Topics

Agriculture

Federal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA RegulationsLatin America Environmental Updates: September and October 2024Cultivating Sustainability: European Commission Greenlights Italy’s EUR 1.7 Billion Agrivoltaic Initiative

Air

The EPA’s MATS Repeal May Signal a Broader Shift on Ancillary BenefitsData Centers and Air Quality: Recent Changes and Important Considerations for DevelopersReconsidering How the Environmental Hearing Board Fits

Allocation

E2 Law Podcast: Episode 18 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2BE2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2AA Conversation About ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation

Announcements

GT’s Environmental Practice Recognized in 2024 Chambers USA GuideGreenberg Traurig’s David G. Mandelbaum Chosen as a City & State PA ‘Fifty Over 50’Greenberg Traurig’s Giuliano Apadula to Speak at Brownfields 2023

Articles

When an Agency’s Rationale Isn’t the Real ReasonLateral Leaps Are Far From Solo Endeavors—Even Among Young LawyersPa. Lessons From the New Massachusetts Rules for Cape Cod On-Lot Sewage Systems

Artificial Intelligence

An Assessment of EPA’s Progress in Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Regulatory Decision-MakingTrump Administration Seeks to Streamline Federal Permitting for Data Centers with New Executive Order and Action Plan

Awards and Accolades

Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice Receives 97 Rankings Nationally and in 20 U.S. Markets

Biocides

Upcoming Deadlines for Biocides in the EU

Biofuels

EPA Approves Renewable Fuels Produced from Sorghum Oil; Provides Additional Source of Revenue for Farmers in Wake of Chinese TariffsThe Debate Over Florida’s First Commercial Waste-to-Energy Incinerator in 2 DecadesGT Air Update - Part II

Brexit

UK Approach to EU Negotiations Post-Brexit: Implications for Environmental StandardsThe Revised Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration and Their Impact on UK Environmental StandardsBrexit & REACH: Potential Changes to UK Chemical Regulation

Brownfields

New York State Environmental Regulator Announces Sustainability Initiative In Connection With Its Remediation and Brownfield ProgramsEnvironmental Law and the Brownfield 'Energy Community' Clean Energy Tax Credit Bonus Under the IRA5 Trends to Watch: 2024 Florida Environmental Issues

California

California Climate Disclosure Laws: Federal Court Denies Request to Block SB 253 and 261; Plaintiffs AppealCalifornia Modifies Timetable for Implementation of Climate Disclosure Laws9th Circuit Chills Municipal Government Efforts to Ban Natural Gas for Cooking, Heating

California

New California Climate Disclosure Law Deadlines Are Rapidly Approaching: Compliance Considerations for CompaniesThomas Brill Quoted in Law360 Article, 'California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2023'Greenberg Traurig Grows Environmental Practice in California

California

CARB Advances SB 253 Rulemaking, Flags Key Issues for 2027 Emissions ReportingCARB Adopts Initial Climate Disclosure Reporting Regulations to Implement SB 253 and SB 261Ninth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related Guidance

Califronia

California SB 261: Climate-Related Financial Risk Reporting Requirements ApproachingExecutive Order Targets State Climate Laws, But Existing GHG Permit Requirements Remain Enforceable

CARB

CARB Advances SB 253 Rulemaking, Flags Key Issues for 2027 Emissions ReportingNinth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related GuidanceNew California Climate Disclosure Law Deadlines Are Rapidly Approaching: Compliance Considerations for Companies

Carbon Credits

5 Trends to Watch: 2025 Energy Regulation and DevelopmentVoluntary Carbon Markets: A New Area of EnforcementInflation Reduction Act: EPA Invites Stakeholder Input on Grant/Technical Assistance Programs for Lower-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials, Standards

carbon emissions

Outlook 2026: Mexico EnvironmentalColorado Approves New Rules Regulating Methane Emissions from LandfillsNinth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related Guidance

Catastrophe Planning & Response

Interior Department Determines ‘Tier 2 Shortage Conditions’ on Colorado River Requiring Additional Water Delivery Cuts, Other Actions in 2023

CBAM

CBAM Reporting Requirement Begins Oct. 1, 2023June 8 Webinar: EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) RegulationCBAM on Track to Take Effect in October 2023

CBD

EPA Seeks Public Comment on Pesticide Applications for Hemp

CERCLA

When a Private CERCLA Plaintiff Does Not Give Notice to the GovernmentDoes a Negligent Phase I Result in Loss of the CERCLA Innocent Purchaser Defense?The Cultural Value of Natural Resources

CFTC

Rejecting the Aspire Court Decision, the CFTC Proposes a ‘Private Right of Action’ Amendment to RTO-ISO Order

Chemicals

What Difference Will Listing 'Forever Chemicals' as Hazardous Substances Make?A Brief Overview of the Superfund Chemical Excise TaxChina’s New Regulation on New Chemicals Aims to Make Life Easier

China

Commerce Department Delays Auxin Preliminary Determination on Solar Trade ImportsChina’s New Regulation on New Chemicals Aims to Make Life Easier

Circular Economy

Outlook 2026: Mexico EnvironmentalErick Hernández Gallego Collaborates in ICC report, ‘Putting the Circular Economy in Motion: From Barriers to Opportunities’Pennsylvania and the Circular Economy: Turning Waste Into Something New

class action

Florida Appellate Court Reverses Class Certification in Commercial Fishing Action Arising From a 65-Million-Gallon Process Water Release Into Tampa Bay

Clean Air Act

The EPA’s MATS Repeal May Signal a Broader Shift on Ancillary BenefitsRecent Federal Developments May Undercut the Clean Air ActEPA Proposes Rescission of Power Plant GHG Standards Under Clean Air Act Section 111

Clean energy

E2 Law Podcast: Episode 21 | Natural Hydrogen: The Next Frontier in Clean Energy? Exploring America’s Underground OpportunityNew York to Miss 2030 Renewable Energy Target Despite Making Substantial Progress Following Adoption of Its Climate LawEnvironmental Law and the Brownfield 'Energy Community' Clean Energy Tax Credit Bonus Under the IRA

Clean Water Act

Supreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over WetlandsStorm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: A Further UpdateThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or Managers

Clean Water Act

The Never-Ending Rule: EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Propose Narrowing the Post-Sackett Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’National Energy Emergency Declaration May Accelerate Traditional Energy Infrastructure Projects5 Trends to Watch: 2024 Florida Environmental Issues

Climate Change

New York Budget Amends the State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection ActCARB Adopts Initial Climate Disclosure Reporting Regulations to Implement SB 253 and SB 261Ninth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related Guidance

Coal

EPA Announces Broad Suite of Pollution Regulations for Power PlantsEPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance InitiativesDOJ’s Attack on ‘Supplemental Environmental Projects’ Extends to Citizen Plaintiffs

Coal Ash

EPA Announces Broad Suite of Pollution Regulations for Power PlantsEPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance InitiativesIs the Clock Ticking on Coal Ash?: Key Deadlines and Takeaways from EPA’s Recent CCR Rule Revisions

Colorado

Colorado Approves New Rules Regulating Methane Emissions from LandfillsGreenberg Traurig Continues Bold Growth Strategy in Denver with Natural Resources GroupFederal Government Continues Efforts to Reform Colorado River Operations

Committee for Climate Change

E2 Law Podcast: Episode 19 | Empire Environmental – New York State Climate Action Council Plan to Reduce Carbon EmissionsFinancing EV Infrastructure in the UK

Commodities

June 8 Webinar: EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) RegulationCommerce Issues Final Rule on AD/CVD Grace PeriodCommerce Department Delays Auxin Preliminary Determination on Solar Trade Imports

Compliance

An Assessment of EPA’s Progress in Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Regulatory Decision-MakingDEC Finalizes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program RegulationsNinth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related Guidance

Contamination

Financial Assurance for Cleanup in PerpetuityNY’s Superfund Law Poised for Overhaul: Aligning with CERCLA and Accounting for Environmental JusticeConsiderations for Connecticut’s New Environmental Cleanup Rules

Court Cases

Federal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA RegulationsEPA Launches Historic Deregulatory Initiative: Key Legal Risks and Strategic TakeawaysMontana Supreme Court Holds that State Constitution Protects Youth Plaintiffs’ Right to Protection from Climate Change

COVID-19

Environmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2021The Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersBusinesses Administering COVID-19 Vaccine Are at Risk for Mishandling Biomedical Waste

COVID-19

May 9 | Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental, Health and Safety Webinar – Part OneGreenberg Traurig’s Libretta Stennes and Deepi K. Miller to Speak at ABA Toxic Torts and Environmental Law ConferenceWEBINAR: Wind, Solar & Beyond - The Infocast Webinar Series

DEP

The Weirdness of Appeals Under Section 308 of Act 2Attorney Fees Awards Under the Clean Streams LawLocal Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts

Department of Energy

DOE Issues Updated Guidance for Energy Dominance Financing Program

Distributed Energy Resource (DER)

Keeping Eyes on the Ball: Integration of Distributed Energy Resources

DOJ

DOJ’s Updated Corporate Crime Policies: Practical Considerations in the Environmental ContextEnvironment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021New Lawsuit Challenges DOJ Policy Prohibiting SEPs

E2 Asia

BESS and the Japan Power Market The Current State of Play at LTDA Auction Round 3Greenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth DayPowering the Grid: South Korea’s 2025 ESS Auction

E2 Europe

The New Race for Power: What Ofgem’s Grid Reform Means for Data Centre Development in Great BritainCountdown to the New EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Compliance ConsiderationsGreenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth Day

E2 Latin America

Greenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth DayMexico’s New General Water Law and Reforms to the National Water LawDecree Establishes Administrative Facilities for the Regularization of Concession and Assignment Titles of National Waters in Mexico

Earth Day

Greenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth DayGreenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth DayGreenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth Day

Electrical Vehicles

California Enacts New Electric Transmission Financing Programs and Adds to Its Wildfire FundLatin America Energy Updates: September and October 2024Recent Federal Legislation’s Impact on Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

Emergency Preparedness

UK Environment Agency Continues to Issue Coronavirus Disease 2019 Enforcement SuspensionsEPA Commences Public Comment on Recycled-Content Product List – It May be More Relevant Than You ThinkUK Environment Agency Four Further Coronavirus Disease 2019 Enforcement Suspensions

Emerging Contaminants

NY DEC Announces Four New PFAS InitiativesNov. 13 EVENT | 2024 National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Manufacturing Legal SummitEnvironment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2023

Energy

E2 Law Podcast Episode 24 | Natural Hydrogen Leasing and Development: Legal Frameworks for an Emerging FrontierDOE Issues Updated Guidance for Energy Dominance Financing ProgramMETI Proposes Price Cap Reductions in Japan’s Balancing Market: Implications for Battery Energy Storage Systems

Energy and Natural Resources

METI Proposes Price Cap Reductions in Japan’s Balancing Market: Implications for Battery Energy Storage SystemsDecree Establishes Administrative Facilities for the Regularization of Concession and Assignment Titles of National Waters in MexicoNYISO Reliability Plan: New York May Require Thousands of Megawatts of Dispatchable Generation by 2034

Energy Project Finance & Development

DOE Issues Updated Guidance for Energy Dominance Financing ProgramHouse Proposes Cutbacks to Clean Energy Tax CreditsExecutive Order Targets State Climate Laws, But Existing GHG Permit Requirements Remain Enforceable

Energy Transaction

House Proposes Cutbacks to Clean Energy Tax CreditsDepartment of the Interior to Adopt Expedited NEPA Permitting Procedures for Energy and Minerals Projects on Federal Lands5 Trends to Watch: 2025 Energy Regulation and Development

Environment

Federal Judge Vacates Trump Administration’s Halt to Wind Energy PermittingNinth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related GuidanceCalifornia Creates Extended Producer Responsibility Program for Textiles

Environmental

When a Private CERCLA Plaintiff Does Not Give Notice to the GovernmentTownship of Marple and the Scope of Agency Environmental Review Under the Environmental Rights AmendmentCARB Adopts Initial Climate Disclosure Reporting Regulations to Implement SB 253 and SB 261

Environmental Justice

NY DEC Finalizes SEQRA Regulations to Implement Environmental Justice Siting LawNY’s Superfund Law Poised for Overhaul: Aligning with CERCLA and Accounting for Environmental JusticeNY DEC Proposes Environmental Justice-Focused Amendments to SEQRA and UPA—Potential Impacts on Project Permitting

Environmental Protection Practice

PFAS in Drinking Water: EPA Proposes Historic New RegulationGreenberg Traurig Warsaw Office Establishes Environmental Protection Practice Led by Counsel Barbara Pancer

Environmental Rights Amendment

Township of Marple and the Scope of Agency Environmental Review Under the Environmental Rights AmendmentClarifying the Scope of New York’s Green AmendmentIntervention and the Environmental Rights Amendment

Environmental Social & Governance (ESG)

DEC Finalizes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program RegulationsNinth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related GuidanceNew California Climate Disclosure Law Deadlines Are Rapidly Approaching: Compliance Considerations for Companies

Environmental Social and Governance (ESG)

California Legislature Considers Bill That Would Delay Implementation of Historic Climate Disclosure LawsFederal Government Continues Efforts to Reform Colorado River OperationsJune 8 Webinar: EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Regulation

EPA

SCOTUS Holds FIFRA Expressly Preempts State Law Failure to Warn ClaimsThe EPA’s MATS Repeal May Signal a Broader Shift on Ancillary BenefitsData Centers and Air Quality: Recent Changes and Important Considerations for Developers

EU

EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: New Compliance Requirements for E-CommerceCBAM Reporting Requirement Begins Oct. 1, 2023June 8 Webinar: EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Regulation

Europe

E2 Law Podcast: Episode 22 | Natural Hydrogen in Europe: From Geologic Curiosity to Energy FrontierEU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: New Compliance Requirements for E-CommerceCultivating Sustainability: European Commission Greenlights Italy’s EUR 1.7 Billion Agrivoltaic Initiative

European Emission Trading Scheme

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Proposal and Its Relationship to the European Emission Trading Scheme

Events

Greenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth DayErick Hernández Gallego Attends UN Climate Change Conference on Behalf of ICC MexicoDec. 17 WEBINAR | Renewables Year-End Sneak Preview—Credit Transfers, Tax Equity, M&A and Finance Markets

Exactions

New Florida Statute Codifies U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Koontz and Provides Relief Against 'Extortionate' ExactionsKoontz-Inspired State Legislation Would Expand Supreme Court's Ruling in Permitting Context

Executive Order

President Trump Issues Housing Affordability Executive OrderWildlife Agencies Issue Four Proposed Rules to Revert Endangered Species Act Practices to 2019 InterpretationsFederal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA Regulations

Executive Orders

NOAA Finalizes Changes to Deep Seabed Mining RegulationsDepartment of the Interior to Adopt Expedited NEPA Permitting Procedures for Energy and Minerals Projects on Federal LandsCommerce Department Delays Auxin Preliminary Determination on Solar Trade Imports

Export Controls

LNG Export: DOE Authorizes a New Business Model Under Its Small-Scale Export RuleIran Deal is Implemented: U.S. and EU Remove Nuclear-Related Sanctions on Iran

Farm Bill

GT’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice Recognized in 2023 Chambers USA GuideHow the Inflation Reduction Act May Impact the Renewable Energy IndustryEPA Seeks Public Comment on Pesticide Applications for Hemp

FAST Act

FAST Act Implementation Progress: An Important Tool for Expediting Energy Projects for the Incoming Trump Administration?

Featured

Permit Appeals Insurance in the Netherlands: Managing Risk Before Permits Become IrrevocableE2 Law Podcast Episode 24 | Natural Hydrogen Leasing and Development: Legal Frameworks for an Emerging FrontierThe New Race for Power: What Ofgem’s Grid Reform Means for Data Centre Development in Great Britain

Federal

NOAA Finalizes Changes to Deep Seabed Mining RegulationsAs the Wind Turbine Turns: When Can a Federal Agency Change Its Mind?New York State Building and Energy Codes and Federal HFC Rollback Efforts: Navigating Regulatory Challenges for Developers

Federal Drug Administration (FDA)

Legal Environmental Insights: Episode 10 | Bringing New Disinfectants to Market: A Primer on FIFRA Dos and Don'tsFDA Findings on PFAS Chemicals in U.S. Food and Drinking Water Supply

Federal Regulation

CEQ Issues Revised Guidance on Categorical ExclusionsAn Assessment of EPA’s Progress in Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Regulatory Decision-MakingNOAA Finalizes Changes to Deep Seabed Mining Regulations

FERC

New York State Public Service Commission Initiates New Proceeding to Address Interconnection Reforms for Large Loads (Energize NY Development) Federal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA RegulationsDC Circuit Remands and Vacates FERC’s Order Approving the Transco Project

Finance

Permit Appeals Insurance in the Netherlands: Managing Risk Before Permits Become IrrevocableCalifornia Climate Disclosure Laws: Federal Court Denies Request to Block SB 253 and 261; Plaintiffs AppealFinancial Assurance for Cleanup in Perpetuity

Florida

Florida’s Infill Redevelopment Act Unlocks New Residential Development Opportunities on Impacted Land in South FloridaNavigating Florida’s New Real Estate Landscape: Essential 2025 Legislative Updates for Smart Development & Property InvestmentGreenberg Traurig Attorneys Speak at 38th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School

Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

GT Legal Food Talk Episode 25: It’s Not Easy Being GreenExtended Producer Responsibility Packaging and Greenwashing Laws Expand, Targeting Plastic Reduction and Recycling Management

Germany

WEBINAR: Hydrogen Infrastructure Challenges and Case Studies: Bumpy Road or Expressway to a Clean Fuel Future?U.S. and Dutch Governments Announce Hydrogen CollaborationGerman and Dutch National Agendas Indicate Further Focus on and Investments in Hydrogen

Glyphosate

EPA Concludes Glyphosate is Not Likely to be Carcinogenic to Humans

Gore Factors

E2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2AA Conversation About ‘Fairness’ in Superfund AllocationThe Fairest of Them All: Advocating CERCLA Allocation

Green Building

NYC Local Law 97 Emissions Limits Take Effect. Now What?9th Circuit Chills Municipal Government Efforts to Ban Natural Gas for Cooking, HeatingThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or Managers

Greenhouse Gas

CARB Advances SB 253 Rulemaking, Flags Key Issues for 2027 Emissions ReportingCARB Adopts Initial Climate Disclosure Reporting Regulations to Implement SB 253 and SB 261Regulatory Reset: EPA Rescinds 2009 Endangerment Finding, Repeals Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards

Greenwashing

Nov. 13 EVENT | 2024 National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Manufacturing Legal SummitPODCAST | Greenwashing: Navigating Corporate SustainabilityExtended Producer Responsibility Packaging and Greenwashing Laws Expand, Targeting Plastic Reduction and Recycling Management

GT Alert

The New Race for Power: What Ofgem’s Grid Reform Means for Data Centre Development in Great BritainSCOTUS Holds FIFRA Expressly Preempts State Law Failure to Warn ClaimsThe EPA’s MATS Repeal May Signal a Broader Shift on Ancillary Benefits

Hazardous substance

Financial Assurance for Cleanup in PerpetuityWhat Difference Will Listing 'Forever Chemicals' as Hazardous Substances Make?

Hazardous Waste

UPDATE: Property Damage Claims Even After Cleanup Under Massachusetts General Laws Chap. 21ENeighbors’ Tort Claims Even After a CleanupPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA Cleanups

Hazardous Waste

Financial Assurance for Cleanup in PerpetuityEPA Considers Classifying Discarded PVC Plastic as Hazardous WasteE2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2A

Hemp

EPA Seeks Public Comment on Pesticide Applications for Hemp

Hydrofracking

UK Government Ends Its Support for Fracking in England (At Least for Now)EPA Issues Final Hydraulic Fracturing Report, Concluding that The Practice “Can Impact Drinking Water Resources under Some Circumstances”; Follow-on Federal Regulation Highly UnlikelyIndependent Scientific Panel Faults the EPA’s Landmark Hydraulic Fracturing Study

Hydrogen

E2 Law Podcast Episode 24 | Natural Hydrogen Leasing and Development: Legal Frameworks for an Emerging FrontierE2 Law Podcast Episode 23 | Natural Hydrogen in the Middle East: Geology, Law, and the Next Energy FrontierE2 Law Podcast: Episode 22 | Natural Hydrogen in Europe: From Geologic Curiosity to Energy Frontier

Illinois

Navigating the Illinois Environmental Protection Act Through Rice v. Marathon Petroleum Corp.FutureGen Receives EPA Permits for Underground Injection

Import

Commerce Issues Final Rule on AD/CVD Grace PeriodCommerce Department Delays Auxin Preliminary Determination on Solar Trade ImportsEU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Proposal and Its Relationship to the European Emission Trading Scheme

Infrastructure

New York’s 2026 Enacted Budget Advances SEQRA Reforms, Promoting Housing Construction and Streamlining Environmental Review Timelines5 Trends to Watch: 2024 Florida Environmental IssuesFeb. 12 EVENT | Solving Today's Water Infrastructure Challenges – Forever Chemicals, Water Plant Innovation, and More

Insurance

Permit Appeals Insurance in the Netherlands: Managing Risk Before Permits Become IrrevocableToday is World Oceans Day – Here Are Five Things Business Owners Need to Know About Sea Level RiseAnticipating Environmental Issues in an Economic Downturn: 2019 Edition

International

Permit Appeals Insurance in the Netherlands: Managing Risk Before Permits Become IrrevocableOutlook 2026: Mexico EnvironmentalMETI Proposes Price Cap Reductions in Japan’s Balancing Market: Implications for Battery Energy Storage Systems

International Trade

CBAM Reporting Requirement Begins Oct. 1, 2023June 8 Webinar: EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) RegulationCommerce Issues Final Rule on AD/CVD Grace Period

Italy

Cultivating Sustainability: European Commission Greenlights Italy’s EUR 1.7 Billion Agrivoltaic InitiativeModification of Italian Constitution: Environment Elevated to Protected Primary Value

Latin America

Mexico’s New General Water Law and Reforms to the National Water LawMexico Simplifies Procedures Before Its Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary RisksErick Hernández Gallego Attends UN Climate Change Conference on Behalf of ICC Mexico

LCFS

California Air Resources Board Begins Process to Update Low Carbon Fuel Standard Regulations

Lead paint

The Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersLevitas v. Christian: Standards for Expert Opinions on Exposure Pathways in Maryland

Legislation

Court Requires DEC to Promulgate Regulations in NYS Climate Regulation CaseCalifornia Climate Disclosure Laws: Federal Court Denies Request to Block SB 253 and 261; Plaintiffs AppealNavigating Florida’s New Real Estate Landscape: Essential 2025 Legislative Updates for Smart Development & Property Investment

Litigation

Ninth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related GuidanceDC Circuit Reinstates Title V Emergency Affirmative DefenseFederal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA Regulations

Manufacturing

June 8 Webinar: EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) RegulationIRS Establishes a Program to Allocate Credits to Qualifying Advanced Energy ProjectsRenewables Year-End Review: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance Markets

Maryland

Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: A Further UpdateStorm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: An UpdateMaryland Court of Appeals Limits Bases for Challenging CWA Permits under the Chesapeake Bay TMDL

Mass Torts

Potential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA CleanupsSeventh Circuit Reverses Class Certification in Groundwater Contamination CaseLitigation Over Groundwater Impacts of Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania

Massachusetts

Lauren A. Liss Named 2023 Massachusetts ‘Go To’ Lawyer for Environmental and Energy LawDEP’s Municipal Harbor Plan Regulations InvalidGreenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development Dispute

Massachusetts

UPDATED: Court Lifts Stop-Work Orders for Three Paused Offshore Wind ProjectsLauren A. Liss Named 2023 Massachusetts ‘Go To’ Lawyer for Environmental and Energy LawLocal Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts: An Update

Mercury

EPA Takes Steps to Regulate Use and Disposal of Mercury

Mexico

Outlook 2026: Mexico EnvironmentalMexico’s New General Water Law and Reforms to the National Water LawLatin America Environmental Updates: September and October 2024

Mexico

Outlook 2026: Mexico EnvironmentalDecree Establishes Administrative Facilities for the Regularization of Concession and Assignment Titles of National Waters in MexicoMexico Simplifies Procedures Before Its Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks

Michigan

Safe Drinking Water Act Does Not Preempt Flint Plaintiffs’ Section 1983 Claims

Mining

NOAA Finalizes Changes to Deep Seabed Mining RegulationsDepartment of the Interior to Adopt Expedited NEPA Permitting Procedures for Energy and Minerals Projects on Federal LandsPresident Trump Issues Executive Order Promoting Domestic Mineral Production

Minnesota

In Minnesota, More Little Red Corvettes May Soon be Electric

Minnesota

Minnesota Becomes First State to Ban TCE: Considerations Once a Chemical Is Banned

Natural Resources

Agency Deference and Natural Resources DamagesThe Cultural Value of Natural ResourcesInterior Department Seeks Public Input on Repealing Public Lands and Natural Resources Rules

NEPA

CEQ Issues Revised Guidance on Categorical ExclusionsDo The Recent California Amendments to Its Environmental Review Statute Offer a Blueprint for Similar Changes in New York?Federal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA Regulations

NEPA

CEQ Issues Revised Guidance on Categorical ExclusionsWildlife Agencies Issue Four Proposed Rules to Revert Endangered Species Act Practices to 2019 InterpretationsDo The Recent California Amendments to Its Environmental Review Statute Offer a Blueprint for Similar Changes in New York?

Netherlands

Permit Appeals Insurance in the Netherlands: Managing Risk Before Permits Become IrrevocableShell Wins Appeal in Dutch Climate RulingNew Wind Parks in the Netherlands Frustrated by Court Ruling

New Jersey

TRANSITION THOUGHTS: How Will President Biden’s Elevation of Environmental Justice Within the EPA Affect Your Permitted Facility or Redevelopment Project?Third Circuit Considers the Scope of “Matters Addressed” in CERCLA SettlementsNew Jersey’s Environmental Justice Legislation: The Focus on Major Source Permit Applications Might Impact Property Values

New York

New York’s 2026 Enacted Budget Advances SEQRA Reforms, Promoting Housing Construction and Streamlining Environmental Review TimelinesNew York Budget Amends the State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection ActNY DEC Finalizes SEQRA Regulations to Implement Environmental Justice Siting Law

no-deal Brexit

Brexit & REACH: Potential Changes to UK Chemical Regulation

NPDES

EPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance InitiativesNew York State Issues Public Notice of Draft MS4 Permit for New York CityNY Appellate Court Issues Important Decision for Municipal Stormwater Regulation

Nuclear

Renewables Year-End Review: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance MarketsPrice-Anderson Act Removal of Litigation Involving a “Nuclear Incident”

Nutrient standards

Environmental Groups Appeal Federal Court Order Allowing the State of Florida to Adopt Nutrient Standards For Its Waters -- March 6, 2014

Offshore Wind

UPDATED: Court Lifts Stop-Work Orders for Three Paused Offshore Wind ProjectsAs the Wind Turbine Turns: When Can a Federal Agency Change Its Mind?Federal Judge Vacates Trump Administration’s Halt to Wind Energy Permitting

Oil & Gas

California Enacts SB 237 to Streamline New Oil Well Permits in Kern County and Increase OutputEPA Proposes Rescission of Power Plant GHG Standards Under Clean Air Act Section 111Latin America Energy Updates: September and October 2024

OSHA

Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Occupational Safety and Health Act: OSHA Update No. 2 – Essential WorkersCoronavirus and the Occupational Safety and Health Act: What Employers Need to KnowOSHA Is Raising Its Maximum Penalty Amounts, Again!

Other

Greenberg Traurig Environmental Practice Recognized in Chambers USA 2021 GuideNew York Issues Its Final Environmental Audit Incentive Policy

P3

Invest: Insights presents Kerri Barsh, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

Pennsylvania

Reconsidering How the Environmental Hearing Board FitsNo Pa. Case Has Ever Adjudicated a Claim to Enforce an Environmental Covenant Imposed Under ‘Act 2’—Does That Matter?The Weirdness of Appeals Under Section 308 of Act 2

Pennsylvania

Agency Budget Cuts and What Environmental Lawyers DoReconsidering How the Environmental Hearing Board FitsNo Pa. Case Has Ever Adjudicated a Claim to Enforce an Environmental Covenant Imposed Under ‘Act 2’—Does That Matter?

Permitting

Permit Appeals Insurance in the Netherlands: Managing Risk Before Permits Become IrrevocableFederal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA RegulationsNY DEC Proposes Environmental Justice-Focused Amendments to SEQRA and UPA—Potential Impacts on Project Permitting

PFAS

NY DEC Announces Four New PFAS InitiativesNov. 13 EVENT | 2024 National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Manufacturing Legal SummitEnvironment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2023

PFOA

Navigating Voluntary Cleanups in a World of Evolving ScienceGreenberg Traurig’s Libretta Stennes and Deepi K. Miller to Speak at ABA Toxic Torts and Environmental Law ConferenceThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or Managers

PFOS

Navigating Voluntary Cleanups in a World of Evolving ScienceGreenberg Traurig’s Libretta Stennes and Deepi K. Miller to Speak at ABA Toxic Torts and Environmental Law ConferenceThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or Managers

Plastics

EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: New Compliance Requirements for E-CommerceExtended Producer Responsibility Packaging and Greenwashing Laws Expand, Targeting Plastic Reduction and Recycling ManagementEPA Considers Classifying Discarded PVC Plastic as Hazardous Waste

Podcast

E2 Law Podcast Episode 24 | Natural Hydrogen Leasing and Development: Legal Frameworks for an Emerging FrontierE2 Law Podcast Episode 23 | Natural Hydrogen in the Middle East: Geology, Law, and the Next Energy FrontierE2 Law Podcast: Episode 22 | Natural Hydrogen in Europe: From Geologic Curiosity to Energy Frontier

Poland

Greenberg Traurig Warsaw Office Establishes Environmental Protection Practice Led by Counsel Barbara Pancer

Policy

As the Wind Turbine Turns: When Can a Federal Agency Change Its Mind?California Legislature Considers Bill That Would Delay Implementation of Historic Climate Disclosure LawsNew York to Miss 2030 Renewable Energy Target Despite Making Substantial Progress Following Adoption of Its Climate Law

Politics

Interior Department Determines ‘Tier 2 Shortage Conditions’ on Colorado River Requiring Additional Water Delivery Cuts, Other Actions in 2023How the Inflation Reduction Act May Impact the Renewable Energy IndustryMaribel Nicholson-Choice Quoted in Law360 Article, '3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill'

Pollution

Agency Deference and Natural Resources DamagesReconsidering How the Environmental Hearing Board FitsPa. Lessons From the New Massachusetts Rules for Cape Cod On-Lot Sewage Systems

Proposition 65

Product Stewardship and TextilesGlyphosate Litigation PrimerRegulation of Bisphenol A (BPA) Will Soon Affect Consumer Products Distributed in California – Comments on Regulation due April 29, 2016

Prospective Purchaser Agreement

Pennsylvania Prospective Purchaser Agreements: Emphasis on ‘Prospective’Pennsylvania Prospective Purchasers of Contaminated Property and Their Administrative Records

public health

New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Legislation: The Focus on Major Source Permit Applications Might Impact Property Values‘Environmental Justice for All Act’ Introduced in U.S. SenatePFAS Update: EPA Begins Process of Developing Drinking Water Limits for PFOS and PFOA

RCRA

EPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance InitiativesWhat Difference Will Listing 'Forever Chemicals' as Hazardous Substances Make?EPA Considers Classifying Discarded PVC Plastic as Hazardous Waste

REACH

9th Circuit Chills Municipal Government Efforts to Ban Natural Gas for Cooking, HeatingBrexit: The Great Repeal Bill and the EU’s Chemicals, Emissions, and Medicines Regimes

Real estate

Florida’s Infill Redevelopment Act Unlocks New Residential Development Opportunities on Impacted Land in South FloridaPresident Trump Issues Housing Affordability Executive OrderCalifornia SB 261: Climate-Related Financial Risk Reporting Requirements Approaching

Regulatory

The EPA’s MATS Repeal May Signal a Broader Shift on Ancillary BenefitsNY DEC Finalizes SEQRA Regulations to Implement Environmental Justice Siting LawAn Assessment of EPA’s Progress in Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Regulatory Decision-Making

Remediation

New York State Environmental Regulator Announces Sustainability Initiative In Connection With Its Remediation and Brownfield ProgramsNavigating Voluntary Cleanups in a World of Evolving ScienceNinth Circuit, in Narrow Holding, Limits Amount Recoverable in CERCLA Contribution Claim to Response Costs Already Incurred

Renewable Energy

California’s New Western Regional Electricity Market and Expanded Renewable MarketNYSDEC Finalizes Endangered and Threatened Species Mitigation Bank Fund RegulationsCiting Change in Federal Policy, New York State Terminates Offshore Wind Transmission Initiative

Renewables

When Is a Final Approval Not the Final Word? Empire Wind Halt Raises Questions About Managing Risk for Previously Approved Infrastructure ProjectsGT’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice Recognized in 2024 Chambers USA GuideDelays in Renewable Energy Siting in New York: A Closer Look at State Audit Findings

Risk management

June 8 Webinar: EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) RegulationMay 9 | Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental, Health and Safety Webinar – Part OneDOJ’s Updated Corporate Crime Policies: Practical Considerations in the Environmental Context

Safe Drinking Water Act

The Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA CleanupsBiden EPA Moving Forward with National Drinking Water Regulations for PFOA and PFOS

Shale

Shale boom crosses borders

Solar

Cultivating Sustainability: European Commission Greenlights Italy’s EUR 1.7 Billion Agrivoltaic InitiativeIRS Releases Guidance on the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program for Solar and Wind FacilitiesRenewables Year-End Review: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance Markets

Solid waste

Colorado Approves New Rules Regulating Methane Emissions from LandfillsNeighbors’ Tort Claims Even After a CleanupEPA Proposes to Regulate Chemical Recycling Pyrolysis and Gasification Units

State & Local

New York’s 2026 Enacted Budget Advances SEQRA Reforms, Promoting Housing Construction and Streamlining Environmental Review TimelinesNew York Budget Amends the State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection ActNY DEC Finalizes SEQRA Regulations to Implement Environmental Justice Siting Law

Stormwater

Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: A Further UpdateWill Climate Change Cause Storm Water Claims to Rain Down?Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: An Update

Substance

PFAS Solution Moving Through Congress on Must-Pass Defense BillChanges to the EU's REACH Regime May Increase the Administrative Burden on Prospective Registrants

Superfund

Superfund Is Unscathed So Far—What Does That Imply?NY’s Superfund Law Poised for Overhaul: Aligning with CERCLA and Accounting for Environmental JusticeWhat Does It Take to ‘Incur’ a Cleanup Cost Under CERCLA?

Supreme Court

SCOTUS Holds FIFRA Expressly Preempts State Law Failure to Warn ClaimsNew California Climate Disclosure Law Deadlines Are Rapidly Approaching: Compliance Considerations for CompaniesFederal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA Regulations

Sustainability

9th Circuit Chills Municipal Government Efforts to Ban Natural Gas for Cooking, HeatingProposal for an EU Green Claims DirectiveEU to Make Changes to Its Sustainability Reporting Rules and Impose New Obligations on Non-European Companies

Tax

House Proposes Cutbacks to Clean Energy Tax CreditsTreasury Issues Final Guidance on Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit5 Trends to Watch: 2025 Energy Regulation and Development

Technology

IRS Establishes a Program to Allocate Credits to Qualifying Advanced Energy ProjectsU.S. and Dutch Governments Announce Hydrogen CollaborationIRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax Credit

Texas

Texas Business Court Opinions Now AvailableThe Severability of Wind Rights from a Surface EstateGreenberg Traurig Launches Storm Uri Texas Litigation Tracker

Toxic Tort

EPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance InitiativesGreenberg Traurig’s Libretta Stennes and Deepi K. Miller to Speak at ABA Toxic Torts and Environmental Law ConferenceThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or Managers

trade policy

Commerce Issues Final Rule on AD/CVD Grace PeriodPossible Amendments to EU Proposed Carbon Border Adjustment MechanismChanges to Environmental Provisions of the USMCA Trade Agreement

Transactional

Renewables Year-End Review: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance MarketsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Allows Enforcement to Require Removal of Unauthorized Wetlands Fill for Three Years After Each New Property TransferPresidential Executive Order on U.S. Bulk Power System Equipment from ‘Foreign Adversaries’

Transportation

California Energy Commission Gains Authority to Regulate Refinery Transportation-Fuel InventoriesEPA Finalizes New RMP Rule and Rejects Provision on TransloadingPotential Financing Models for Zero-Emission Bus Fleets in the UK and Associated Infrastructure

Trichloroethylene

Minnesota Becomes First State to Ban TCE: Considerations Once a Chemical Is Banned

Trump Administration

An Assessment of EPA’s Progress in Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Regulatory Decision-MakingPresident Trump Issues Housing Affordability Executive OrderUPDATED: Court Lifts Stop-Work Orders for Three Paused Offshore Wind Projects

TSCA

Potential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA CleanupsCongress Takes Initial Steps to Address PFAS in the National Defense Authorization Act Conference ReportPFAS Solution Moving Through Congress on Must-Pass Defense Bill

UK

Greenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth DayUK Grid Connection Reforms: Breaking the BottleneckProcurement of Zero-Emission Buses in the UK and Associated Infrastructure

UK REACH

The Revised Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration and Their Impact on UK Environmental StandardsBrexit & REACH: Potential Changes to UK Chemical Regulation

Uncategorized

Financial Assurance for Cleanup in PerpetuitySignificant Environmental Cases in Pa. Courts During 2018 (Part 1)Constant Vigilance: Why Environmental Criminal Enforcement Still Matters

United Kingdom

The New Race for Power: What Ofgem’s Grid Reform Means for Data Centre Development in Great BritainProcurement of Zero-Emission Buses in the UK and Associated InfrastructureFinancing EV Infrastructure in the UK

United Kingdom

UK’s Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Grants Now Available to Manufacturing Companies and Data Centre OperatorsTenant Insolvencies in the UK and Contaminated Land Liability Risks Due to COVID-19UK Environment Agency Continues to Issue Coronavirus Disease 2019 Enforcement Suspensions

USMCA

Outlook 2026: Mexico EnvironmentalEnvironmental Aspects of the United States-Mexico-Canada Commercial Agreement (USMCA)

Utilities

FERC Approves the Overhaul of PURPA RegulationsFERC Clarifies and Reaffirms ADIT RulesLessons of Hurricane Irma -- State of Florida Focus on Hurricane Preparedness and Infrastructure

Washington, D.C.

SCOTUS Holds FIFRA Expressly Preempts State Law Failure to Warn ClaimsThe EPA’s MATS Repeal May Signal a Broader Shift on Ancillary BenefitsCEQ Issues Revised Guidance on Categorical Exclusions

Waste

Countdown to the New EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Compliance ConsiderationsColorado Approves New Rules Regulating Methane Emissions from LandfillsNY DEC Announces Four New PFAS Initiatives

Water

Outlook 2026: Mexico EnvironmentalMexico’s New General Water Law and Reforms to the National Water LawDecree Establishes Administrative Facilities for the Regularization of Concession and Assignment Titles of National Waters in Mexico

Water quality

GSA Requiring Landlords to Conduct Baseline Drinking Water Testing in All Leased SpaceEPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance InitiativesPa. Lessons From the New Massachusetts Rules for Cape Cod On-Lot Sewage Systems

Webinar

Greenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth DaySept. 26 WEBINAR | Navigating the Hydrogen Horizon: Regulatory UpdateWebinar Recording | Renewables Mid-Year Check: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance Markets

Wetlands

The Cultural Value of Natural ResourcesNavigating Florida’s New Real Estate Landscape: Essential 2025 Legislative Updates for Smart Development & Property Investment5 Trends to Watch: 2024 Florida Environmental Issues

Wildlife

Services Propose to Remove Habitat Modification from ESA’s Definition of ‘Harm’Public Comment Deadline Nears on Florida's Imperiled Species Management Plan in Contemplation of April 2016 Vote

WOTUS

Supreme Court Grants Stay of Lower Court Ruling That Vacated Trump Water RuleRolling Back Environmental Rollbacks in the New AdministrationGovernment Repeals Obama-Era Waters of the U.S. Rule: Major Supreme Court Decision to Come, but ‘Regulatory Patchwork’ Remains

Zero-Emission

Potential Financing Models for Zero-Emission Bus Fleets in the UK and Associated Infrastructure