| January 27, 2023 |
Déjà Vu: The Lessons of Solyndra & What Energy Companies Can Expect Under the 118th Congress |
| January 26, 2023 |
Appliance Manufacturers and Importers Should Prepare for Increased DOE Enforcement Activity in 2023 |
| January 18, 2023 |
Recent EPA Guidance Boosts Consideration of Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts of Pollution |
| January 13, 2023 |
Cyber and Physical Attacks on the Electric Grid Should Prompt New Year’s Resolutions for the Energy Industry |
| January 3, 2023 |
EPA Seeks Comment on IRA Clean Ports Program |
| September 20, 2022 |
New Federal Report on Microfiber Pollution Spotlights Textile and Fashion Industries |
| August 9, 2022 |
Differing Approaches to Climate Policies in the UK and US |
| June 3, 2022 |
EPA Update to Environmental Justice Legal Tools |
| May 6, 2022 |
U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Poised to Execute “Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy” |
| April 20, 2022 |
Small Changes to NEPA Rules Expected to Have Major Impacts on Federal Environmental Reviews of Infrastructure Projects |
| March 22, 2022 |
The SEC Seeks to Expand Scope of Required Climate Risk Disclosures |
| December 20, 2021 |
Sixth Circuit Allows OSHA to Resume Enforcement of Its Emergency Temporary Standard; OSHA Announces Delayed Enforcement |
| December 6, 2021 |
EPA’s Anticipated Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines Will Guide EJ Enforcement |
| November 29, 2021 |
EPA Advances Environmental Justice with Novel Expansion of TRI Discretionary Authority |
| November 9, 2021 |
EPA to Initiate Regulation of PFAS Under RCRA |
| October 26, 2021 |
Are You Ready for the U.S. DOT’s January 1, 2022 Deadline for Lithium Battery Test Summaries? |
| September 8, 2021 |
"Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) from a European Perspective," Webinar in collaboration with IBJ/IJE |
| May 21, 2021 |
Crypto's Enviro Costs Present Challenges For Companies |
| March 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 |
| March 5, 2021 |
SEC Enforcement Warms Up: Commission Creates Climate and ESG Task Force |
| March 4, 2021 |
Proposed Climate Bill Would Advance Biden Administration’s Focus on Environmental Justice |
| March 2, 2021 |
Biden Administration Publishes Interim Social Cost of Carbon Values |
| February 1, 2021 |
Biden Administration Directs Agencies to Implement and Enforce Environmental Justice Measures |
| January 29, 2021 |
New OSHA Guidance on COVID-19 in the Workplace |
| January 8, 2021 |
Treasury and the IRS Release Final Regulations Regarding Section 45Q Carbon Capture and Sequestration Tax Credit |
| December 4, 2020 |
Climate Change at the Top of the Agenda: Five Things Financial Analysts Need to Watch in 2021 |
| November 20, 2020 |
New Potential Treaty on Marine Litter and Microplastics: What You Need to Know |
| November 2, 2020 |
Climate Change Will Be Front and Center in 2021, Regardless of the Nov. 3 Results |
| October 2, 2020 |
New Executive Order Supports Domestic Sources of Critical Minerals |
| August 28, 2020 |
Election 2020: The DNC and RNC Conventions Present Stark Contrast on Energy and Environmental Agendas |
| August 14, 2020 |
CERCLA Litigation Watch: First Subsurface Intrusion NPL Site Listing Challenge Fails in the D.C. Circuit |
| July 17, 2020 |
White House Updates Rules for Environmental Reviews of Federal Actions |
| June 12, 2020 |
Calls for Treaty on Marine Litter Continue During World Oceans Week |
| June 2, 2020 |
IRS Announces Proposed Regulations Under Section 45Q for Carbon Capture Credit |
| May 26, 2020 |
OSHA Increases Scrutiny of COVID-19 Record-Keeping |
| May 6, 2020 |
No, the Supreme Court’s Decision in Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian Will Probably Not Open Pandora’s Box, But… |
| April 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 |
| April 20, 2020 |
OSHA Issues Memo Regarding Discretion in Enforcement When Considering an Employer’s Good Faith Efforts During COVID-19 |
| April 16, 2020 |
EPA Considers Updating Federal Procurement Guidelines for Recycled Content |
| April 16, 2020 |
OSHA Issues Enforcement Guidance |
| April 13, 2020 |
Environmental Cleanup During A Pandemic – Q&A Summary of EPA’s Guidance |
| March 30, 2020 |
COVID-19 Benchmarking Survey for Trade Associations Survey Results |
| March 17, 2020 |
DOJ Ends Use of SEPs in Resolving Violations of Environmental Law |
| March 11, 2020 |
OSHA Issues Guidance to Employers on Preventing Worker Exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19) |
| February 21, 2020 |
CSB’s New Accidental Release Reporting Requirement |
| February 13, 2020 |
PFAS Is Officially Subject to The "Toxic Release Inventory" – and Affected Facilities Should Get Their Ducks in a Row |
| February 11, 2020 |
Citizen Suit Alert: Environmental NGOs Set Their Sights on Plastics |
| January 29, 2020 |
OEHHA Clarifies Responsibilities and the Meaning of "Actual Knowledge" Under Prop 65 Regulations |
| January 28, 2020 |
Warning: You May Owe EPA New Risk Evaluation Fees and Reporting Under TSCA |
| January 24, 2020 |
Ninth Circuit Dismisses Kids’ Climate Change Lawsuit Against Federal Government |
| October 17, 2019 |
Potential Impact on EPA of Recent Executive Orders Addressing Agency Guidance |
| August 27, 2019 |
California Supreme Court Clarifies CEQA’s Applicability to Zoning Ordinances |
| July 3, 2019 |
NEPA Review and Climate Change – Proposed Guidance Aims to Define Federal Agency Duties and Discretion |
| July 2, 2019 |
Vermont Attorney General’s PFAS Lawsuits Continue Trend of State Government Product Lawsuits Against Industry |
| June 25, 2019 |
EPA Repeals Obama Administration's Power Plant CO2 Regulations and Issues Narrower Replacement Rule |
| June 13, 2019 |
Preemption or Pandora's Box: The Supreme Court Agrees to Review the CERCLA Federal/State Divide |
| June 3, 2019 |
EPA Finalizes E15 Expansion, Scaled-Back RIN Market Reforms under the Renewable Fuel Standard |
| March 21, 2019 |
Fuels Alert: EPA’s E15 and RIN Market Reform Proposed Rules out for Public Comment (Due April 29) |
| February 28, 2019 |
CERCLA Litigation Watch: First Subsurface Intrusion NPL Site Listing Challenged in D.C. Circuit |
| February 7, 2019 |
March 1, 2019! |
| January 10, 2019 |
Processing Notices of Arrival During the 2018-2019 Government Shutdown |
| January 7, 2019 |
OEHHA Changes Safe Harbor Warnings for Pesticides |
| September 25, 2018 |
EPA Implements Obama-Era Subsurface Intrusion Regulation with National Priorities List Additions |
| August 21, 2018 |
Recent New York State Case Could Encourage an Increase in Class-Action Suits Involving PFOA Contamination |
| August 6, 2018 |
Lucia’s Wake: Sixth Circuit Tosses Mine Safety Ruling By An Improperly Appointed Judge |
| June 28, 2018 |
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Lucia? |
| June 14, 2018 |
DOJ's & EPA's First Take on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) |
| June 11, 2018 |
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks – Chemical Regulation of 3D Printing |
| April 11, 2018 |
Tax Reform Impacts Governmental Environmental Enforcement |
| February 26, 2018 |
NPDES Permits for Indirect Discharges? |
| February 6, 2018 |
EPA Fines Increase. Again. |
| December 20, 2017 |
Out from Between a Rock and a Hard(rock) Place: EPA Declines to Pursue CERCLA Financial Assurance Rule for the Hardrock Mining Industry |
| October 24, 2017 |
EPA Announces New Policy Regarding "Sue and Settle" |
| October 12, 2017 |
Judicial Branch Continues to Scrutinize the Executive Branch's Deregulatory Agenda |
| September 22, 2017 |
Trump Administration Takes Action to Reduce Project Permit Delays |
| August 28, 2017 |
D.C. Circuit Eases Recycling Restrictions |
| August 22, 2017 |
Final TSCA Inventory Reset Rule Now Effective; Clock is Ticking for Companies to Report |
| July 6, 2017 |
PODCAST: Court Limits EPA’s Ability to Delay Clean Air Act Regulation Without Rulemaking — C&M's Trump: The First Year Series |
| June 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 |
| April 18, 2017 |
Implementing the Energy Independence Executive Order |
| March 31, 2017 |
President Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order: What Does It Do, and What Comes Next? |
| March 30, 2017 |
Supreme Court Decision Raises Questions about Acting Officers |
| March 8, 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 |
| March 1, 2017 |
Ryan Zinke Confirmed as Secretary of the Interior After Setting Forth Policy Views Supporting U.S. Resource and Energy Development |
| February 17, 2017 |
Scott Pruitt Confirmed as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency |
| January 12, 2017 |
EPA Issues New Reporting Rule for Nanoscale Materials |
| January 10, 2017 |
NIOSH Issues Revised Chemical Carcinogen Policy |
| January 3, 2017 |
10th Circuit Decision Holds That the SEC’s Method for Appointing Administrative Law Judges Violates the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution |
| November 30, 2016 |
EPA Announces the First Ten Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under the "New TSCA" |
| November 17, 2016 |
PODCAST: Environmental Regulation Under the Trump Administration — C&M’s First 100 Days Series |
| October 28, 2016 |
Are Climate Change-Related Risks Becoming a Material Concern For Public Companies? |
| September 19, 2016 |
Seventh Circuit Endorses DOE’s Reliance on "Social Cost of Carbon" to Support Appliance Efficiency Rule |
| September 13, 2016 |
CBP Proposes to Amend TSCA Certification Requirements |
| August 5, 2016 |
Obama Administration Finalizes CEQ Guidance to Federal Agencies on Consideration of Climate Change Impacts |
| July 27, 2016 |
EPA Makes Greenhouse Gas "Endangerment Finding" for the Aviation Sector |
| July 22, 2016 |
New Legislation Dramatically Alters Chemical Regulation in the U.S. |
| June 23, 2016 |
EPA Seeks Comments on Clean Energy Incentive Program |
| June 20, 2016 |
Eighth Circuit Invalidates Minnesota’s Climate Change Law |
| June 9, 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 2, 2016 |
New Government Investigations Regarding Hazardous Air Pollutants Could Result In Enforcement Actions and Class Action Lawsuits |
| April 21, 2016 |
SEC and G20 Financial Stability Board Seeking Comment on Climate Risk Disclosure Requirements |
| April 18, 2016 |
VIDEO: Clean Power Plan |
| March 30, 2016 |
OSHA Publishes Long-Anticipated Revision to Silica Standards |
| March 9, 2016 |
Oregon Enacts Groundbreaking Law to Eliminate Coal and Boost Renewables |
| February 11, 2016 |
The Supreme Court Stays EPA's Clean Power Plan |
| February 1, 2016 |
DoD Directive Mobilizes Agency Action on Climate Change |
| December 23, 2015 |
DOJ and DOL Announce Plan to Prosecute More Workplace Safety Violations |
| December 16, 2015 |
Highlights of OEHHA's New Draft Warning Regulation – A Win for California Businesses? |
| December 15, 2015 |
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Practical Guide |
| December 3, 2015 |
Four Takeaways for In-House Counsel from the Dec. 1 Amendments to the Federal Rules |
| November 18, 2015 |
OSHA Releases Draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines |
| November 11, 2015 |
Another Federal Circuit Rejects Clean Air Act Preemption Arguments and Allows State Common Law Tort Suit to Proceed |
| November 10, 2015 |
The Widening Circles of the Exxon Mobil Climate Disclosure Investigation and Its Implications for Energy Companies |
| October 19, 2015 |
EPA's Coal Ash Rule Effective Today |
| October 9, 2015 |
Sixth Circuit Stays WOTUS Rule Nationwide |
| October 2, 2015 |
EPA Tightens Ozone Standard, Receives Criticism From All Sides |
| August 28, 2015 |
North Dakota Court Issues Eleventh Hour Halt to Besieged WOTUS Rule |
| August 4, 2015 |
EPA Issues Historic Carbon Regulations for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants |
| July 29, 2015 |
D.C. Circuit Again Invalidates EPA’s 'Good Neighbor' Air Pollutant Transport Rule |
| July 15, 2015 |
Fish and Wildlife Service To Consider New Incidental Take Authorization Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
| June 29, 2015 |
Breathing New Life Into Vapor Intrusion Concerns: EPA Issues Long-Awaited Final Guidelines |
| June 29, 2015 |
The Supreme Court Holds Unlawful EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards |
| June 23, 2015 |
VIDEO: Alternative Fees in Law |
| June 22, 2015 |
EPA Ordered To Prepare Timeline For CERCLA Financial Responsibility Rulemaking |
| June 19, 2015 |
EPA Unveils Significant Changes to Its Audit Policy Procedures |
| June 11, 2015 |
Obama Administration Takes First Step Toward Regulating Carbon Pollution from the Aviation Sector |
| June 5, 2015 |
OSHA Issues HazCom Interim Guidance in Conjunction with Compliance Deadline |
| Summer 2015 |
Managing Cybersecurity: What the Mining Industry Should Know and Do |
| May 6, 2015 |
IRS Clarifies Qualifying Income for MLPs |
| April 17, 2015 |
EPA's Coal Ash Rule: New Risks and 10 Key Points for Corporate Counsel |
| April 7, 2015 |
The Supreme Court Grapples with EPA's Mercury Rule |
| April 2, 2015 |
Par Petroleum/Mid Pac: Adrift in a Vertical Merger, A Case Study on Foreclosure on an Island |
| March 27, 2015 |
EPA Proposes New Regulations for Nanoscale Materials in Commerce |
| March 18, 2015 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: District Court Rejects Wildlife-Related Challenges to a Section 404 Permit in Wind Farm Dispute |
| March 16, 2015 |
EPA Unveils New "Safer Choice" Product Labels |
| March 9, 2015 |
Insights From GlobalChem 2015 |
| February 24, 2015 |
OSHA Issues HazCom Enforcement Guidance to Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors |
| February 19, 2015 |
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Issues Practical Guidance on the Biocidal Products Regulation |
| February 18, 2015 |
EPA's Proposed Budget – Five Key Signals for Industry on EPA's Priorities |
| February 4, 2015 |
EPA's Proposed WOTUS Rule – What Industry Needs to Know (VIDEO) |
| January 29, 2015 |
MSHA Jurisdiction Extends Over Coal Blending Facilities, According to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals |
| January 28, 2015 |
Got Chemicals? The State of Play on Chemical Security Regulations |
| January 23, 2015 |
Your Energy Tax Credit May Not Be Safe |
| January 20, 2015 |
Foam and Polyurethane Manufacturers and Importers Take Note: EPA Proposes SNUR for Seven TDIs |
| December 23, 2014 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Prevailing Defendants Forego $6.4 Million Attorney’s Fees Award In Broad Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Settlement |
| December 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 |
| December 5, 2014 |
Supreme Court Decision Unlikely to Provide Regulatory Relief in Perez v. MBA |
| November 26, 2014 |
EPA Proposes New Standards for Ozone, Including Both Primary and Secondary Standards |
| November 21, 2014 |
EU Sets in Place Obligations to Stimulate the Development of Alternative Fuel Strategy |
| November 14, 2014 |
U.S. Announces Agreement with China, $3 Billion Pledge to Help Mobilize Climate Finance |
| November 12, 2014 |
Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program Deadlines Are Here |
| October 14, 2014 |
OSHA Requests Stakeholder Input on Revamping Rules Governing Workplace Exposure to Chemicals |
| August 20, 2014 |
CEQ Resists Mandatory NEPA Regulations and Final Guidance on Climate Impacts, But Courts May Not Wait |
| August 18, 2014 |
DHS Seeks Comments on Changes to Its CFATS Rule |
| August 4, 2014 |
EPA Signals Changes to Its Risk Management Plan Rule |
| July 8, 2014 |
EPA Redefines the Scope of Qualifying Cellulosic Biofuel Pathways in the Renewable Fuel Standard Program |
| July 1, 2014 |
Federal District Court Finds Clean Water Act Violations Based on Elevated Levels of 'Conductivity' |
| June 30, 2014 |
New York's Highest Court Upholds Local Zoning Control of Fracking |
| June 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 |
| June 2, 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 1, 2014 |
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Holds that Mine Operators Can Be Cited for Violations Discovered During Pre-Op Examinations |
| April 28, 2014 |
BLM Poised To Announce Rulemaking On Capturing Methane from Federal Leases |
| April 24, 2014 |
Environmental Justice Alert: EPA Achieves Multi-Million Dollar Clean Air Settlement in Environmental Justice Showcase Community |
| March 14, 2014 |
FERC Directs Mandatory Physical Security Standards |
| March 7, 2014 |
EO 13650 Working Group Urges Coordination With Local Emergency Responders |
| February 21, 2014 |
Ninth Circuit Sends Warning on 10(b)(5) Consequences of Corporate Environmental Communication |
| February 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 |
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 |
| January 8, 2014 |
Stakeholder Input Sought on Options to Improve Chemical Facility Risk Management |
| December 26, 2013 |
Court Upholds Rights of Municipalities in Long Awaited Fracking Decision |
| December 24, 2013 |
Chemical Facility Safety Working Group Issues 90-Day Progress Report |
| December 23, 2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Buyer Beware: Purchasing Property That Has Once Been Mined Could Cost You A Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
| December 19, 2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Novel Clean Water Act Citizen Suit on Notice Grounds |
| December 11, 2013 |
OSHA Considering Significant Changes to Its Process Safety Management Standard |
| November 19, 2013 |
OSHA Introduces Voluntary Workplace Chemical Exposure Standards |
| November 14, 2013 |
House of Representatives Holds First Substantive Hearing on TSCA Reform Legislation |
| November 6, 2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects Suit Demanding Greenhouse Gas Regulations Based on Lack of Standing (But Rehearing May Be Next) |
| October 30, 2013 |
Due Process Challenge to Presidential Order Prohibiting Energy Transaction Dismissed |
| September 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 |
| September 27, 2013 |
Ninth Circuit Upholds California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
| September 23, 2013 |
Clean Air Act Does Not Preempt Property Owners' State Law Tort Claims, Says Third Circuit in Case of First Impression |
| September 23, 2013 |
House Subcommittee Hearing on TSCA Highlights Weaknesses in Current Chemicals Law |
| September 4, 2013 |
Endangered Species Act Rulemakings on the Horizon |
| August 27, 2013 |
OSHA Releases Proposed Rules on Respirable Crystalline Silica |
| August 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 |
| August 1, 2013 |
D.C. District Court Affirms the SEC's Approach to Regulating Conflict Minerals |
| July 29, 2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Third Circuit Allows Defendants to Employ Rule 68 Offers Of Judgment To Resolve Attorneys' Fee Disputes |
| July 24, 2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: District Court Allows RCRA Endangerment Suit to Proceed Against Farms That Apply Manure to Fields |
| June 12, 2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects 'Sue and Settle' Consent Decree |
| April 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 |
| March 28, 2013 |
EPA Announces New List of Chemicals Targeted for Risk Assessment Under TSCA, Including 20 Flame Retardants |
| March 5, 2013 |
"Big Brown" Citizen Suit Survives Motion to Dismiss |
| February 8, 2013 |
California Revises Green Chemistry Regulations--Again |
| January 25, 2013 |
Commission ALJ Holds Production Operator Liable for Part 50 Reporting Violation Even Though the Temporary Employment Agency Had Reported the Injury |
| January 24, 2013 |
Federal Court Dismisses Surface Coal Mining Citizen Suit |
| January 9, 2013 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal District Court Grants Victory to Farmer and Poultry Integrator After Bench Trial in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
| December 14, 2012 |
EPA Reverses Course and Promises to Withdraw TSCA Section 8(d) Cadmium Rule |
| December 13, 2012 |
New EPA Regulations on Cadmium Target Manufacturers and Importers of Consumer Products; Retail Distributors to be Targeted Next |
| October 19, 2012 |
Two Recent Court Decisions Herald Positive Developments for Mine Operators in § 105(c) Whistleblower Cases |
| October 12, 2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal District Court Opens the Door to Clean Water Act Regulation of Agricultural Tile Drainage Systems |
| September 24, 2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal Court Rejects Citizen Suit Against EPA for Alleged Role in RINs Fraud |
| September 19, 2012 |
District Court Imposes Migratory Bird Treaty Act Criminal Liability For "Takes" of Migratory Birds By Unprotected Oil Field Equipment |
| September 13, 2012 |
SEC Releases Final Conflict Minerals Rules with Broad Implications for Certain Reporting Companies |
| September 7, 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 |
| July 31, 2012 |
Federal Court Rejects EPA Attempts to Regulate Eastern U.S. Coal Mining and Sets Aside EPA Final Guidance |
| July 26, 2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Rejects RCRA Citizen Suit Over Diesel Emissions at Railyards |
| June 26, 2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Sixth Circuit Holds That Citizen Plaintiffs Cannot Sue State Officials For Failing To Enforce Federal Clean Air Act Regulations |
| June 25, 2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Ninth Circuit Decision Requiring Clean Water Act Permits for Forest Roads |
| June 22, 2012 |
OSHA Issues Hazard Alert For Worker Exposures During Hydraulic Fracturing at Oil and Gas Drilling Sites |
| June 5, 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 4, 2012 |
OSHA Changes to MSDS and Chemical Labeling: May 11 Public Meeting on the New GHS Standards |
| March 29, 2012 |
Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Jurisdictional Challenges To EPA Compliance Orders - Applicability Beyond the Clean Water Act Is Unclear |
| March 27, 2012 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Federal Court Demands EPA Review of Nonpoint Source Regulations As Part of Water Quality Standard Review |
| February 21, 2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Supreme Court of Illinois Rejects Attack on Mining Permit Reclamation Plan |
| January 19, 2012 |
Federal Court Rejects Expansive Interpretation of Criminal Liability Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
| November 9, 2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Tenth Circuit Rejects Article III Standing For Local District Attorney in Multi-Party Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
| October 31, 2011 |
Update on the Polar Bear-Endangered Species Act Multidistrict Litigation |
| October 25, 2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Third Circuit Reverses Lower Court's Dismissal of Citizen Suit on Abstention Grounds |
| October 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 |
| October 11, 2011 |
Federal Court Rejects EPA Overreaching Into Clean Water Act Section 404 Permitting in Victory for Crowell & Moring Client National Mining Association |
| September 28, 2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Invalidates Arizona Legislation That Eliminated Funding Mechanism For A Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan |
| September 28, 2011 |
BOEMRE Proposes Additional SEMS Program Requirements |
| September 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 |
| August 8, 2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Second Circuit Demands Listing of Specific Contaminants to Satisfy Notice Requirements for RCRA Citizen Suits |
| July 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 |
| July 14, 2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Dismisses a Master Complaint in the Deepwater Horizon Multi-District Litigation |
| July 1, 2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: District Court to Enjoin Use of Pesticide Pending Completion of Endangered Species Act Consultation |
| June 24, 2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Ninth Circuit Rejects CERCLA Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Pursuit of UAO Penalties |
| June 2, 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 |
| August 17, 2010 |
Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act Imposes New SEC Reporting Requirements on Publicly Traded Mine Operators |
| June 21, 2010 |
Supreme Court Determines No Presumption for Injunctive Relief in Environmental Cases |
| February 3, 2010 |
Commission Approves Climate Disclosure Guidance |
| September 18, 2009 |
EPA Announces Plans To Reconsider Ozone Air Quality Standards |
| June 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 4, 2009 |
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Significant Reversal in Key CERCLA Case, Narrowing Scope of "Arranger" Liability and Upholding Apportionment Principles |
| April 28, 2009 |
EPA Amends Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Rules for 2008 Chemical Data |
| April 17, 2009 |
EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding |
| March 11, 2009 |
EPA Releases Proposed Rule for Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting |
| August 13, 2008 |
Public Comment Solicited on Proposed Modifications to Endangered Species Act Consultation Process |
| August 8, 2008 |
EPA Proposes Significant Expansion of Audit Policy to Encourage Environmental Clean Up at Newly Acquired Facilities |
| January 16, 2008 |
Controversy Over Sage-Grouse Threatens Multiple Use Development Across 11 Western States |
| December 4, 2007 |
DC Circuit Upholds EPA Consent Agreements With America’s Farms |
| October 25, 2007 |
Eleventh Circuit Holds Justice Kennedy's "Significant Nexus" Test To Be Governing Rule Of Rapanos |
| June 25, 2007 |
The Supreme Court Limits The Scope Of The Endangered Species Act In Defenders of Wildlife |
| January 25, 2007 |
Senate Energy Committee Kicks Off Climate Change Debate |
| January 19, 2007 |
Getting Hotter |