The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation takes effect Aug. 12, 2026, establishing a uniform framework covering recyclability, labeling, and extended producer responsibility for all companies placing packaging on the EU market, including non-EU businesses.
Continue Reading Countdown to the New EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Compliance Considerations
On Dec. 10, 2025, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the following new and updated policies, final guidance for publicly owned treatment works, and a rural background
Continue Reading NY DEC Announces Four New PFAS InitiativesLast month, I wrote about the “Environmental Justice for All Act,” a bill that proposes a finding that vulnerable populations are disproportionately burdened by environmental hazards. New Jersey is
Continue Reading New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Legislation: The Focus on Major Source Permit Applications Might Impact Property Values
The recent decision in Bitler Investment Venture II v. Marathon Petroleum, No. 12-3722 (7th Cir. Jan. 27, 2014)(Posner, J.), offered an opportunity to consider claims for common law
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The Department of Energy owes nuclear power plant operators about $150 million because it has not fulfilled its contractual obligation to have a place for nuclear waste to go, says the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Yankee Atomic Electric v. US on May 18.
Continue Reading Dept of Energy Liable for $150 Million Because It Has Not Built a Nuclear Waste Facility