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Agriculture

Digital Platform – Sustainable Forest Development Law in MexicoFood for thought: Florida, Israel can lead the way in agtech

Air

Batteries Not Included: Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicles and Decarbonisation in the United KingdomThe Biden Earth Day Climate Announcement: Not Just Clean Air Act RegulationEPA’s Final Risk Management Program Reconsideration Rule More In-Step with OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standards

Announcements

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Articles

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021A Brief Overview of the Superfund Chemical Excise TaxTwo Big Trends Around the Corner for Environmental Law

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

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Remedial Programs'RACER Trust' and the Concinnity of CERCLA Sections 107 and 113Maribel Nicholson-Choice Quoted in Law360 Article, '3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill'

California

California Air Resources Board Announces Rulemaking Regarding Small Off-Road Engine RegulationsIn Minnesota, More Little Red Corvettes May Soon be ElectricEPA Seeks Public Comment on Pesticide Applications for Hemp

California

Greenberg Traurig Grows Environmental Practice in CaliforniaCalifornia Adopts Emergency Regulation to Protect Outdoor Workers From Wildfire SmokeRegulation of Bisphenol A (BPA) Will Soon Affect Consumer Products Distributed in California – Comments on Regulation due April 29, 2016

Carbon Credits

IRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax CreditAn uncertain path to a cleaner future: Zero carbon electricity legislation in New York and CaliforniaGT Air Update - Part II

CERCLA

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021E2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2AThe Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Remedial Programs

CFTC

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

Chemicals

A Brief Overview of the Superfund Chemical Excise TaxChina’s New Regulation on New Chemicals Aims to Make Life EasierMinnesota Becomes First State to Ban TCE: Considerations Once a Chemical Is Banned

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

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court - Regulating Power Plant Greenhouse Gas EmissionsThe New Environmental Rights Amendment to the New York Constitution

Clean Water Act

Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: A Further UpdateThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA Cleanups

Clean Water Act

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: A Further UpdateThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or Managers

Climate Change

Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court - Regulating Power Plant Greenhouse Gas EmissionsSEC Proposes Comprehensive Package of Climate-Related Disclosure RulesSEC Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule on Climate Disclosures

Coal

The State of Coal Ash Regulation and Implications for the CommonwealthDOJ’s Attack on ‘Supplemental Environmental Projects’ Extends to Citizen PlaintiffsIs the Clock Ticking on Coal Ash?: Key Deadlines and Takeaways from EPA’s Recent CCR Rule Revisions

Colorado

Martinez v. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission UpdateGreen Roof Initiative: Compare the Green Roof Initiative with the new proposalDenver’s Green Roof Initiative

Commodities

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

Compliance

Cumulative risk by any other name: Seeking environmental justice in an era of statutory, regulatory, and scientific uncertaintyThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersCalifornia Air Resources Board Announces Rulemaking Regarding Small Off-Road Engine Regulations

Contamination

E2 Law Podcast: Episode 18 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2BE2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2AUPDATE: Property Damage Claims Even After Cleanup Under Massachusetts General Laws Chap. 21E

Court Cases

Local Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts: An UpdateGreenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development DisputeStorm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: A Further Update

DEP

Local Preemption and Wetlands in MassachusettsEnvironmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2021Pennsylvania Prospective Purchaser Agreements: Emphasis on ‘Prospective’

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day from Greenberg Traurig's Environmental PracticeThe Biden Earth Day Climate Announcement: Not Just Clean Air Act RegulationHappy Earth Day from Greenberg Traurig's Environmental Practice

Emerging Contaminants

Greenberg 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 ManagersPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA Cleanups

Energy

Winds of Change: Proposed Revisions to Japan’s Offshore Wind Public Auction ProcessGreenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development DisputeBiden Uses Emergency Powers to Pause New Solar Import Tariffs—Frequently Asked Questions

Environment

Cumulative risk by any other name: Seeking environmental justice in an era of statutory, regulatory, and scientific uncertaintySEC Proposes Comprehensive Package of Climate-Related Disclosure RulesSteven C. Russo, Doreen U. Saia & Zackary D. Knaub Named to City & State’s 2022 Energy & Environment Power 100

Environmental Justice

Cumulative risk by any other name: Seeking environmental justice in an era of statutory, regulatory, and scientific uncertaintyTwo Big Trends Around the Corner for Environmental LawThe Biden Administration’s Environmental Justice Policy Agenda: First Steps to Identify How Your Project Fits in the Landscape

Environmental Rights Amendment

Procedure or Substance and Natural or Built Under the ERAWhat Impact Review Does the Pennsylvania ERA Require?Environmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2021

EPA

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court - Regulating Power Plant Greenhouse Gas EmissionsEPA Considers Classifying Discarded PVC Plastic as Hazardous Waste

EU

Possible Amendments to EU Proposed Carbon Border Adjustment MechanismEU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Proposal and Its Relationship to the European Emission Trading SchemeEU Proposal for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Events

WEBINAR | Renewables Mid-Year Check - M&A, Tax Equity and Finance MarketsWEBINAR | Energy, Renewables, and Infrastructure: Investment Opportunities in EcuadorNov. 17 WEBINAR: The Government's Role in Hydrogen Development

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

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021TRANSITION THOUGHTS: How Will President Biden’s Elevation of Environmental Justice Within the EPA Affect Your Permitted Facility or Redevelopment Project?Pleasing All the People Some of the Time: New York Simultaneously Proposes Regulations Implementing Its New Siting Law and Community Benefit Program for Renewable Projects

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

EPA 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?

Federal

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021Biden Uses Emergency Powers to Pause New Solar Import Tariffs—Frequently Asked QuestionsStorm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: A Further Update

Federal Regulation

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021Cumulative risk by any other name: Seeking environmental justice in an era of statutory, regulatory, and scientific uncertaintyEnvironmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2021

FERC

Keeping Eyes on the Ball: Integration of Distributed Energy ResourcesFERC Approves the Overhaul of PURPA RegulationsFERC Denies Anbaric Complaint, Announces Technical Conference to Examine Grid Access for Offshore Wind Projects

Florida

Using Florida’s Amended Summary Judgment Standard in LitigationMaribel Nicholson-Choice Recognized by ONYX Magazine as a 2022 ‘Woman on the Move’New Risk Based Corrective Action Guidance for Miami-Dade Sites

Glyphosate

EPA Concludes Glyphosate is Not Likely to be Carcinogenic to Humans

Green Building

The Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersCenter for Resource Solutions Confirms Greenberg Traurig as First Major Law Firm Certified by its Green-e® Energy ProgramEvery New Building in the Netherlands Must Be (Almost) Energy Neutral Starting Jan. 1, 2021

Greenhouse Gas

SEC Proposes Comprehensive Package of Climate-Related Disclosure RulesNew York State Environmental Regulator Issues Draft Plan to Achieve GHG Emissions-Reduction GoalsFinancing EV Infrastructure in the UK

GT Alert

Winds of Change: Proposed Revisions to Japan’s Offshore Wind Public Auction ProcessBiden Uses Emergency Powers to Pause New Solar Import Tariffs—Frequently Asked QuestionsEPA Considers Classifying Discarded PVC Plastic as Hazardous Waste

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

EPA Considers Classifying Discarded PVC Plastic as Hazardous WasteE2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2APotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA Cleanups

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

Illinois

FutureGen Receives EPA Permits for Underground Injection

Infrastructure

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Remedial ProgramsRecent Federal Legislation’s Impact on Electric Vehicle InfrastructureThe Biden Administration’s Environmental Justice Policy Agenda: First Steps to Identify How Your Project Fits in the Landscape

Insurance

Today is World Oceans Day – Here Are Five Things Business Owners Need to Know About Sea Level RiseAnticipating Environmental Issues in an Economic Downturn: 2019 EditionMinimum Insurance Requirements for Regulated Entities in the Hydrocarbon Sector in Mexico

International

Winds of Change: Proposed Revisions to Japan’s Offshore Wind Public Auction ProcessBiden Uses Emergency Powers to Pause New Solar Import Tariffs—Frequently Asked QuestionsRenewable Energy in Latin America Updates

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

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Remedial ProgramsThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersCalifornia Air Resources Board Announces Rulemaking Regarding Small Off-Road Engine Regulations

Litigation

Using Florida’s Amended Summary Judgment Standard in LitigationLocal Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts: An UpdateDEP’s Municipal Harbor Plan Regulations Invalid

Manufacturing

UK’s Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Grants Now Available to Manufacturing Companies and Data Centre OperatorsBefore Making Pandemic Response Products, Consider Environmental RegulationsBrexit: Environmental Law Implications for the Chemicals Sector

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

DEP’s Municipal Harbor Plan Regulations InvalidGreenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development DisputeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Allows Enforcement to Require Removal of Unauthorized Wetlands Fill for Three Years After Each New Property Transfer

Massachusetts

Local Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts: An UpdateGreenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development DisputeUPDATE: Property Damage Claims Even After Cleanup Under Massachusetts General Laws Chap. 21E

Mercury

EPA Takes Steps to Regulate Use and Disposal of Mercury

Mexico

Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission Agreement to Comply with Decree Amending 13th Transitory Article of the Hydrocarbons LawDecree Amending Several Provisions of Mexico’s General Law of Sustainable Forestry DevelopmentWEBINAR: Post-Election Impact on U.S. and Mexico Energy and Environmental Matters

Michigan

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

Mining

Good News for States and Surface Coal Mine Operators in Recent Department of Interior AnnouncementIn a Historic Decision to Ban All Metals Mining, El Salvador Appears to Have Closed the Door on OceanaGoldPresident Trump Signs Resolutions Eliminating Regulatory Requirements

Natural Resources

Greenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development DisputeRenewable Energy in Latin America UpdatesProposed Federal Tax on Import of Carbon-Intensive Products

NEPA

Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021Environmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2021Turning Back the Clock: CEQ's Recently Announced NEPA Amendments Aim to Restore Pre-Trump Administration Approach to Environmental Review

NEPA

New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Legislation: The Focus on Major Source Permit Applications Might Impact Property ValuesA Tale of Two Environmental Policies: President Trump Announces NEPA Reform, as Former Vice President Biden Vows to Roll Back Reforms If ElectedFederal Judge Prohibits Use of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permit 12 for Utility and Pipeline Projects

Netherlands

New Wind Parks in the Netherlands Frustrated by Court RulingEnvironmental Issues in Corporate Transactions: The NetherlandsThe EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive and the Proposal for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

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

Law.com Recognizes Steven C. Russo as ALM Litigator of the Week First Runner-UpSteven C. Russo, Doreen U. Saia & Zackary D. Knaub Named to City & State’s 2022 Energy & Environment Power 100Environmental Sustainability Is Fashionable, But New Bill Presents Hurdles to Industry

no-deal Brexit

Brexit & REACH: Potential Changes to UK Chemical Regulation

NPDES

New York State Issues Public Notice of Draft MS4 Permit for New York CityNY Appellate Court Issues Important Decision for Municipal Stormwater RegulationStormwater in New England: When It Rains, It Pours

Nutrient standards

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

Oil & Gas

What Impact Review Does the Pennsylvania ERA Require?Paul Seby Featured in Two Law360 ArticlesIdentifying the Natural Resources Subject to the Environmental Rights Amendment

Oklahoma

The 5th Circuit Issues Order Leaving Intact its Judicial Stay on the EPA Regional Haze Rule

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

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Remedial ProgramsEnvironmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2021The Value of a Right to Flood by an Additional 5.5 Feet

Pennsylvania

Procedure or Substance and Natural or Built Under the ERAWhat Impact Review Does the Pennsylvania ERA Require?E2 Law Podcast Episode: The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the NY Constitution

Permitting

Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: An UpdateThe Biden Earth Day Climate Announcement: Not Just Clean Air Act RegulationTRANSITION THOUGHTS: How Will President Biden’s Elevation of Environmental Justice Within the EPA Affect Your Permitted Facility or Redevelopment Project?

PFAS

Greenberg 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 ManagersPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA Cleanups

PFOA

Greenberg 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 ManagersPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA Cleanups

PFOS

Greenberg 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 ManagersPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA Cleanups

Policy

California Air Resources Board Announces Rulemaking Regarding Small Off-Road Engine RegulationsMaribel Nicholson-Choice Quoted in Law360 Article, '3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill'Jillian Kirn Quoted in Law360 Article, 'Environmental Policy To Watch In 2021: Midyear Report'

Politics

Maribel Nicholson-Choice Quoted in Law360 Article, '3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill'TRANSITION THOUGHTS: How Will President Biden’s Elevation of Environmental Justice Within the EPA Affect Your Permitted Facility or Redevelopment Project?Rolling Back Environmental Rollbacks in the New Administration

Pollution

Penalties Under CERCLA for Denying EPA Access to TestCalifornia Air Resources Board Announces Rulemaking Regarding Small Off-Road Engine RegulationsEPA Proposes to Regulate Chemical Recycling Pyrolysis and Gasification Units

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

RCRA

EPA Considers Classifying Discarded PVC Plastic as Hazardous WasteNeighbors’ Tort Claims Even After a CleanupThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or Managers

REACH

Brexit: The Great Repeal Bill and the EU’s Chemicals, Emissions, and Medicines Regimes

Real estate

Greenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development DisputeThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersTenant Insolvencies in the UK and Contaminated Land Liability Risks Due to COVID-19

Regulatory

DEP’s Municipal Harbor Plan Regulations InvalidCumulative risk by any other name: Seeking environmental justice in an era of statutory, regulatory, and scientific uncertaintyE2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2A

Renewables

Biden Uses Emergency Powers to Pause New Solar Import Tariffs—Frequently Asked QuestionsWEBINAR | Renewables Mid-Year Check - M&A, Tax Equity and Finance MarketsRenewable Energy in Latin America Updates

Risk management

SEC Proposes Comprehensive Package of Climate-Related Disclosure RulesThe Management Systems Underlying ESG ReportsPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA Cleanups

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

Greenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development DisputeBiden Uses Emergency Powers to Pause New Solar Import Tariffs—Frequently Asked QuestionsNew York State Environmental Regulator Issues Draft Plan to Achieve GHG Emissions-Reduction Goals

Solid waste

Neighbors’ Tort Claims Even After a CleanupEPA Proposes to Regulate Chemical Recycling Pyrolysis and Gasification UnitsLimits on Administrative Orders to Clean Up in Delaware

State & Local

Using Florida’s Amended Summary Judgment Standard in LitigationLocal Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts: An UpdateGreenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development Dispute

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

A Brief Overview of the Superfund Chemical Excise TaxE2 Law Podcast: Episode 18 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2BE2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2A

Tax

Biden Uses Emergency Powers to Pause New Solar Import Tariffs—Frequently Asked QuestionsWEBINAR | Renewables Mid-Year Check - M&A, Tax Equity and Finance MarketsProposed Federal Tax on Import of Carbon-Intensive Products

Technology

U.S. and Dutch Governments Announce Hydrogen CollaborationIRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax CreditFERC Launches Comprehensive PURPA Overhaul

Texas

Greenberg Traurig Launches Storm Uri Texas Litigation TrackerHurricanes Harvey & Irma: Controlling Water, Mold, Bacterial FalloutThe 5th Circuit Issues Order Leaving Intact its Judicial Stay on the EPA Regional Haze Rule

Toxic Tort

Greenberg 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 ManagersNew York’s ‘Toxic Toys’ Law: Governor Signs Legislation Regulating Chemicals in Children’s Products, But Changes to the Law Are Already Coming

trade policy

Possible Amendments to EU Proposed Carbon Border Adjustment MechanismChanges to Environmental Provisions of the USMCA Trade Agreement

Transactional

Massachusetts 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’Investors in Many Syndicated Conservation Easement Deals Must Notify the IRS

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

Procurement of Zero-Emission Buses in the UK and Associated InfrastructureFinancing EV Infrastructure in the UKBatteries Not Included: Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicles and Decarbonisation in the United Kingdom

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

Significant Environmental Cases in Pa. Courts During 2018 (Part 1)Constant Vigilance: Why Environmental Criminal Enforcement Still MattersRecent Opinions Hold Differing Views on Point Source Discharges Into Waters

United Kingdom

Procurement of Zero-Emission Buses in the UK and Associated InfrastructureFinancing EV Infrastructure in the UKBatteries Not Included: Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicles and Decarbonisation in the United Kingdom

USMCA

Environmental Aspects of the United States-Mexico-Canada Commercial Agreement (USMCA)

Utilities

FERC Approves the Overhaul of PURPA RegulationsWho is a Customer-Generator? Uncertainty Abounds for the Pennsylvania PUCCommonwealth Court’s Invalidation of Pennsylvania PUC Defined Terms – Potential Net Metering Implications

Waste

EPA Considers Classifying Discarded PVC Plastic as Hazardous WasteE2 Law Podcast: Episode 18 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2BE2 Law Podcast: Episode 17 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2A

Water

DEP’s Municipal Harbor Plan Regulations InvalidStorm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: A Further UpdateSupreme Court Grants Stay of Lower Court Ruling That Vacated Trump Water Rule

Water quality

The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the New York ConstitutionPotential Impact of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap on CERCLA CleanupsMaribel Nicholson-Choice Quoted in Law360 Article, '3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill'

Wetlands

Local Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts: An UpdateLocal Preemption and Wetlands in MassachusettsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Allows Enforcement to Require Removal of Unauthorized Wetlands Fill for Three Years After Each New Property Transfer

Wildlife

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

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