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Power Plants See Fewer Emissions Regulations As EPA Repeals Greenhouse Gas Limits
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a partial repeal of the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, eliminating major compliance requirements including 90% carbon capture and storage mandates. This action, which EPA estimates will result in $310 billion in social cost savings, marks the latest development in nearly two decades of litigation over the agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
United States Environment
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Taft Stettinius & Hollister
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Connecticut Publishes Additional Information Regarding PFAS In Consumer Products Law
Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has updated its guidance on PFAS labeling requirements for consumer products, introducing new approved label language and clarifying key provisions of the state's PFAS in Consumer Products Law. Manufacturers must now navigate notification and labeling requirements that take effect July 1, 2026, with broader prohibitions following in 2028.
United States Environment
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Bergeson & Campbell
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Fashion's Carbon Footprint Draws New Regulation In The United States And Europe
Climate-related regulation affecting fashion and textiles is moving beyond corporate-level climate disclosure toward the business practices that contribute to the sector's emissions footprint. California is implementing a textile producer responsibility program tied to reducing climate pollution, while New York legislators are considering direct greenhouse gas inventory and reduction requirements for fashion sellers.
Global Environment
JD
Jones Day
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Federal Court Upholds Oregon's Packaging EPR Law in NAW v. Feldon
A federal judge in Oregon has upheld the state's packaging extended producer responsibility law against constitutional challenges, marking the first packaging EPR case to reach a decision on the merits. The ruling rejected claims that Oregon's program violates the dormant Commerce Clause and Due Process Clause, establishing important precedents that may influence similar litigation in other states. With the preliminary injunction now dissolved, producers covered by Oregon's EPR law face immediate compliance
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Steptoe LLP
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Environmental Law

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Power Plants See Fewer Emissions Regulations As EPA Repeals Greenhouse Gas Limits
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a partial repeal of the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, eliminating major compliance requirements including 90% carbon capture and storage mandates. This action, which EPA estimates will result in $310 billion in social cost savings, marks the latest development in nearly two decades of litigation over the agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
United States Environment
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Taft Stettinius & Hollister
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Word On The Street: State AGs Set Their Sights On Antitrust, Data Centers And Healthcare
Democratic state attorneys general are expanding their enforcement reach across antitrust, environmental policy, and healthcare fraud as they perceive gaps in federal oversight. With resource constraints varying widely between states, AGs are coordinating multistate efforts and prioritizing premerger scrutiny, clean energy transitions, and Medicaid fraud investigations. Companies in healthcare, energy, technology, and consumer-facing sectors face heightened state-level regulatory pressure that demands proac
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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
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State AG News: Deceptive Practices, Consumer Fraud, Environmental Policy (September 10-17, 2026)
State attorneys general across the nation took significant enforcement actions during September 10-17, 2026, targeting deceptive business practices, consumer fraud schemes, and environmental policy violations. From multistate coalitions challenging federal rollbacks of endangered species protections to individual state actions against companies engaged in unlawful debt collection and false advertising...
United States Consumer
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Crowell & Moring LLP
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Climate Change

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Power Plants See Fewer Emissions Regulations As EPA Repeals Greenhouse Gas Limits
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a partial repeal of the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, eliminating major compliance requirements including 90% carbon capture and storage mandates. This action, which EPA estimates will result in $310 billion in social cost savings, marks the latest development in nearly two decades of litigation over the agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
United States Environment
TS
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
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Fashion's Carbon Footprint Draws New Regulation In The United States And Europe
Climate-related regulation affecting fashion and textiles is moving beyond corporate-level climate disclosure toward the business practices that contribute to the sector's emissions footprint. California is implementing a textile producer responsibility program tied to reducing climate pollution, while New York legislators are considering direct greenhouse gas inventory and reduction requirements for fashion sellers.
Global Environment
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Jones Day
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California's Cap-and-Invest Overhaul and the Expansion of North America's Largest Carbon Market
North America's largest compliance carbon market is undergoing its most significant structural changes since inception. California's Air Resources Board has adopted sweeping amendments to the state's Cap-and-Invest program, while California, Québec, and Washington have signed a historic agreement to link their three programs, creating the world's largest subnational emissions trading system.
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Jones Day
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Clean Air / Pollution

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District Court Enjoins EPA From Reclassifying California’s Clean Air Act Waivers
A federal district court has preliminarily enjoined the EPA from reclassifying California's Clean Air Act preemption waiver orders as "rules" subject to the Congressional Review Act. The court found that EPA's reclassification likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act and exceeded the agency's authority, though the order does not prevent Congress from proceeding with pending disapproval resolutions.
United States Environment
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Arnold & Porter
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New Jersey Supreme Court To Review NJDEP's Environmental Justice Rules
The New Jersey Supreme Court will review key provisions of the state's Environmental Justice Rules, including their application to facilities in unpopulated areas adjacent to overburdened communities, the classification of existing facilities as "new," and the validity of stricter air pollution control standards. The case could reshape environmental permitting requirements and determine whether long-operating businesses face permit denial or merely additional conditions.
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Riker Danzig LLP
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Waste Management

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Federal Court Upholds Oregon's Packaging EPR Law in NAW v. Feldon
A federal judge in Oregon has upheld the state's packaging extended producer responsibility law against constitutional challenges, marking the first packaging EPR case to reach a decision on the merits. The ruling rejected claims that Oregon's program violates the dormant Commerce Clause and Due Process Clause, establishing important precedents that may influence similar litigation in other states. With the preliminary injunction now dissolved, producers covered by Oregon's EPR law face immediate compliance
United States Environment
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Steptoe LLP
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California Enacts SB 501, Expanding Battery Stewardship Requirements
California Governor Newsom has signed Senate Bill 501, significantly expanding the state's Responsible Battery Recycling Act to include medium-format batteries used in e-bikes, portable generators, and electric lawn equipment. The new law modifies collection obligations for retailers and clarifies when batteries qualify as easily removable, while maintaining core producer responsibilities for battery stewardship programs.
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Beveridge & Diamond
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