North America: Environment

On Aug. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") published a proposed rule in which it proposes to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding and repeal all greenhouse gas...

On August 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Midland Odessa Division) granted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) request to vacate and remand...

On Aug. 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to halt enforcement of California Senate Bill (SB) 253...

Recently, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (the "Ministry") posted proposed regulations pursuant to section 176 of the Mining Act on Ontario’s Environmental Registry (the "EBR").

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.

A rarely-used Clean Air Act provision just allowed the White House to delay compliance deadlines—bypassing the EPA's rulemaking process. Claire Glenn lays out what that means for regulated industries...

First effective in 2024, the Act bans the sale or distribution of various products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals.

On August 1, EPA published its long-awaited proposal to revoke the 2009 "Endangerment Finding" that underlies most of EPA's efforts to regulate CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

On June 26 2025, the Electric Vehicle Battery Recovery Program (the "EV Battery Program"), originally an industry-led Quebec initiative, announced that it has now expanded across Canada.

According to recent reporting, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is currently drafting grant termination letters purporting to cancel all 60 grants—totaling a combined $7 billion...

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is proposing a long-awaited regulatory shift that could significantly ease compliance burdens for hazardous waste generators operating across...