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Wading Into New York's 2025 NYS Wetlands Permitting Changes

Over the last year, the New York State ("NYS") wetlands permitting and statutory regime has been flooded with activity as the impacts of the 2022 statutory amendments ripple outward.

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Foley Hoag LLP

Self-Audits In Transactional Due Diligence And Enforcement Contexts – Prepare Your Company

The second Trump administration has launched a broad deregulatory agenda at the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), refocusing the Agency's mission and redirecting enforcement priorities and resources.

United States Environment

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Steptoe LLP

Senate Committee Advances Nominations For Jeffrey Hall And Douglas Troutman

On October 29, 2025, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works favorably reported several nominations, including Jeffrey Hall to be an Assistant Administrator...

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Round Up Of New York Climate Litigation In 2025

As we approach the close of 2025, one key takeaway is that this year has been an especially active one for climate litigation in New York. On October 24, 2025...

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

New York Court Orders State Agency To Issue Regulations Implementing Climate Act

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

NZAM Updates Signatory Requirements And Acknowledges "What Has Always Been The Case"

United States Environment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

E15 Gasoline: Legal Landscape And Recent Legislative Updates

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

California Governor Vetoes PFAS In Products Bill, Citing Concerns With Availability Of Affordable Household Products

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

New Federal Bill Aims To Advance Research On Microplastics And Public Health

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

New Mexico Proposes PFAS Labeling Requirements

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

The BBNJ Agreement Will Enter Into Force In January 2026: What You Should Know

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

Grassley Leads House And Senate Members In Calling On EPA To Issue Final Import RIN Reduction Rule

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Don't Let These Three Due Diligence Tricks Haunt Your Next Real Estate Deal

United States Environment

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Court Requires DEC To Promulgate Regulations In NYS Climate Regulation Case

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

AMTL's AICP Files Second Case Against TSMC, Its Advanced Memory Amends Against SK Hynix

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

The Changes To The English Arbitration Regime: What Parties To International Construction Disputes Need To Know

United States Litigation

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JAMS

California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft SB 261 Guidance

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Resolving Construction Conflicts Efficiently: A Guided Mediation Approach

United States Litigation

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JAMS

USCIS Announces Changes To The Naturalization Test

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

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Environmental Law

Wading Into New York's 2025 NYS Wetlands Permitting Changes

Over the last year, the New York State ("NYS") wetlands permitting and statutory regime has been flooded with activity as the impacts of the 2022 statutory amendments ripple outward.

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

Self-Audits In Transactional Due Diligence And Enforcement Contexts – Prepare Your Company

The second Trump administration has launched a broad deregulatory agenda at the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), refocusing the Agency's mission and redirecting enforcement priorities and resources.

United States Environment

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Steptoe LLP

If Your Product Is "Climate Neutral Certified," Can It Still Cause Environmental Harm?

ondelez promoted its ZBAR snack bars as being "climate neutral certified." The bars were certified as "climate neutral" by the Change Climate Project...

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Senate Committee Advances Nominations For Jeffrey Hall And Douglas Troutman

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Round Up Of New York Climate Litigation In 2025

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

New York Court Orders State Agency To Issue Regulations Implementing Climate Act

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

NZAM Updates Signatory Requirements And Acknowledges "What Has Always Been The Case"

United States Environment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

E15 Gasoline: Legal Landscape And Recent Legislative Updates

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Court Of Appeal Clears Way For State Intervention In Local Groundwater Management Under SGMA

United States Energy

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

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Climate Change

Round Up Of New York Climate Litigation In 2025

As we approach the close of 2025, one key takeaway is that this year has been an especially active one for climate litigation in New York. On October 24, 2025...

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

NZAM Updates Signatory Requirements And Acknowledges "What Has Always Been The Case"

On October 29, the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative announced the completion of its comprehensive review, which it publicized in January of this year, to ensure that NZAM "remain[ed] fit for purpose...

United States Environment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Court Requires DEC To Promulgate Regulations In NYS Climate Regulation Case

On Oct. 24, 2025, the New York Supreme Court, Albany County, issued a decision and order in Citizen Action of New York et al v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation...

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

2026 California Climate Disclosure Reporting Deadlines: Are You Ready?

United States Environment

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Rogers Joseph O'Donnell

California's Cap-and-Trade Is Extended And Becomes 'Cap-and-Invest' In Package Of New Energy Laws

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

To Speak Or Not To Speak: An Update On California's Climate Disclosure Laws

United States Environment

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Cozen O'Connor

Louisiana Court Vacates LNG Permit, Must Consider Climate Change And Environmental Justice

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

Permitting Reform In Action: CEQ Updates Roadmap For Agency NEPA Compliance

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Net-Zero Framework For International Shipping Postponed For One Year: International Maritime Organization Bows To U.S. Opposition

United States Transport

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Beveridge & Diamond

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Clean Air / Pollution

Senate Committee Advances Nominations For Jeffrey Hall And Douglas Troutman

On October 29, 2025, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works favorably reported several nominations, including Jeffrey Hall to be an Assistant Administrator...

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

The BBNJ Agreement Will Enter Into Force In January 2026: What You Should Know

On 17 January 2026, the BBNJ Agreement (also known as the High Seas Treaty) will enter into force, having reached the required number of ratifications on 19 September 2025 with Morocco's ratification.

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

Producer Reporting Begins Under California's Plastic And Packaging EPR Law – Less Than Three Weeks To Go

The initial due date for producer reports under California's Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act is fast approaching.

United States Environment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

PFAS Developments: CERCLA Designations Stay Intact For Now, Rollbacks Under SDWA

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Environmental Developments To Watch In New England

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

What You Need To Know About EPA's Recent Changes To Preconstruction Permitting Under The Clean Air Act

United States Environment

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Baker Botts LLP

Preparing For Environmental Citizen Suits In The Gulf Coast Region: Plaintiff Standing After Environment Texas

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

CA Climate Disclosures – SB 261 – January 1, 2026 Reporting Deadline And CARB "Preliminary List" Of Covered Entities

United States Environment

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Foley & Lardner

Speaking Sustainability - Legal & Regulatory Updates | September 2025

United States Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Waste Management

California Governor Vetoes PFAS In Products Bill, Citing Concerns With Availability Of Affordable Household Products

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 682, a bill that sought to prohibit the sale and distribution of cookware manufactured with intentionally added PFAS.

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

New Federal Bill Aims To Advance Research On Microplastics And Public Health

On August 5, 2025, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) introduced the Plastic Health Research Act (HR 4903), a bill intended to deepen the federal government's understanding of the health impacts of plastic exposure...

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

EPA Moving Forward Soon With Rulemaking To Modify And Expand The RCRA Universal Waste Rule For Lithium Batteries And Solar Panels

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently indicated that it will proceed with a rulemaking first announced by the Biden administration to improve the recycling and management...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Producer Reporting Begins Under California's Plastic And Packaging EPR Law – Less Than Three Weeks To Go

United States Environment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

California Seeks Greenhouse Gas Reductions Through Substantial Revision To Landfill Methane Regulation

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Unlocking Critical Value: Circular Strategies For Critical Minerals

United States Energy

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Arcadis

PFAS Developments: CERCLA Designations Stay Intact For Now, Rollbacks Under SDWA

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Environmental Developments To Watch In New England

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

State Tort Liability For Nuclear Incidents? Supreme Court Calls For Solicitor General Review On Preemption Issue

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

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Latest Videos

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

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WilmerHale

Hon. Andrew Wheeler | Former EPA Administrator and Current Partner and Head of Federal Affairs at Holland & Hart (Podcast)

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Holland & Hart

PFAS Regulatory Developments: Cleanup, Disposal, Testing And Reporting Issues (Video)

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Bracewell

COP28 Insights Mini-Series (Video)

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Mayer Brown

Environmental, Social, Governance: The Professional's Guide To The Law And Practice Of ESG (Video)

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Arnold & Porter

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