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NYS DEC Will Hold Pre-Rulemaking Stakeholder Meeting On PFAS In Apparel Law

On August 25, 2025, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) will hold a pre-rulemaking stakeholder meeting on its implementation of the prohibitions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in apparel.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Emerging Developments In The Treatment And Beneficial Use Of Produced Water In Texas

Produced water surfaces with groundwater during drilling. While most of it is reinjected into wells, growing freshwater scarcity and advances in treatment technology have sparked interest in its reuse.

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Do The Recent California Amendments To Its Environmental Review Statute Offer A Blueprint For Similar Changes In New York?

On June 30, 2025, California Gov. Newsom approved a bill (SB 131) aimed at increasing housing supply and strategic economic development.

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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

Oil & Gas Leases: A Complete Guide For Landowners

United States Energy

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Cantrell Law Firm

Career Opportunity – Food Packaging And Cosmetics Regulatory Scientist

United States Healthcare

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Bergeson & Campbell

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Moves Forward With NEPA Overhaul

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Inside DOE's 10-Reactor Fleet Program: A Practical Guide

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

IRS Expands List Of Substances Subject To Superfund Excise Taxes

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

Tax Breaks vs. Grid Strain: Minnesota's Balancing Act For Data Center Growth

United States Tax

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Jones Walker

A Landmark Win For Water: The Appeals Court Upholds MassDEP Authority In Drought Regulation Decision

United States Environment

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Rich May

What Is Trump Doing With PFAS?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Newsletter - August 2025

United States Real Estate

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Porzio, Bromberg & Newman

Navigating Offshore Energy: Marine Log Q&A

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

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

United States Employment

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Dilworth Paxson LLP

New Montana State Income And Property Taxes For 2025 & 2026

United States Tax

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Parsons Behle & Latimer

Trump Administration Passes The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

United States Tax

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Foley & Lardner

Blockchain 2025 - Trends And Developments

United States Technology

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Winston & Strawn LLP

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

United States Litigation

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JAMS

EPA Accelerates Review Of LVEs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 11, 2025, the results of process improvements to accelerate the review of Low Volume Exemptions (LVE)...

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Florida Attorney-General Bans Outside Counsel With DEI & ESG Policies

The State of Florida's Attorney-General has increased the scope of his offensive against DEI and ESG initiatives. Not only has the Florida AG announced an investigation into climate...

United States Commercial

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Mintz

CFTC Joins FERC And SEC In Issuing Guidance On DOJ Referrals For Criminal Offenses

On July 9, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Enforcement (CFTC Enforcement) issued an advisory providing internal guidance...

United States Finance

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Steptoe LLP

After The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Could C-PACE For C&I Solar Have Its Moment In The Sun?

The recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has introduced significant hurdles to obtaining the tax equity financing upon which solar developers have traditionally relied.

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

From Power Plants To The Moon: The U.S. Nuclear Revival In 2025

United States Energy

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

PFAS In Cosmetics: State-Led Regulatory Surge Demands Proactive Compliance

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

DOJ Announces Victory In Pipeline Case

United States Environment

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Crain Caton & James

New EPA Positions Reflected In Sweeping Rollback Of Greenhouse Gas Regulation

United States Environment

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Jones Day

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

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

Federal Court Overturns Fish & Wildlife Service Decision To Delist Gray Wolf In The West

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

RGGI In The American Carbon Credit Trade

United States Environment

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Caldwell

Trump EPA Seeks Reversal Of Ruling That Typical Levels Of Drinking Water Fluoridation Present An Unreasonable Risk To Health

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

P2N0 - Edition 34 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Federal Agencies Issue New NEPA Procedures In Response To Executive Order 14154 And The Supreme Court's Seven County Decision

United States Environment

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WilmerHale

RGGI In The American Carbon Credit Trade

Carbon Credits (CCs) are a type of regulatory currency that allows a business or government to emit some amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas (GHG).

United States Environment

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Caldwell

Trump EPA Seeks Reversal Of Ruling That Typical Levels Of Drinking Water Fluoridation Present An Unreasonable Risk To Health

As reported in our February 13, 2025, blog item, on January 17, 2025, the Biden U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a notice of appeal of the September 2024...

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

P2N0 - Edition 34 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

As part of our new series of Current State of Play, this month we had intended to build on the Current State of Play in Edition 33 – Article 6 of the Paris Agreement...

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Federal Agencies Issue New NEPA Procedures In Response To Executive Order 14154 And The Supreme Court's Seven County Decision

The past month brought a flurry of updates from federal agencies publishing new procedures to implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), following President Trump's Executive Order 14154 (EO 14154)...

United States Environment

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WilmerHale

EPA Submits Draft Proposed Risk Evaluation Framework Rule To OMB For Review

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

DC Circuit Embraces Seven County In FERC Pipeline Review Proceeding

In Sierra Club v. FERC, No. 24-1199 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 1, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld FERC's approval of a 1,000-foot natural gas pipeline segment crossing the United States-Mexico border …

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Kansas Enacts Data Center Incentive Program

Kansas has established a significant new economic development initiative through the Data Center Incentive Program — outlined in Senate Bill 98 (SB-98) — which was signed into law by Gov.

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

PFAS Update: States Continue To Be Out Front On PFAS In Products Restrictions

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often dubbed "forever chemicals," continue to be a major focus of environmental regulation across the United States.

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

More Federal Agencies Streamline NEPA Procedures To Expedite Review And Permitting

Building on our recent coverage of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Department of Energy (DOE) NEPA reforms, three additional federal agencies have now announced sweeping updates to their NEPA procedures

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

Waste Not, Want Not: DOI Aims To Boost The Extraction Of Critical Minerals From Mine Waste

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

New York's Green Scheme: The Do's And Don'ts For Green Procurement

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

EPA Proposes To Rescind The 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Davis Graham

The Next Phase Of Massachusetts' Solar Revolution

United States Energy

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Davis Malm & D’Agostine

Red State AGs ESG Antitrust Complaint Against Asset Managers Survives Motion To Dismiss

United States Anti-trust

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Mintz

Precedent To Be Set For State PFAS In Products Laws As Maine Proposes Currently Unavoidable Use Determinations For Certain Cleaning Product Container Components

United States Commercial

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Beveridge & Diamond

President Trump Sends Nomination For OCSPP Assistant Administrator To The Senate

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Seeks Comment As It Reconsiders PCE Risk Management Rule

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

DOE Issues New NEPA Procedures Aimed At Streamlining Environmental Reviews

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

EPA Introduces Rule To Repeal Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

White House Releases Plan To Build U.S. AI Infrastructure

United States Technology

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Jones Day

In Washington, DC, Progress Filling Key ESA Slots Continues

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Advancing Sustainable Agriculture Through Plant Biotechnology

United States Healthcare

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J A Kemp LLP

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — August 2025

United States Energy

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Mintz

ICJ Advisory Opinion On Climate Change: Implications For States And Businesses

United States Environment

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Boies Schiller Flexner

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Holland & Hart LLP

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Arcadis

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Foley Hoag LLP

Navigating New Tariffs Impacting The Renewable Energy Industry (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

DMCAR Trend #8 – PFAS Inspires Forever Litigation (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

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