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EPA Proposes Repealing Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards And Endangerment Finding

On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued a series of alternative proposals seeking to repeal greenhouse gas...

United States Environment

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Changes In Minnesota's Intentionally-Added PFAS Law Enforcement Timeline Extension And Expanded Exemptions

In 2023, Minnesota enacted Amara's Law (Minn. Stat. § 116.943), requiring certain reporting and implementing prohibitions of intentionally-added PFAS in certain products.

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

New EPA Positions Reflected In Sweeping Rollback Of Greenhouse Gas Regulation

The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed a rule that would rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, citing a new interpretation of the relevant section in the Clean Air Act...

United States Environment

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Jones Day

Up In The Air: EPA Opens Comment On Repealing Endangerment Finding, Motor Vehicle GHG Rules

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Aug. 1, 2025, published a proposal to repeal all greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines from model year...

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

EPA Proposes To Rescind Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding And Associated Motor Vehicle And Engine Emission Standards

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Introduces Rule To Repeal Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

Trump Administration Seeks To Streamline Federal Permitting For Data Centers With New Executive Order And Action Plan

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

EPA Initiates Rulemaking To Eliminate The 2009 GHG Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Jones Day

9 Questions About The 2009 Endangerment Finding Reconsideration (Updated)

United States Environment

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Baker Botts LLP

Data Center Permitting On The Fast Track In PA

United States Environment

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Jones Day

EPA's Office Of Research And Development — Villain Or Victim?

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Update: Minnesota To Delay PFAS Reporting Deadline

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Minnesota Delays PFAS Reporting Deadline Six Months To July 1, 2026

United States Environment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Trump Administration Issues Executive Order To Facilitate Data Center Development

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

ALERT: Key Tax Provisions Provided For In "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

United States Employment

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Dilworth Paxson LLP

Is The Economy Shifting? Ankura's July 2025 U.S. Economic Tracker Reveals Key Trends

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Citizenship Updates: Nationwide Injunctions Affecting Birthright Citizenship Limited And New DOJ Priorities To Denaturalize U.S. Citizens

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

The Art Of The (UK) Deal

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Bridging Cultures, Avoiding Disputes: Why Construction Needs Partnering Dialogue More Than Ever

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Summary Of Trump Administration's Release Of AI Action Plan

Earlier this week, President Trump signed an Executive Order as part of the release of his AI Action Plan entitled "Winning the AI Race: America's AI Action Plan." Led by White House AI...

United States Technology

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Holland & Hart LLP

Deadline Extended For Reporting PFAS In Products In Minnesota, Proposed Minnesota PFAS Reporting Rule Under Administrative Review

Under Minnesota's PFAS in products law, manufacturers of products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) must report those products to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Podcast - Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA: The Intersection Of Constitutional And Environmental Law

In this episode of our "An Energized Exchange" podcast series, presented by the Energy & Natural Resources Industry Sector Group, attorneys Zach Pilchen, Brian Bunger and Rafe Petersen...

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

Community And Environmental NGOs File Suit After EPA Denies TSCA Section 21 Petition Concerning Prohibition Of Hydrogen Fluoride In Domestic Oil Manufacturing

As reported in our May 14, 2025, blog item, on May 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition filed under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)...

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Trump's Emissions Rollback: What Motor Carriers & Private Fleets Must Know

United States Transport

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Environmental Essentials Webinar Series – EPA's Proposed Repeal Of The Carbon Pollution Standards For Power Plants: Implications For The Rest Of Industry

United States Environment

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Bracewell

Who Gets To Set The Rules? California, EV Mandates, And The Fight Over Clean Air Authority

United States Environment

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Duane Morris LLP

EU Commission Adopts Simplification Measures For The EU Taxonomy

European Union Environment

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Jones Day

Podcast - SCOTUS Clean Air Act Cases: What's New?

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

Italian Court Sentences 11 Over Crimes Related To PFAS Contamination

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Decision Alert: The D.C. Circuit Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Small Refinery Exemption Challenges Under The Clean Air Act

United States Litigation

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Dykema

EPA Plans Reset Of GHG And Mercury Rules For Power Plants

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

MPCA Will Postpone January 1, 2026, Reporting Deadline On Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Minnesota To Delay PFAS Reporting Deadline

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Decision Alert: The D.C. Circuit Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Small Refinery Exemption Challenges Under The Clean Air Act

In EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refin., L.L.C., the Supreme Court ruled that all challenges to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denials of small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions under the Clean Air...

United States Litigation

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Dykema

EPA Plans Reset Of GHG And Mercury Rules For Power Plants

Continuing the regulatory whiplash over greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from power plants, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed repealing the Biden administration's GHG power plant...

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

MPCA Will Postpone January 1, 2026, Reporting Deadline On Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS

This week the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) posted Parts One and Two of its response to pre-hearing and hearing comments.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Minnesota To Delay PFAS Reporting Deadline

Earlier this week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced it will extend the upcoming reporting deadline under the state's PFAS-in-Products law.

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Up In The Air: SCOTUS Creates New Venue Test For Clean Air Act Cases

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

EPA Proposes RFS Standards For 2026 And 2027, Will Hold Hearing On July 8, 2025

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine the applicable volume requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for years after those specified in the statute.

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Trump's Emissions Rollback: What Motor Carriers & Private Fleets Must Know

President Trump took steps to dismantle California's vehicle emissions standards on June 12, 2025, by signing three Congressional Review Act ("CRA")...

United States Transport

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Council Of The EU And EP Agree On "One Substance, One Assessment" Legislative Package

The Council of the European Union (EU) announced on June 12, 2025, that it reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament (EP) on the "one substance, one assessment" (OSOA) legislative package...

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

U.S. Supreme Court Instructs Courts To Provide "Substantial Deference" To Agencies In NEPA Cases

NEPA, unlike other environmental statutes such as the Clean Air Act, imposes no substantive environmental obligations or restrictions. Rather, NEPA is purely procedural.

United States Environment

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Jones Day

How EPA May Accelerate Its Deregulatory Agenda

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

U.S. Extended Producer Responsibility Compliance For Packaging And Paper Products Begins: Is Your Business Ready?

United States Environment

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Clark Hill

PFAS Drinking Water Standards: State-by-state Regulations

United States Energy

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Environmental Groups Sue New York To Implement Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law

United States Environment

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Jones Day

The Delayed, But Not Forgotten, Disclosure Of PFAS: TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Postponed While States Fill The Gaps

United States Environment

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BakerHostetler

EPA's Path Forward On TSCA Becomes Clearer

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Proposes Significant Budget Reduction For Fiscal Year 2026

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Supreme Court Narrows EPA's Authority To Set Limitations In Clean Water Act Permits

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

U.S. Supreme Court Grapples With Loper Bright In The Context Of NEPA Reviews

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Minnesota Extends Public Comment Period On Proposed PFAS Reporting Rule As Entities Voice Concerns About Compliance With Deadlines And Due Diligence Standards

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Supreme Court Considers Standing To Challenge Clean Air Act Waiver Based On Market Impact

United States Litigation

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Dykema

CalRecycle Reissues Draft SB 54 Regulations Targeting California's Plastic Packaging EPR Program

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Environmental Groups File Suit Challenging Validity Of Louisiana's Community Air Monitoring Reliability Act

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

Litigation Targeting Plastics Manufacturers

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Seventh Circuit Certifies Question Regarding The Impact Of Regulatory Permits On CGL Pollution Exclusions To The Illinois Supreme Court

United States Environment

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

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Environmental Essentials Webinar Series – EPA's Proposed Repeal Of The Carbon Pollution Standards For Power Plants: Implications For The Rest Of Industry

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Bracewell

Interview With Dr. Michal Freedhoff (Video)

AP

Arnold & Porter

Citizen Plaintiffs Lose A Climate Suit — Let Me Count The Ways (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

The Paris Agreement: Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive (Video Content)

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Foley Hoag LLP

Enforcement Of Municipal Stormwater Ordinances Is Tricky Business: Failure To Enforce An Ordinance Required Under A Permit Is Not A Violation Of The Permit (Video content)

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Foley Hoag LLP

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