Environmental Law

According to a story in Inside EPA (subscription required) last week, EPA's promulgation on October 8, 2024, of its "2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements" has already...

On Dec. 26, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law New York's Climate Change Superfund Act.

On March 12, 2025, the EPA announced numerous actions aimed at reconsidering regulations, with a special focus on climate change regulations.

On March 14, the First District Court of Appeal issued the first appellate decision on the adequacy of a lead agency's consultation with California Native American Tribes regarding a project's impacts on tribal cultural resources.

The European Commission's Omnibus package, published on February 26, 2025 (the Omnibus Package or the Package), proposes to simplify the EU's sustainability laws.

On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rule seeking to set effluent limitation guidelines for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA)...

Over the last four months, carbon prices have tumbled nearly 70 percent amid fears that oversupply and lagging economic growth in Europe will drive down demand.

The European Commission’s recent proposals to revise and recast the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID, and the Market Abuse Directive, or MAD, include, for the first time, regulating carbon emissions allowances as financial instruments.

On Thursday, May 26, 2011, the Secretary of the Interior announced a joint effort between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("USFWS") and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, "the Agencies") to identify and implement administrative reforms to the regulatory process used to implement the Endangered Species Act ("ESA").

On the heels of President Trump's January 20, 2025, Executive Order "Unleashing American Energy" promoting domestic energy and resource independence...

Last November, I posted about litigation filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, asserting public nuisance and other claims against...

On March 12, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Executive Order 25-38, for "Creating Opportunity Through Reduction of Excessive Environmental Regulation" (Order)...