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Updated: CCUS Enhanced Oil Recovery – Small Legislative Change Equals Big Economic And Environmental Impact

Firstly, in the MOU between the Alberta Government and Government of Canada signed in November 2025, the Government of Canada commits to (emphasis added)...

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MLT Aikins LLP

Potential Amendments To The Federal Clean Fuel Regulations

On December 3, 2025, the federal government published a white paper1 exploring potential amendments to the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR or Regulations)...

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Dentons Canada LLP

Bracewell Explains: Mitigating WARN Act Risk In Energy M&A Transactions (Video)

Compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act is critical when mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector result in workforce reductions.

United States Energy

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Bracewell

CARB Proposes New Rules To Cut GHG Emissions Following Rescission Of Biden-Era Waivers

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is exploring regulatory measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and criteria pollutants from medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

United States Energy

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Georgia Public Service Commission Approves Georgia Power's Major Generation Expansion To Support Data Center Load

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

FERC Orders PJM To Create Clear Rules For Co-Located Data Centers And Large Loads

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Monthly NSIP Newsletter - 2026 New Year Issue

United States Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Colorado Approves New Rules Regulating Methane Emissions From Landfills

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

NJ Legislature Passes "Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

FERC Issues Anticipated Order On Data Center Co-Location In PJM Region

United States Energy

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Jones Day

Mexico's New General Water Law And Reforms To The National Water Law

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Canada's Nuclear Regulatory Framework: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever

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MLT Aikins LLP

OECD Publishes Report On SSbD Tools, Integrative Systems, And Platforms For Nanomaterials And Nano-Enabled Products

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Bankability Of US Projects

United States Energy

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Bracewell

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

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 262

United States Healthcare

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Davis Wright Tremaine

What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 265

United States Healthcare

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Davis Wright Tremaine

December 2025 Crypto Update: New Changes And Challenges In U.S. Regulation Of Digital Assets

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

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Renewable Energy

Oil, Gas & Electricity

Colorado Adopts New State Regulations For Methane Emissions From Landfills

What Happened? On December 18, 2025, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (the Commission) adopted the Air Pollution Control Division's (the Division) proposed Regulation 31...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Updated: CCUS Enhanced Oil Recovery – Small Legislative Change Equals Big Economic And Environmental Impact

Firstly, in the MOU between the Alberta Government and Government of Canada signed in November 2025, the Government of Canada commits to (emphasis added)...

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MLT Aikins LLP

Eleventh Circuit Upholds FTC Summary Judgment In Case Involving Hidden Fees

Here we go again. The Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed a district court decision finding that Corpay, Inc. (formerly FleetCor Technologies)...

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Potential Amendments To The Federal Clean Fuel Regulations

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Dentons Canada LLP

Weekly Sanctions Update: January 7, 2026

Worldwide International

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Steptoe LLP

When Is A Decision Subject To Judicial Review?

Canada Litigation

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Torkin Manes LLP

CARB Proposes New Rules To Cut GHG Emissions Following Rescission Of Biden-Era Waivers

United States Energy

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Georgia Public Service Commission Approves Georgia Power's Major Generation Expansion To Support Data Center Load

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

FERC Orders PJM To Create Clear Rules For Co-Located Data Centers And Large Loads

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

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Utilities

FERC Orders PJM To Create Clear Rules For Co-Located Data Centers And Large Loads

What's Happening: Stemming from its February 2025 show cause order concerning co-location issues, on December 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

SB 6 Implementation Shaping Data Center Future In Texas

While the law took effect immediately, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) was tasked with implementing the statute's directives into regulations.

United States Technology

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Perkins Coie LLP

FERC Withdraws Controversial "Duty Of Candor" Proposal

Chairman Swett maintains agenda of simplifying regulations, while contending that FERC's existing communications rule is more than adequate to regulate communications.

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

California's Bold Move Toward A Unified Western Grid

United States Energy

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

A Refresher On The Right-of-Way And Condemnation Process For Utilitie

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

New Jersey Energy Security And Affordability Act: What Senate Bill S4876 Means For Nuclear And Grid Development

United States Energy

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Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC

What SB 283, Requiring Early Fire District Review, Means For Your Battery Energy Storage System Projects

United States Energy

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Is Inverse Condemnation Reform On The Table In California?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Wildfire Mitigation Under California SB 254 And Renewable Developers

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

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Water

Mexico's New General Water Law And Reforms To The National Water Law

On Dec. 11, 2025, the head of the Federal Executive Branch, Claudia Sheinbaum, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) the Decree enacting the General Water Law (LGA) and amending, adding to, and repealing various provisions of the National Water Law (LAN), derived from the initiative submitted on Oct. 9, 2025.

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

NY DEC Announces Four New PFAS Initiatives

On Dec. 10, 2025, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the following new and updated policies, final guidance for publicly owned treatment works, and a rural background study, all related to the State's efforts on addressing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and their effects.

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Navigating The Challenges Of Data Center Growth - Part II: Water, Siting, And E-Waste

This is the second post in Foley Hoag's series dedicated to the legal energy and environmental issues facing data center development and their potential sustainable solutions.

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

New Water Measurement Rules, Coming To A Division Near You…

United States Energy

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Dufford Waldeck

U.S. House Passes Bill To Expedite Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Turning Off The Tap: The Future Of PFAS Regulation Under Shifting Federal And State Laws (Podcast)

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Too Many Rights, Not Enough Water: The Future Of Nevada's Humboldt River

United States Environment

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Fennemore

Agencies Host Public Listening Sessions On WOTUS Definition

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

House Approves Sweeping Clean Water Act Reforms

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

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Mining

We Get Privacy For Work — Episode 13: Demystifying Data Mining (Video)

When an organization's data systems are compromised, they face the daunting challenge of sorting through mountains of sensitive data under intense regulatory pressure.

United States Privacy

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

The Supreme Court's Lundin Mining Decision Redefines The Meaning Of Material Change For Public Companies

The Supreme Court of Canada's (the "SCC") decision in Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich ("Lundin Mining") marks a turning point for Canadian securities law by revisiting the meaning of "material change"...

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Miller Thomson LLP

Justiciable Or Not Justiciable? Gitxaała v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) And The Application Of UNDRIP In BC

Gitxaała v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) (Gitxaała), issued by the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) on December 5, 2025, is a split decision on the nature of the legal effect of British Columbia's...

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Dentons Canada LLP

SCC Affirms Broad And Contextual Interpretation Of "Material Change"

Canada Litigation

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Goodmans LLP

Shifting Grounds : Supreme Court Of Canada Clarifies Scope Of Securities Disclosure Obligations For "Material Changes"

Canada Commercial

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Bennett Jones LLP

From Pit Wall To Policy: What Lundin Means For Public Company Disclosure

Canada Commercial

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

A Material Decision Without A "Material Change": Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich – SCC Analysis Of Material Change And Leave Requirements In Securities Class Actions

Canada Commercial

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McMillan LLP

National Instrument 43-101: The Requirement To Disclose Complete And Transparent Exploration Results

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Cassels

From Policy To Practice: Canada's Evolving Environmental Law In 2025

Canada Environment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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Latest Videos

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Opportunities In The Energy Sector (Video)

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

U.S. State PFAS Initiatives — A Conversation With Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. And Carla N. Hutton (Podcast)

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Bergeson & Campbell

One Minute Matters [Video]: Is Co-Location Energy Making Data Centers Harder To Build? (With Richard Darke)

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Dykema

Cash Is King Again: Navigating Clean Energy's Financial Crossroads (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

Scaling Industrial Decarbonization Through Integrated Action (Video)

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Arcadis

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