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Mar.16.2021 Confirmation of Haaland as Secretary of the Interior Highlights Potential Reach of Biden Administration’s "All-of-Government" Pursuit of Environmental and Climate Justice Objectives
Mar.05.2021 SEC Enforcement Warms Up: Commission Creates Climate and ESG Task Force
Mar.04.2021 Proposed Climate Bill Would Advance Biden Administration’s Focus on Environmental Justice
Mar.02.2021 Biden Administration Publishes Interim Social Cost of Carbon Values
Feb.01.2021 Biden Administration Directs Agencies to Implement and Enforce Environmental Justice Measures
Jan.29.2021 New OSHA Guidance on COVID-19 in the Workplace
Jan.08.2021 Treasury and the IRS Release Final Regulations Regarding Section 45Q Carbon Capture and Sequestration Tax Credit
Dec.04.2020 Climate Change at the Top of the Agenda: Five Things Financial Analysts Need to Watch in 2021
Nov.20.2020 New Potential Treaty on Marine Litter and Microplastics: What You Need to Know
Nov.02.2020 Climate Change Will Be Front and Center in 2021, Regardless of the Nov. 3 Results
Oct.02.2020 New Executive Order Supports Domestic Sources of Critical Minerals
Aug.28.2020 Election 2020: The DNC and RNC Conventions Present Stark Contrast on Energy and Environmental Agendas
Aug.14.2020 CERCLA Litigation Watch: First Subsurface Intrusion NPL Site Listing Challenge Fails in the D.C. Circuit
Jul.17.2020 White House Updates Rules for Environmental Reviews of Federal Actions
Jun.12.2020 Calls for Treaty on Marine Litter Continue During World Oceans Week
Jun.02.2020 IRS Announces Proposed Regulations Under Section 45Q for Carbon Capture Credit
May.26.2020 OSHA Increases Scrutiny of COVID-19 Record-Keeping
May.06.2020 No, the Supreme Court’s Decision in Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian Will Probably Not Open Pandora’s Box, But…
Apr.21.2020 California Court Provides Practical Guidance On Affixing The "Baseline" In A CEQA Case – And Weighs In On A Thorny Federal/California Air Quality Issue
Apr.20.2020 OSHA Issues Memo Regarding Discretion in Enforcement When Considering an Employer’s Good Faith Efforts During COVID-19
Apr.16.2020 EPA Considers Updating Federal Procurement Guidelines for Recycled Content
Apr.16.2020 OSHA Issues Enforcement Guidance
Apr.13.2020 Environmental Cleanup During A Pandemic – Q&A Summary of EPA’s Guidance
Mar.30.2020 COVID-19 Benchmarking Survey for Trade Associations Survey Results
Mar.17.2020 DOJ Ends Use of SEPs in Resolving Violations of Environmental Law
Mar.11.2020 OSHA Issues Guidance to Employers on Preventing Worker Exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Feb.21.2020 CSB’s New Accidental Release Reporting Requirement
Feb.13.2020 PFAS Is Officially Subject to The "Toxic Release Inventory" – and Affected Facilities Should Get Their Ducks in a Row
Feb.11.2020 Citizen Suit Alert: Environmental NGOs Set Their Sights on Plastics
Jan.29.2020 OEHHA Clarifies Responsibilities and the Meaning of "Actual Knowledge" Under Prop 65 Regulations
Jan.28.2020 Warning: You May Owe EPA New Risk Evaluation Fees and Reporting Under TSCA
Jan.24.2020 Ninth Circuit Dismisses Kids’ Climate Change Lawsuit Against Federal Government
Oct.17.2019 Potential Impact on EPA of Recent Executive Orders Addressing Agency Guidance
Aug.27.2019 California Supreme Court Clarifies CEQA’s Applicability to Zoning Ordinances
Jul.03.2019 NEPA Review and Climate Change – Proposed Guidance Aims to Define Federal Agency Duties and Discretion
Jul.02.2019 Vermont Attorney General’s PFAS Lawsuits Continue Trend of State Government Product Lawsuits Against Industry
Jun.25.2019 EPA Repeals Obama Administration's Power Plant CO2 Regulations and Issues Narrower Replacement Rule
Jun.13.2019 Preemption or Pandora's Box: The Supreme Court Agrees to Review the CERCLA Federal/State Divide
Jun.03.2019 EPA Finalizes E15 Expansion, Scaled-Back RIN Market Reforms under the Renewable Fuel Standard
Mar.21.2019 Fuels Alert: EPA’s E15 and RIN Market Reform Proposed Rules out for Public Comment (Due April 29)
Feb.28.2019 CERCLA Litigation Watch: First Subsurface Intrusion NPL Site Listing Challenged in D.C. Circuit
Feb.07.2019 March 1, 2019!
Jan.10.2019 Processing Notices of Arrival During the 2018-2019 Government Shutdown
Jan.07.2019 OEHHA Changes Safe Harbor Warnings for Pesticides