Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws continue to proliferate in the United States, presenting significant operational challenges for consumer packaged goods companies. Earlier in 2024, Minnesota became the sixth state to
Continue Reading Extended Producer Responsibility Packaging and Greenwashing Laws Expand, Targeting Plastic Reduction and Recycling Management
Mexico President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum will not grant new open-pit mining concessions during her administration, according to her “100 Steps for Transformation” (Plan), published in July. The Plan also states that
Continue Reading Mexico’s Mining Sector on Alert After Sheinbaum Releases ‘100 Steps for Transformation’ Plan
The federal Superfund statute allows a private person to recover “necessary costs of response incurred” by that person consistently with the governing regulation, the national contingency plan. A recent appellate
Continue Reading What Does It Take to ‘Incur’ a Cleanup Cost Under CERCLA?
In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451, and Relentless, Inc. v. Dep’t of Commerce (U.S. June 28, 2024)
Continue Reading Assessing Loper Bright’s Potential Real-World Effects on Environmental Regulation
On July 18, 2024, Mexico City’s head of government published the following decrees in the city’s Official Gazette: (i) Decree issuing the Environmental Law of Mexico City and repealing the
Continue Reading Mexico City Government Modifies Environmental Laws
On Aug. 13, 2024, California State Sen. Scott Weiner introduced proposals to Senate Bill (SB) 219 that would delay implementation of California’s historic emissions and climate-related financial risk corporate disclosure
Continue Reading California Legislature Considers Bill That Would Delay Implementation of Historic Climate Disclosure Laws
Greenberg Traurig is pleased to announce that The Best Lawyers in America recognized more than half of the U.S. lawyers in the firm’s Environmental Practice in their 2025 edition. The
Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice Receives 50 Best Lawyers Recognitions in 17 U.S. Markets
On July 30, 2024, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey Conservation Foundation, et al. v. FERC vacated FERC’s order approving Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco)’s Regional
Continue Reading DC Circuit Remands and Vacates FERC’s Order Approving the Transco Project
In the recent case of Fresh Air for the Eastside, Inc. v. State of New York (decided July 26, 2024), the plaintiffs sought to compel enforcement of the state’s newly
Continue Reading Clarifying the Scope of New York’s Green Amendment
Last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that environmental groups could intervene in litigation to use the Environmental Rights Amendment of the Pennsylvania Constitution to support a regulation even though
Continue Reading Intervention and the Environmental Rights Amendment