennsylvania, Blocking Harmful NEPA Settlement That Imposed U.S. Forest Service Drilling Ban in 500,000-acre Allegheny National Forest |
| Aug.08.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Second Circuit Demands Listing of Specific Contaminants to Satisfy Notice Requirements for RCRA Citizen Suits |
| Jul.15.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Tenth Circuit Adopts Broad View of Issue Preclusion and Parens Patriae in Affirming Dismissal of Clean Air Act Citizen Suit |
| Jul.14.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Dismisses a Master Complaint in the Deepwater Horizon Multi-District Litigation |
| Jul.01.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: District Court to Enjoin Use of Pesticide Pending Completion of Endangered Species Act Consultation |
| Jun.24.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Ninth Circuit Rejects CERCLA Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Pursuit of UAO Penalties |
| Jun.02.2011 |
State of New York Files Suit Against Federal Agencies Seeking Environmental Review of Natural Gas Development in the Delaware River Basin |
| May.31.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Ninth Circuit Asserts Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Challenge To Longstanding Regulation And Reaffirms Clean Water Act Permitting Requirements For Forest Roads |
| May.16.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: State Enforcement Does Not Bar RCRA Citizen Suit, As Seventh Circuit Narrowly Construes Federal Abstention |
| Aug.17.2010 |
Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act Imposes New SEC Reporting Requirements on Publicly Traded Mine Operators |
| Jun.21.2010 |
Supreme Court Determines No Presumption for Injunctive Relief in Environmental Cases |
| Feb.03.2010 |
Commission Approves Climate Disclosure Guidance |
| Sep.18.2009 |
EPA Announces Plans To Reconsider Ozone Air Quality Standards |
| Jun.22.2009 |
Supreme Court Reverses the Ninth Circuit and Restores Order to Clean Water Act Permitting, Rejecting Reallocation of Permitting Authority Over Discharges of "Fill Material" from Corps of Engineers to EPA |
| May.04.2009 |
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Significant Reversal in Key CERCLA Case, Narrowing Scope of "Arranger" Liability and Upholding Apportionment Principles |
| Apr.28.2009 |
EPA Amends Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Rules for 2008 Chemical Data |
| Apr.17.2009 |
EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding |
| Mar.11.2009 |
EPA Releases Proposed Rule for Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting |
| Aug.13.2008 |
Public Comment Solicited on Proposed Modifications to Endangered Species Act Consultation Process |
| Aug.08.2008 |
EPA Proposes Significant Expansion of Audit Policy to Encourage Environmental Clean Up at Newly Acquired Facilities |
| Jan.16.2008 |
Controversy Over Sage-Grouse Threatens Multiple Use Development Across 11 Western States |
| Dec.04.2007 |
DC Circuit Upholds EPA Consent Agreements With America’s Farms |
| Oct.25.2007 |
Eleventh Circuit Holds Justice Kennedy's "Significant Nexus" Test To Be Governing Rule Of Rapanos |
| Jun.25.2007 |
The Supreme Court Limits The Scope Of The Endangered Species Act In Defenders of Wildlife |
| Jan.25.2007 |
Senate Energy Committee Kicks Off Climate Change Debate |
| Jan.19.2007 |
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