United States: Climate Change

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have proposed to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" under the ESA...

As we have noted previously, a number of states have enacted legislation and/or brought claims against fossil fuel producers seeking payment for damages...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to again redefine "waters of the United States" (WOTUS)

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").

As we have noted previously, a number of states have enacted legislation and/or brought claims against fossil fuel producers seeking payment for damages...

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.

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

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."

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)...

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.