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How To Address PFAS Cleanup In Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities

PFAS chemicals have become the focus of intense media scrutiny due to their widespread use and environmental persistence. Found in everything from cosmetics and packaging to beer...

United States Environment

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Arcadis

State Water Board Releases New Platform For Submitting Annul Water Use Reports – What You Need To Know And Upcoming Workshops

On October 23, 2025, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) announced a new online platform – the Water Accounting, Tracking, and Reporting System (CalWATRS).

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Microplastics – The Future Of Toxic Tort Litigation?

Microplastics are increasingly gaining attention in the scientific community for their potential to accumulate in human beings and the environment. The ubiquitous use of microplastics and their pervasive presence in living...

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

Decreto Por El Que Se Establecen Facilidades Administrativas Para Regularizar Titulos De Concesion Y Asignacion De Aguas Nacionales

El 28 de octubre de 2025, la titular del Poder Ejecutivo, Claudia Sheinbaum, publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación ("DOF") el Decreto por el que se establecen facilidades administrativas para regularizar títulos de concesión y asignación otorgados a los usuarios de aguas nacionales.

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Court Of Appeal Clears Way For State Intervention In Local Groundwater Management Under SGMA

United States Energy

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

Controversy Over State And Tribal Rights Under Clean Water Act Section 401 Continues

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

California Supreme Court Replaces Greyhound Deference For Public Utilities Commission's Interpretation Of Its Code With Less Deferential Yamaha Standard

United States Energy

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Fennemore

Key Environmental And Energy Takeaways From The Senate's $914 Billion National Defense Authorization Act

United States Government

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Holland & Hart

PFAS Developments: CERCLA Designations Stay Intact For Now, Rollbacks Under SDWA

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

EPA Approves Montana's Revised Approach To Nutrient Water Quality Standards: Return To Narrative Criteria

United States Environment

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Holland & Hart

EPA's PFAS Rulemaking Trajectory: Key Updates Across CERCLA, TSCA, RCRA, SDWA And CWA

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

What Happens To A Utility Company And Its Customers When There's A State Of Emergency For Utility Service?

United States Energy

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Rich May

Underground Floodwater: How Does California's 'Arcane' Water Law Treat It?

United States Energy

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Yolo County Urgency Ordinance 1576 Imposes A Groundwater Well Permitting Moratorium On New Or Modified Agricultural Wells Within Focus Areas

United States Energy

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

Tariffs, Contracts And The Negotiation Imperative: Why The Old Playbook Won't Work

United States International

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JAMS

USCIS Announces Changes To The Naturalization Test

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Why Direct Student-Athlete Payments Create An Immigration Crisis For Universities

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

The Changes To The English Arbitration Regime: What Parties To International Construction Disputes Need To Know

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Warning! New Wave Of Proposition 65 Complaints Targets Thermal Receipts

Be warned! Recent updates to the list of ingredients subject to the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986...

United States Environment

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Recap Of Environmental Issues In Oregon's 2025 Legislative Session

Oregon's 2025 legislative session marked a significant moment in the state's ongoing leadership on environmental protection and sustainability.

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Seeks Vacatur Of Majority Of Biden-Era PFAS Regulations Under The Safe Drinking Water Act - A Sign Of More To Come?

On September 11, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the D.C. Circuit to vacate regulations for four types of polyfluoroalkyls (known collectively as "PFAS") in drinking water.

United States Environment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Recent Federal Developments For September 2025

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and Chemical Watch are pleased to present FIFRA Fundamentals, a two-day course taught by professionals from B&C's renowned Federal Insecticide, Fungicide...

Worldwide Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Monthly Federal Developments Memorandum

Worldwide Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EPA's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda Includes PFAS Rulemakings

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

People-Centric Water Future: How AI Is Empowering Water Utilities As Community Anchors

United States Energy

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Arcadis

The Court Of Appeal Deals Another Blow To Conservation Pricing By Municipally-Owned Water Systems

United States Real Estate

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Emerging Developments In The Treatment And Beneficial Use Of Produced Water In Texas

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

A Landmark Win For Water: The Appeals Court Upholds MassDEP Authority In Drought Regulation Decision

United States Environment

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Rich May

What Is Trump Doing With PFAS?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Trump EPA Seeks Reversal Of Ruling That Typical Levels Of Drinking Water Fluoridation Present An Unreasonable Risk To Health

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Trump Administration Seeks To Streamline Federal Permitting For Data Centers With New Executive Order And Action Plan

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Beyond Review: Water Contract Conversion, Reclamation Law, And California's Central Valley Project

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

What Is Trump Doing With PFAS?

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are the contaminant of concern across the water industry.

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Trump EPA Seeks Reversal Of Ruling That Typical Levels Of Drinking Water Fluoridation Present An Unreasonable Risk To Health

As reported in our February 13, 2025, blog item, on January 17, 2025, the Biden U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a notice of appeal of the September 2024...

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Trump Administration Seeks To Streamline Federal Permitting For Data Centers With New Executive Order And Action Plan

Data center developers face a dizzying set of energy and environmental regulations and permitting requirements at both the federal and state levels.

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Beyond Review: Water Contract Conversion, Reclamation Law, And California's Central Valley Project

What Happened: A Federal District Court in California ruled as a matter of statutory interpretation that certain mandatory water contract conversions for the Central Valley Project...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Is Boxed Water "Better"?

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

The OBBB Act | Infrastructure Overhaul: Transportation, Energy & Water Reforms

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act).

United States Government

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Nossaman LLP

What's Up With WOTUS?

The intricacies of the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) definition continue to evolve, especially with recent changes initiated under the Trump administration and landmark clarifications from the Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision.

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

New CEQA Exemptions In 2025: Streamlining Housing & Infrastructure Development In California

On Monday, June 30, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills, AB 130 and SB 131, which provide new exemptions from, and streamlines the process, under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

United States Environment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Ownership Of Produced Water In Oil And Gas Operations

In a first-of-its-kind ruling with major implications for both the energy and environmental sectors, the Texas Supreme Court, in Cactus Water Services v. COG Operating, LLC (June 27, 2025)...

United States Energy

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Dykema

What's Happening At TCEQ: An Update From Chairwoman Brooke Paup

United States Environment

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BakerHostetler

Senate Bill 6 Positions Texas To Better Manage Large Electrical Loads And Strengthen Grid Reliability

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

De-Weaponizing Clean Water Act Section 401

United States Energy

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Michael Best

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Client Feature — July 2025

United States Energy

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Mintz

Governor Polis Signs HB25-1165 Concerning The Management Of Underground Energy Resources

United States Energy

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Davis Graham

Senate Moves To Scale Back Clean Energy Tax Credits Under Inflation Reduction Act: Latest Updates

United States Tax

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Holland & Knight

Texas Supreme Court Affirms Mineral Estate Ownership Of Produced Water In Landmark Ruling

United States Energy

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Bracewell

States Take Up 'Forever Chemicals' Restrictions As EPA Shifts

United States Environment

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Dechert

The AI Thirst Trap

United States Technology

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Nossaman LLP

Diverting Flood Flows – Details On The Opportunity To Utilize Wasted Water

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

NAD Reviews Green Claims In Battle Between Bottled And Boxed Water

United States Environment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

PFAS Drinking Water Standards: State-by-state Regulations

United States Energy

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

PFAS Lawsuits On The Rise: Trends, Risks & Takeaways

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Proposition 4: California's Historic $10 Billion Climate Investment And Path To Resilience

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

PFAS Legal And Regulatory Updates

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

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Navigating New Tariffs Impacting The Renewable Energy Industry (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

DMCAR Trend #8 – PFAS Inspires Forever Litigation (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Brad De Vore Discusses PFAS Regulations With Water & Wastes Digest (Video)

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Cooperative Federalism Still Requires Two To Tango (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

Top Game Changers Impacting The US Energy Sector (Video Content)

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Dentons

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