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The Department of the Interior approved the reactivation of the Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium mine using new emergency procedures issued pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order 14156...

The White House's recent release of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Report marks a significant moment in the national conversation around children's health and environmental exposure.

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.

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").

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.

In the first Trump Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated...

For the third year in a row, our attorneys have outlined key trends and issues shaping the water landscape in Nossaman's California Water Views – 2025 Outlook.

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.

On March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, holding that EPA does not have the authority to issue "end-result" requirements in National Pollutant Discharge Emissions System ("NPDES") permits under the Clean Water Act ("CWA").