Law of the Land (and Air and Water)

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Verrill Helps State’s Largest Solar… Verrill Helps State’s Largest Solar Project Obtain Principal Environmental Permit

Draft Adult Use Marijuana Rules Released Draft Adult Use Marijuana Rules Released

Maine Supreme Court Decides Seaweed Is a… Maine Supreme Court Decides Seaweed Is a Plant, Not a Fish

Mexico Mining Law Blog

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The Mexican Geological Service Announces… The Mexican Geological Service Announces Program to Identify Mine Tailing Dams

Bills Pending Discussion in Mexico’s… Bills Pending Discussion in Mexico’s Congress That Could Impact the Mining Industry. Part 3.

Bills Pending Discussion in Mexico’s… Bills Pending Discussion in Mexico’s Congress that Could Impact the Mining Industry. Part 2.

frESH

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US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Announces Final Vessel Incidental Discharge Rule

ESG Due Diligence Update: First Lessons… ESG Due Diligence Update: First Lessons from Recent Rulings in the EU

U.S. Supreme Court's Jarkesy Ruling… U.S. Supreme Court's Jarkesy Ruling Shifts Power for Federal Enforcement

Environmental Blog

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“Standing” to Challenge… “Standing” to Challenge Environmental Review Faces Redressability/Causation Challenge

Evolving Common Law Theories in… Evolving Common Law Theories in Environmental Litigation

If You Own Property Near a Superfund… If You Own Property Near a Superfund Site, the 6th Circuit Just Sent You an Important Message: Be a Nice Neighbor or Else.

Science, Law & the Environment

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Defeat of the Carbon Tax: As Washington… Defeat of the Carbon Tax: As Washington Increasingly Mimics the Partisan Gridlock of the “other Washington,” it Risks Losing Progressive Action in the Name of Progressive Principles

The View From The Pacific Northwest:… The View From The Pacific Northwest: What to Watch in Environmental Law and Policy Post-Inauguration, Part 3

The View From The Pacific Northwest:… The View From The Pacific Northwest: What to Watch in Environmental Law and Policy Post-Inauguration, Part 2

Energy Law Blog

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BOEM Announces Comment Period on… BOEM Announces Comment Period on California Offshore Wind Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Offshore Wind in the Second Trump… Offshore Wind in the Second Trump Administration

First Commercial Offshore Wind Lease… First Commercial Offshore Wind Lease Sale in the Gulf of Maine Completed

Environmental and Land Use Law

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Achieving Net Zero Buildings in… Achieving Net Zero Buildings in Massachusetts

Appeals Court Divests Conservation… Appeals Court Divests Conservation Commissions’ Wetlands Jurisdiction After Missed Deadline

Biden-Harris Administration Proposes… Biden-Harris Administration Proposes NEPA Regulatory Revisions

Environmental Law & Policy Monitor

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California Open to Input on Endangered… California Open to Input on Endangered Species Listing for Burrowing Owl

California Proposes Significant Changes… California Proposes Significant Changes to Product Packaging Regulations

California Law Highlights the Need to… California Law Highlights the Need to Prepare for Climate Disclosures

Pipelaws

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FERC Overhauls Existing Pipeline Project… FERC Overhauls Existing Pipeline Project Analysis, Creates Separate Interim GHG Policy for Gas Infrastructure Projects

Troutman Pepper Launches Website and… Troutman Pepper Launches Website and Podcast to Track Developments in Water Law and Policy

PHMSA Informational Meeting on Upcoming… PHMSA Informational Meeting on Upcoming Leak Detection Inspections

S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law

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EPA opens the Door to Widespread… EPA opens the Door to Widespread Liability to Businesses

EPA Finalizes PFAS Drinking Water Rule EPA Finalizes PFAS Drinking Water Rule

SEC Pauses Climate Change Disclosure… SEC Pauses Climate Change Disclosure Rules

Eye on ESG

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European Council greenlights new… European Council greenlights new regulation on regulating ESG ratings agencies

Dutch Court of Appeal rules on Shell CO2… Dutch Court of Appeal rules on Shell CO2 Emissions

European Commission to propose revision… European Commission to propose revision of corporate sustainability legislation

E2 Law Blog

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Texas Business Court Opinions Now… Texas Business Court Opinions Now Available

Mexican Constitutional Amendment Reforms… Mexican Constitutional Amendment Reforms Electric Energy and Other Strategic Sectors

Shell Wins Appeal in Dutch Climate… Shell Wins Appeal in Dutch Climate Ruling

Animal Law Update

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VFDs and the Veterinary Shortage VFDs and the Veterinary Shortage

Banning Animal Ownership After Cruelty… Banning Animal Ownership After Cruelty Convictions: A Necessary Measure or a Path to Inequity?

Escalating concerns about pet custody in… Escalating concerns about pet custody in divorce/separation

PFAS and Emerging Contaminants

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EPA’s Third Annual PFAS Progress… EPA’s Third Annual PFAS Progress Report

President Elect Announces Proposed USEPA… President Elect Announces Proposed USEPA Administrator

Rhode Island Enacts Statutory Ban on… Rhode Island Enacts Statutory Ban on Consumer Products and Firefighting Foams with Intentionally Added PFAS

Agricultural Law Weekly Review

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Agricultural Law Weekly… Agricultural Law Weekly Review—November 26, 2024

Agricultural Law Weekly… Agricultural Law Weekly Review—November 21, 2024

Agricultural Law Weekly… Agricultural Law Weekly Review—November 5, 2024