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Recent Developments In U.S. Offshore Wind

On February 2, 2026, Sunrise Wind became the fifth and final U.S. offshore wind project affected by the Department of the Interior's (DOI's) December 22 leasing pause to secure a federal court order...

United States Energy

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Fifth Circuit Denies Challenge To Texas NSR Permit Construction Commencement Extension

On January 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ's) decision to grant a third New Source Review (NSR) construction commencement deadline...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Extended Producer Responsibility Laws Are Here: What Manufacturers Must Do Now To Assess Applicability And Compliance Risk

A cutting‑edge experiment in recycling policy is now unfolding in multiple states across the country: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Laws.

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

The Impact Of Governor Newsom's Proposed Budget On Water Projects

On January 9, 2026, Governor Newsom announced his 2026-2027 $348.9 billion budget proposal. Contrary to his 2025 proposal, this proposal includes a deficit.

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Leadership Transition At California Department Of Fish And Wildlife

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

TSCA Section 21 Petition Seeks Risk Management Rule For Chemicals "Widely Used" In Consumer Liquid Laundry Detergents

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Environmental Developments To Watch In California In 2026

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

New EPA Proposal Seeks To Adopt A More Restrictive Section 401 Framework

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

Gillespie, Littlejohn Tackle Water And Environmental Policy On Florida Specifier Podcast

United States Environment

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Adams and Reese

SB 54 Advisory Board Meeting: Rescinded Regs And Reporting Requests

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

CEQA Reforms: 2025 Enactments And 2026 Proposals

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

3 Challenges And Opportunities For The Restaurant Industry In 2026

United States Healthcare

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

The Pendulum Swings Back: Proposed Clean Water Act Section 401 Rule Resurrects Key Elements Of 2020 Rule

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Data Centers Are The New Industrial Neighbors: Managing Risk Of Nuisance And Environmental Litigation

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Beyond Checkmate: Lessons From Chess In The Art Of Mediation

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Ohio's New E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act: What Construction Employers Need To Know

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

The Trump Gold Card And Proposed Trump Platinum Card: Legal, Practical, Tax, And Economic Considerations For High-Net-Worth Immigrants

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Artificial Intelligence In ADR: A Neutral's Evolving Perspective

United States Technology

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JAMS

State AG News: Consumer Protection, Environmental Regulation, EV Infrastructure (January 22-28, 2026)

Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Below are the updates from January 22-28, 2026:

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Court Of Appeals Reaffirms SEQRA Standing For Affected Property Owners

New York's State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) plays a key role in its municipalities' decision-making.

United States Environment

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

House Committee Passes Significant Clean Air Act Amendments

On January 21, 2026, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce reported a package of bills that, if enacted, would constitute the most significant amendments to the Clean Air Act...

United States Environment

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Baker Botts LLP

DOJ Issues Final Rule Eliminating Disparate Impact From Its Title VI Enforcement Regulations

On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued a final rule amending its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VI") to eliminate the disparate-impact prohibitions...

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

Climate Analysis In Louisiana's Coastal Permitting Regime: The Second Commonwealth LNG Petition

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

OEHHA's Prop 65 "Fact Sheet" Needs A 2026 Update

United States Environment

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Steptoe LLP

CARB Advances Climate Disclosure Rules As Ninth Circuit Appeal Continues

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Fifth Circuit Upholds TCEQ's Third Construction Extension For Texas LNG Project

United States Energy

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On Legislation To Modernize TSCA

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Uncertain U.S. Foreign Policy Implications For Chemical Regulation And Trade

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Environmental Contamination? Hidden Dangers Beneath The Ground

United States Real Estate

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Beresford Booth

2026 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Nominations Due By January 31, 2026

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Tightens NOx Standards For New Stationary Combustion Turbines

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Addressing State And Local Failures To Rebuild Los Angeles After Wildfire Disasters (Trump EO Tracker)

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Environmental Contamination? Hidden Dangers Beneath The Ground

Property ownership can involve serious and unforeseen risks. Such is the case with environmental contamination from underground storage tanks and conflicts among co-owners.

United States Real Estate

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Beresford Booth

2026 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Nominations Due By January 31, 2026

Do you know of a company that is innovating in ways that make chemistry safer, cleaner, and more sustainable? The American Chemical Society (ACS) is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Tightens NOx Standards For New Stationary Combustion Turbines

On Jan. 9, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to amend the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Stationary Combustion Turbines and Stationary Gas Turbines, also known as the Rule.

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Addressing State And Local Failures To Rebuild Los Angeles After Wildfire Disasters (Trump EO Tracker)

Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration to override state and local permitting processes that delay Los Angeles wildfire disaster rebuilding and replace them...

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

How Wall Street Is Using Sustainability To Fight Money Laundering

United States Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Upcoming Reporting Deadline For California Water Right Holders To Submit Annual Use And Diversion Reports To New CalWATRS Database

California water right holders have until January 31, 2026 to electronically file their annual water use and diversion reports to the State Water Resources Control Board's new California Water Accounting, Tracking...

United States Energy

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

2025 California Housing Legislative Update (Updated Jan. 8, 2026)

According to the nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), homes in California are about twice as expensive as the typical U.S. home. The LAO found that "[p]ayments for a mid-tier home were over $5,500...

United States Real Estate

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Race To The Seabed: NOAA Digs Deeper With Combined Permitting For Mineral Exploration And Recovery In International Waters

On January 21, 2026, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a final rule revising its regulations governing deep seabed mining under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act of 1980 (DSHMRA).

United States Environment

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Perkins Coie LLP

FDA Issues Report On PFAS In Cosmetics Products

In 2022, the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulations Act of 2022 was signed into law, bringing about the largest expansion of the FDA'S authority to regulate cosmetics since passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.

United States Healthcare

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Holland & Knight

Coast To Coast: How New York's New GHG Reporting Rules Compare To California's SB 253

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Carbon Quarterly–Volume 13

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

NMED Posts Revised Proposed PFAS Reporting, Labeling, And Prohibition Rule

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

The Latest Pandora's Box: What You Need To Know Now About State EPR Laws

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

RMP Rulemaking Redux - Update

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

The Intersection Of SEQRA Reform And New York's Updated Building And Energy Codes: Impacts On Project Planning

United States Energy

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Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC

D.C. Circuit Rejects EPA's Bid To Partially Vacate PFAS Drinking Water Rule

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

SB 54, Take Two (Again): California Pulls Packaging EPR Regulations Back For Revision

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

California AG Tells Plastic Bag Manufacturers To Throw Out False Recyclability Claims

United States Environment

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Cozen O'Connor

What's Next For SB 253 And SB 261? Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Recap

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What Europe's Renewable Energy Struggles Can Teach U.S. Regulators About Dispute System Design

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Pennsylvania Withdraws From RGGI, But A State-Specific Cap-and-Trade Program May Be In The Commonwealth's Future

United States Environment

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

EPA FY 2026 Outlook: Staffing, Policy, And Shutdown Effects

United States Environment

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

Resilient Environments And Landscapes Rule Updates

United States Environment

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

2026 Forecast: Capitol Hill Issues — A Conversation With James v. Aidala (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

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Going For Green In Real Estate Sectors – Episode 3 - Data Centres In The AI Era (Podcast)

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Smart Approach To Environmental, Health, And Sustainability In Real Estate (Podcast)

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

The Latest On California's Climate Disclosure Laws (SB 253 & SB 261) (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Company Accuses Competitor Of Greenwashing In New Lawsuit (Podcast)

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

In That Case: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (Video)

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WilmerHale

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