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Georgia Limits Liability For Pesticide Manufacturers

This week, Georgia's governor signed a new pesticide labeling and liability act (SB 144) ("Act"), amending state law to limit the scope of pesticide manufacturer liability for failure to warn and aligning the state standards with federal regulations.

United States Environment

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Jones Day

EPA Maintains Current Drinking Water Standards For PFOA And PFOS But Plans To Reconsider Other PFAS Compounds

On May 14, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced that it will keep the current National Primary Drinking Water Regulations ("NPDWR") for perfluorooctanoic acid ("PFOA") and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid ("PFOS") under the Safe Drinking Water Act ("SDWA"), while extending the compliance deadline from 2029 to 2031. EPA further announced it plans to rescind requirements in those regulations applicable to other PFAS and mixtures of certain PFAS in drinking water. The NPDWR cons

United States Environment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

California Water Views - 2025 Outlook

Water is simple. Water issues are complex. To provide more clarity, we asked our attorneys who are committed to the water sector to identify the pivotal issues they're watching now and for the year ahead.

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

First-Person Perspective: Key Developments In California's Plastic Laws

Environmental attorneys Sedina Banks, Sherry Jackman, and Bryce Lourié authored an article in Resource Recycling titled "First-person perspective: Key developments in California's plastic laws."

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

The Path To Class VI Primacy In Texas: MOA Reveals State And Federal Priorities For Program

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

EPA Pushes PFAS Reporting To April 2026—What Companies Need To Know

United States Environment

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

New Executive Action Aims To Streamline Environmental Reviews Through Digital Modernization

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

EPA Announces Plan To Scale Back PFAS Drinking Water Limits

United States Environment

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

EPA Announces It Will Retain PFOA And PFOS MCLs, Extend The Compliance Deadline, And Rescind The MCLs For Four Other PFAS

United States Environment

DM

Duane Morris LLP

EPA Denies TSCA Section 21 Petition Concerning Prohibition Of Hydrogen Fluoride In Domestic Oil Manufacturing

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Latest Developments On Louisiana CCS Legislation

United States Environment

LL

Liskow & Lewis

Do The Amended Ground Water Quality Standards Impact Your Remediation?

United States Environment

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Riker Danzig LLP

Colorado Supreme Court Allows Climate Tort Litigation To Proceed

United States Environment

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Mintz

An Update On Climate Superfund Laws And Climate Change Lawsuits

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

President Trump Restores Section 232 Tariffs

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

USMCA – We Have Some Good News And Some Terrible News

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Tentative List Of Countries For Potential Travel Ban And Travel Restrictions

Worldwide Immigration

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Pryor Cashman LLP

[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives To Reach Effective Settlements

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Chaebols May Wabble But They Don't Fall Down How Samsung Became 23% Of South Korea's GDP

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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Georgia Limits Liability For Pesticide Manufacturers

This week, Georgia's governor signed a new pesticide labeling and liability act (SB 144) ("Act"), amending state law to limit the scope of pesticide manufacturer liability for failure to warn and aligning the state standards with federal regulations.

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

EPA Maintains Current Drinking Water Standards For PFOA And PFOS But Plans To Reconsider Other PFAS Compounds

On May 14, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced that it will keep the current National Primary Drinking Water Regulations ("NPDWR") for perfluorooctanoic acid ("PFOA") and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid ("PFOS") under the Safe Drinking Water Act ("SDWA"), while extending the compliance deadline from 2029 to 2031. EPA further announced it plans to rescind requirements in those regulations applicable to other PFAS and mixtures of certain PFAS in drinking water. The NPDWR cons

United States Environment

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

California Water Views - 2025 Outlook

Water is simple. Water issues are complex. To provide more clarity, we asked our attorneys who are committed to the water sector to identify the pivotal issues they're watching now and for the year ahead.

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

First-Person Perspective: Key Developments In California's Plastic Laws

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Scalpels Out: Implications For Energy From The First Reconciliation Bill Committee Releases

United States Energy

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Mintz

Pennsylvania DEP Accepting Applications For $320M RISE PA Program

United States Energy

HK

Holland & Knight

Bill 5: Ontario's Proposed Approach To Accelerating Major Projects

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

How Long Is Forever? PFAS Chemicals In Commercial Real Estate (Podcast)

United States Real Estate

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Lowenstein Sandler

EPA Announces Rollback Of Biden-Era PFAS Rules

United States Energy

GG

Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

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Clean Air / Pollution

First-Person Perspective: Key Developments In California's Plastic Laws

Environmental attorneys Sedina Banks, Sherry Jackman, and Bryce Lourié authored an article in Resource Recycling titled "First-person perspective: Key developments in California's plastic laws."

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Recent Federal Developments For May 2025

Save The Date For "TSCA Reform – Nine Years Later" On June 25, 2025: Save the date to join Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), the Environmental Law Institute (ELI)...

United States Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Announces Major Actions On PFAS And The TSCA New Chemical Program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a much anticipated roadmap for how Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to address per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) in the coming months.

United States Environment

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Wiley Rein

Presidential Memorandum Directing Agencies To Repeal Environmental Regulations

United States Environment

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Environmental Justice Update

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Alert — Environmental Takeaways From GableGotwals' 6th Annual Energy Seminar

United States Environment

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GableGotwals

Industry Alert – Proposed Wisconsin DNR Program Would Limit Solar Farm's Ability To Participate In Wisconsin's Water Quality Trading Program

United States Environment

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Michael Best

Last Month At The Supreme Court | April 2025

United States Litigation

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Dykema

Superfund Reform Receives Bipartisan Support But No Clear Answer On How Or When It Will Be Achieved

United States Environment

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Duane Morris LLP

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EU & Regulatory Law

New Mining Act Regulations For Aboriginal Consultation Proposed

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").

Canada Environment

DP

DLA Piper

Legislative And Regulatory Updates

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.

United States Environment

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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Proposed Regulation Of EU Emissions Allowances As Financial Instruments

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.

European Union Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Environment @ Gowlings: August 5, 2011

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

Services Propose Significant Reforms To Endangered Species Act Implementation

United States Environment

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Perkins Coie LLP

Toto, I've a Feeling We're Not in Massachusetts Anymore: Exceeding a Cleanup Standard Is Not Necessarily An Imminent Hazard

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

Changes Proposed For The 2011 Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory Update Reporting

United States Environment

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Barnes & Thornburg

A New Crime: Hacking Carbon Credits

Canada Environment

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Siskinds LLP

Ceres Report Asserts Water Scarcity Is a "Hidden" Risk for Utility Bond Investors

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

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Climate Change

California Water Views - 2025 Outlook

Water is simple. Water issues are complex. To provide more clarity, we asked our attorneys who are committed to the water sector to identify the pivotal issues they're watching now and for the year ahead.

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Powering Economic Reconciliation: Revisions To Alberta Utilities AUC Rule 007 Address Electricity And Gas Utilities Projects Developed In Partnership With Indigenous Communities

The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) is making changes to its application guidelines which provide a framework for the growing reality of Indigenous partnership on power generation and utility projects.

Canada Government

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Cassels

Colorado Supreme Court Allows Climate Tort Litigation To Proceed

On May 12, 2025, in a 5-2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court held that the tort claims brought by local governments...

United States Environment

M

Mintz

An Update On Climate Superfund Laws And Climate Change Lawsuits

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

What To Expect From The Government's 2026 Carbon Pricing Program Review

Canada Environment

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Torys LLP

Greenwashing: What Happens When Competition And Securities Laws Intersect?

Canada Commercial

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Fasken

Climate Law Matters: Energy & Climate Newsletter - In This Issue: Hydrogen

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

Carbon Quarterly – Volume 11

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

Why Extended Producer Responsibility And The Circular Economy Demand Boardroom Action

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

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Latest Videos

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Dirt In The Ditches: A Practical Look At How The Sackett Decision Affects WOTUS Permitting Nationwide (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

Round Three: EPA's Latest Changes To The RMP Program – Initial Insights On Next Steps (Video)

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Bracewell

COP28 Insights Mini-Series (Video)

MB

Mayer Brown

ThinkHouse Foundations - COP28: What To Expect (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Environmental, Social, Governance: The Professional's Guide To The Law And Practice Of ESG (Video)

AP

Arnold & Porter

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