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Unmasking Greenwashing: Avoiding Potentially Deceptive Practices

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Introduction - In today's world, the spotlight on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices is brighter than ever. Stakeholders, including investors, consumers, and even corporate employees, are demanding that...more

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Asignación de competencias ambientales de las autoridades indígenas en Colombia

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El Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Colombia, el 15 de octubre de 2024, expidió el Decreto 1275 de 2024 con el propósito de establecer las medidas pertinentes para el desarrollo de las competencias...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents Energy Industry Insights: V 8, Issue 10, October 2024

Welcome to the Tenth Issue of Currents 2024, our energy e-newsletter. Natural Gas is Not Going Away - While net-zero remains a dream for many, the electricity market is providing a wake-up call for anyone believing...more

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Energy Law: Month in Review - July 2024

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month....more

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EPA takes sweeping action on PFAS in 2024

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently took two significant actions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). First, it issued final National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for six PFAS...more

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Impact of the Clean Energy Transition on Asset Retirement Obligations and Environmental Cleanup Costs

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Introduction: Hidden Challenges of Energy Transition - The evolution of energy transition in the United States has been driven, historically, by advances in new technology, fuel availability, fuel pricing, and, probably...more

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National Environmental Policy Act Regulations: Phase 2 – Streamlining NEPA Review

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This is the third in a series of six eAlerts on the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024 (Final Rule) by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). The Final Rule...more

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EPA Greenlights Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Heavy-Duty Vehicles, But States File Lawsuit

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Less than a month after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published environmental operational standards and greenhouse gas emission regulations for owners and operators of heavy-duty vehicles, including major freight...more

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NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units/Clean Air Act:...

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and 24 other state Attorney Generals filed on May 9th a Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the recent rule...more

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PFAS Phaseout Bill Introduced in Congress as State and EPA Regulations Develop

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Amid a rise in state laws and regulations governing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), two congressional Democrats introduced the Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act (FCRAA) in their respective...more

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EPA Finalizes National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Six PFAS

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On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final version of its long-awaited National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (Regulation) for six classes of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

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PFAS Regulation Continues to Take Center Stage: EPA Releases Final Drinking Water Standards

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On Wednesday, 10 April 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This came one day...more

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PFAS Safe Drinking Water Act Maximum Contaminant Levels Set

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Over the next five years, U.S. EPA hopes its new national drinking water standard will reduce per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) compounds in drinking water to almost zero as a way to prevent potential health risks...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

New PFAS Federal Drinking Water Standards Create Major Liability and Litigation Risk

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has released a final regulation setting individual drinking water maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for five per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These MCLs are...more

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Driving Change: CARB’s Impacts and Adaptations by Fleet Managers

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Environmental regulations, including those under the California Air Resources Board’s (“CARB”) jurisdiction, present a complex compliance challenge for vehicle fleet managers and operations departments across the country....more

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Geneva Insights - April 2024

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products (ITA Committee) meets on April 11. The committee holds regular meetings twice a year to review...more

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EPA Lowers Annual PM2.5 NAAQS, With Immediate Impacts for Air Permitting

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Exercising one of its most important and far-reaching powers under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has lowered the primary annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate...more

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Asbestos, for the Rest of Us…

Whether you celebrated Festivus, Christmas or any real or recently manufactured holiday this past season, as a former upstate New Yorker my thoughts inevitably turn to snow. But sadly, after decades working in the hazardous...more

BCLP

2023 Federal PFAS Regulatory Recap

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As expected, 2023 was an expansive year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) at the federal level. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took (or at least proposed)...more

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The Ultimate Guide to Clean Water Act Compliance in 2024 (and Beyond)

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Companies that produce and discharge pollutants are subject to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight under the Clean Water Act. The EPA routinely conducts inspections focused on federal laws like Oil Pollution...more

Alston & Bird

PFAS Primer Quarterly Update: 2023 Q4 – Setting the PFAS Standard

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In the latest edition of the PFAS Primer Quarterly Update, our roundup of regulatory, litigation, and scientific actions involving PFAS. This quarter, the OMB reviews RCRA and CERCLA PFAS rules, Washington State wants more...more

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DEP Proposes Substantive Changes to Administrative Rules

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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has proposed sweeping and substantive changes to its Chapter 2 rules, which govern permit applications, appeals, permit modifications and suspensions, and other...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

City of Cambridge Passes Ambitious Net Zero Building Ordinance

On June 26, 2023, the Cambridge City Council voted to amend the city’s Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) to require large non-residential buildings to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 and...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

U.S. EPA Publishes Final Rule Updating the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard Under CERCLA

On December 15, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the Final Rule, entitled "Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries," updating the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Is PFAS litigation the new asbestos docket? PFAS users now face increasing government enforcement actions and private lawsuits

PFAS litigation is on the rise. The catalyst is the rapidly developing patchwork of proposed municipal, state, and federal regulations seeking to find and hold accountable PFAS users. State attorneys general are taking an...more

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