United States: Clean Air / Pollution

During the first week of the new Presidential Administration, Donald Trump, with all due haste, made it abundantly clear that he would honor his campaign promises regarding the country's energy...

In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court made a major "course correction" to the law governing federal environmental reviews and permitting decisions for infrastructure and other projects...

When Congress passed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA"), it included a mandate that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA")...

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").

During the first week of the new Presidential Administration, Donald Trump, with all due haste, made it abundantly clear that he would honor his campaign promises regarding the country's energy...

In the November 2024 election, California voters approved Proposition 4 – the Climate Bond, authorizing the state to issue $10 billion in general obligation bonds to fund climate resilience and environmental conservation projects.

On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held its first public workshop on its progress for implementing California's climate disclosure laws, S.B. 253 and S.B. 261.

When Congress passed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA"), it included a mandate that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA")...

After a period of uncertainty, how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to revise its implementation of the Toxic...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2026 fundamentally reimagines the federal government's role in environmental policy and regulation.