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May 21, 2013
FaegreBD Consulting — Renewable Energy - A Key Difference as House and Senate Farm Bills Move Forward. READ THE ALERT

May 17, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — South Korea's National Assembly Adopts K-REACH. READ THE ALERT

May 17, 2013
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP — U.S. Department of Interior Releases Revised Fracking Guidance. READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2013
Bingham McCutchen LLP — States Square Off Over Potential Federal Regulation of Methane Emissions From Oil and Gas Operations. READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2013
Greenberg Traurig, LLP — One Step Forward, One Step Back: NY Moves Forward on Its Environmental Self-Audit Policy as EPA Looks to Retreat. READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2013
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — Is EPA Setting Its Sights on Hydraulic Fracturing Compounds? READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2013
Venable LLP — U.S. Coast Guard and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Sign Agreement on Offshore Oversight. READ THE ALERT

May 10, 2013
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Vapor Intrusion Developments. READ THE ALERT

May 9, 2013
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP — EPA Honing In on Vapor Intrusion Requirements for Contaminated Sites. READ THE ALERT

May 9, 2013
Reed Smith LLP — The making of Emissions Trading laws: understanding the EU legislative process. READ THE ALERT

May 8, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Proposal for Restriction on Neonicotinoid Products in the EU. READ THE ALERT

May 7, 2013
Baker & Hostetler LLP — New York Court Upholds Local Hydraulic Fracturing and Oil and Gas Development Bans. READ THE ALERT

May 7, 2013
Barnes & Thornburg LLP — Environmental Groups Petition for Sweeping New Pipeline Rules for Diluted Bitumen. READ THE ALERT

May 7, 2013
Hunton & Williams LLP — DC Circuit Holds That EPA Has Authority to Retroactively Veto An Existing Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit. READ THE ALERT

May 6, 2013
Alston & Bird LLP — Eight Substances Added to EU's Authorization List; Possible Impact Under California's SCP Regulations. READ THE ALERT

May 3, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — The Impacts of New EPA Vapor Intrusion Guidance. READ THE ALERT

May 3, 2013
Hunton & Williams LLP— DC District Court Upholds Corps’ NWP 12 Verification of Wastewater Pipeline But Relies On Plaintiff-Friendly View of Standing To Reach Environmental Groups’ Claims. READ THE ALERT

May 3, 2013
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA Proposes New Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2013
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Statewide Oil And Gas Conveyance Rules. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — NAS Committee Releases Report Recommending Changes in Process Used by EPA and the Services to Assess Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2013
Greenberg Traurig LLP — New York Appellate Court Affirms Broad Right of Local Governments To Use Zoning to Ban Gas Drilling. READ THE ALERT

May 1, 2013
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — Foreign Environmental Claims in U.S. Federal Courts. READ THE ALERT

May 1, 2013
Hogan Lovells — EPA comments on the April 2013 Keystone NEPA review—monetizing the social costs of CO2 emissions. READ THE ALERT

May 1, 2012
Jones Day — EPA’s Proposed Rule Regarding Treatment of Startups, Shutdowns, and Malfunctions Under the Clean Air Act . READ THE ALERT

May 1, 2013
Latham & Watkins LLP — Potential Changes for the California Environmental Quality Act in S.B. 731. READ THE ALERT

April 30, 2013
Baker Botts L.L.P. — Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules in Butler v. Charles Powers Estate to Affirm Dunham Rule. READ THE ALERT

April 30, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — GAO Finds EPA Could Improve Its Assessment and Control of Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

April 30, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — D.C. Appeals Court Says EPA May Revoke Fill Permit After It Has Been Issued. READ THE ALERT

April 30, 2013
Saul Ewing LLP — Butler v. Charles Powers Estate: Owners of Marcellus Shale Gas May Now Rest Easily. READ THE ALERT

April 29, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — CEQA Reform: The Cure May Be Worse Than the Disease. READ THE ALERT

April 29, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — Federal Agencies Cannot Use Consent Decrees To Adopt Stricter Regulatory Requirements, According to Ninth Circuit. READ THE ALERT

April 29, 2013
Stoel Rives LLP — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance for Wind Projects. READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2013
Barnes & Thornburg LLP — EPA Announces New ELGs for Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — ECHA Updates Authorization List with Eight New Substances. READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2013
Crowell & Moring LLP — Supreme Court Holds That Stormwater Discharges From Logging Roads Do Not Require Clean Water Act Permits; Federal District Court Rejects a Similar Stormwater Citizen Suit Against A Utility. READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2013
Greenberg Traurig LLP — Pennsylvania Supreme Court Maintains Presumption that Oil and Gas are Not "Minerals." READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2013
Van Ness Feldman, LLP — EPA Proposes New Standards to Regulate Water Discharges from Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

April 25, 2013
Van Ness Feldman, LLP — National Ocean Council Releases Final Ocean Policy Implementation Plan. READ THE ALERT

April 25, 2013
Vinson & Elkins LLP — New Worries for Section 404 Permit Recipients: D.C. Circuit Rules that EPA May Retroactively "Veto" Permits Already Granted by the Army Corps. READ THE ALERT

April 24, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — District Court Dismisses Complaint in Omnibus Case Alleging That EPA Failed to Consult under the Endangered Species Act for 382 Registered Pesticides. READ THE ALERT

April 24, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Important D.C. Circuit FOIA Ruling Affirms Agencies' Obligation To Provide Substantive, Appealable Determinations Promptly in Response to FOIA Requests. READ THE ALERT

April 24, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Court Upholds EPA Authority to Retroactively Veto CWA Section 404 Permits. READ THE ALERT

April 24, 2013
Stoel Rives LLP — Obama Administration Releases National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan. READ THE ALERT

April 23, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Proposes SNURs for Eight Renewable Chemical Substances. READ THE ALERT

April 23, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Maryland High Court Slashes Billion-Dollar Jury Award and Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards. READ THE ALERT

April 23, 2013
Bingham McCutchen LLP — SCAQMD Approves California's First New Fracking Rule. READ THE ALERT

April 23, 2013
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Releases Proposed Power Plant Effluent Limitations Guidelines. READ THE ALERT

April 22, 2012
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — EPA Issues Long-Awaited Vapor Intrusion Guidance for Public Comment. READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — UK Begins Consultation on WEEE Implementation. READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2013
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Proposes Changes to Stormwater Permitting Requirements for Construction and Development. READ THE ALERT

April 18, 2013
Bingham McCutchen LLP — BLM Violated NEPA in Failing to Analyze Fracking Before Granting Oil and Gas Leases in Monterey. READ THE ALERT

April 18, 2013
K&L Gates LLP — Fourth Circuit Restricts "Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser" Defense. READ THE ALERT

April 17, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Contemplates Future of Its Audit Policy. READ THE ALERT

April 17, 2013
Greenberg Traurig LLP — Carbon Claustrophobia: Significant Changes Coming to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives Cap and Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

April 17, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — CBD v. Salazar and the Way Forward for Fracking in Federal Minerals. READ THE ALERT

April 12, 2013
Alston & Bird LLP — Superior Court Invalidates CEQA's Fast-Tracking Provision as Unconstitutional. READ THE ALERT

April 12, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — DTSC Releases Revised Proposed Safer Consumer Products Regulations. READ THE ALERT

April 12, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Proposes Changes to Storage Tank Provisions of 2012 NSPS for Oil & Natural Gas Sector. READ THE ALERT

April 12, 2013
Schiff Hardin LLP — Fourth Circuit Decides Key CERCLA Allocation and Liability Case. READ THE ALERT

April 11, 2013
Holland & Knight LLP — Supreme Court Upholds EPA's Logging Road Exception from Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting. READ THE ALERT

April 11, 2013
Paul Hastings LLP — EU Announces New Rules on Disclosure Requirements for Extractive and Forestry Industries. READ THE ALERT

April 10, 2013
Arnold & Porter LLP — More Guilty Verdicts in E-waste Cases Suggest Emerging Enforcement Trend. READ THE ALERT

April 10, 2013
Stoel Rives LLP — California Air District Requires Fracking Notification and Disclosures. READ THE ALERT

April 10, 2013
Venable LLP — EPA Revises Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Construction and Development. READ THE ALERT

April 9, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Announces New Rule for Safety and Environmental Management Systems. READ THE ALERT

April 9, 2013
Vinson & Elkins LLP — BSEE Issues Revised Regulations for Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS II). READ THE ALERT

April 8, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — Ninth Circuit Rules That Storm Water Runoff From Utility Poles Is Not a "Point Source" Discharge Under the Clean Water Act or a "Solid Waste" Under RCRA. READ THE ALERT

April 8, 2013
Schiff Hardin LLP — Ninth Circuit Holds that In-Use Utility Poles Not Subject to the Clean Water Act or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. READ THE ALERT

April 5, 2013
K&L Gates LLP — Sue and Settle: The Growing Problem of Closed-Door Rulemaking. READ THE ALERT

April 5, 2013
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — Supreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit on Logging Roads, Deferring to EPA on Its Industrial Stormwater Rule. READ THE ALERT

April 4, 2013
Crowell & Moring LLP — Coal Loading Facility and Railroad Win Federal Court Endorsement of Clean Water Act's "Permit Shield" Defense and Refusal to Expand Clean Water Act to Wind-Borne Dust. READ THE ALERT

April 3, 2013
FaegreBD Consulting — EPA Releases New Fuel Standards to Reduce Sulfur Content of Gasoline. READ THE ALERT

April 2, 2013
Hogan Lovells — Changes to Forest Service Administrative Appeal Process Finalized. READ THE ALERT

April 2, 2013
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Issues 2013 Vessel General Permit. READ THE ALERT

April 2, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — New Significance Standard for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is Not New Information Triggering Supplemental CEQA Review. READ THE ALERT

April 2, 2013
Van Ness Feldman, LLP — EPA Proposes New, Stringent Standards for Vehicle Emissions and Fuels. READ THE ALERT

April 1, 2013
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Supreme Court Allows EPA to Forego Clean Water Act Permits for Logging Roads, Deferring to Agency Interpretation of Its Own Rules. READ THE ALERT

April 1, 2013
Venable LLP — EPA Finalizes Vessel General Permit. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Likely to Delay Issuance of Final Greenhouse Gas Rules for Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

March 28, 2013
Alston & Bird LLP — Pesticide Registration Process Adds New Stakeholder Procedures for Endangered Species Act Consultations. READ THE ALERT

March 28, 2013
Crowell & Moring LLP — EPA Announces New List of Chemicals Targeted for Risk Assessment Under TSCA, Including 20 Flame Retardants. READ THE ALERT

March 28, 2013
Reed Smith LLP — Oil and Gas Companies Partner with Environmental Groups to Develop Performance Standards for the Industry. READ THE ALERT

March 28, 2013
Robinson & Cole LLP — Underground Tanks at Your Facility in Connecticut? Beware Potential Approaching Deadlines for "Financial Assurance" and Release Reports to the Tank Fund. READ THE ALERT

March 28, 2013
Van Ness Feldman, LLP — FERC Issues Declaratory Order that Ends Practice of Assessing Charges for Use of Non-Federal Lands Subject to Power Site Reservation. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2013
Alston & Bird LLP — Two Hydraulic Fracturing Related Bills Introduced. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces List of Chemicals for Assessment in 2013. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2013
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — Impacts of Post-Sandy Flood Zone Changes on Regional Development. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2013
Reed Smith LLP — California Bill May Place Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing Permits. READ THE ALERT

March 26, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CWA Logging Roads Exemption, Endorses Citizen Suit Enforcement of Ambiguous Agency Rules. READ THE ALERT

March 26, 2013
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — No Permits Required for Channeled Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads. READ THE ALERT

March 25, 2013
Greenberg Traurig LLP — Stormwater's Day in the Sun. READ THE ALERT

March 25, 2013
Stoel Rives LLP — GHG Reporting Deadline Rapidly Approaching for Transportation Fuel Suppliers in California. READ THE ALERT

March 25, 2013
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Under Pressure to Revise GHG NSPS As Transitional Coal Units Cancel Projects. READ THE ALERT

March 25, 2013
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Delays Nitrogen Dioxide Near-Road Monitoring Deadlines. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — U.S. Supreme Court: NPDES Permits Are Not Required for Logging Road Stormwater Runoff. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2013
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Industry, Environmentalists Agree On Voluntary Hydraulic Fracturing Standards. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2013
FaegreBD Consulting — Key House Committee Releases First White Paper on Renewable Fuel Standard --Stakeholder Feedback Sought. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — Supreme Court Agrees to Review Ninth Circuit NEPA Decision. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2013
Venable LLP — Ready for Comment: Transportation Agencies Propose New National Environmental Policy Act Categorical Exclusions. READ THE ALERT

March 20, 2013
Fox Rothschild LLP — Vapors and Phase I's, More on the Revision of ASTM's E 1527. READ THE ALERT

March 20, 2013
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — Rhode Island Cleans Up Problematic Superfund Precedent That Undermined Federal Settlements. READ THE ALERT

March 19, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — D.C. Circuit Rules That CFTC – Not FERC – Has Authority to Regulate Futures Trades. READ THE ALERT

March 18, 2013
Greenberg Traurig LLP — EPA & Florida Reach Agreement on Disputed Nutrient Standards for Florida's Waterways. READ THE ALERT

March 18, 2013
Hunton & Williams LLP — SEC Refuses to Allow Bank to Omit Climate Change Proposal from Proxy Materials. READ THE ALERT

March 18, 2013
Reed Smith LLP — UK Shale Gas: A Regulatory Update. READ THE ALERT

March 18, 2013
Van Ness Feldman, LLP — D.C. Circuit Holds CFTC has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Natural Gas Futures Contracts, Finds FERC Lacked Authority to Impose $30 Million Civil Penalty. READ THE ALERT

March 15, 2013
Ballard Spahr LLP — FERC Lacks Authority To Regulate Natural Gas Futures Contracts, D.C. Circuit Rules. READ THE ALERT

March 15, 2013
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — Two Polar Bear Decisions in Two Weeks: Their Significance for Climate Change, Endangered Species and Project Development. READ THE ALERT

March 15, 2013
FaegreBD Consulting — Comment Period Begins on Keystone Report, President Promises Decision Soon. READ THE ALERT

March 14, 2013
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA Acts to Limit Shutdown, Startup and Malfunction Defense. READ THE ALERT

March 14, 2013
Venable LLP — White House Releases Draft NEPA and CEQA Integration Handbook. READ THE ALERT

March 14, 2013
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Whooping Crane Habitat Prevails over Texas Water Rights in Aransas Project v. Shaw. READ THE ALERT

March 13, 2013
Ballard Spahr LLP — State Department: Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Would Have Little Environmental Impact. READ THE ALERT

March 13, 2013
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Tightens Air Regulations for Emissions During Shutdown, Startup and Malfunction. READ THE ALERT

March 13, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — Federal Agency May Adopt Project that Combines Elements from Several Alternatives Studied in an Environmental Impact Statement. READ THE ALERT

March 12, 2013
Sidley Austin LLP — Dominant Environmental Management Systems Standard Slated For Major Revisions. READ THE ALERT

March 12, 2013
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Recent Supreme Court Decisions May Affect Environmental Standing. READ THE ALERT

March 11, 2013
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Virginia AG: Localities Cannot Ban Gas Drilling Through Zoning. READ THE ALERT

March 11, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Federal Government Releases Guidance to Streamline NEPA and NHPA Reviews. READ THE ALERT

March 11, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA's Enforcement Actions Target "Fractions." READ THE ALERT

March 11, 2013
Winston & Strawn LLP — D.C. Circuit PM2.5 NAAQS Decisions May Result in Stricter Rules. READ THE ALERT

March 8, 2013
Barnes & Thornburg LLP — EPA Proposes to Eliminate Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Air Emission Exemptions in 36 States. READ THE ALERT

March 8, 2013
Reed Smith LLP — Revised MARPOL Annex V: Just Who Should Take Out the Trash? READ THE ALERT

March 8, 2013
Venable LLP — New Guidance Issued: Integrating the National Environmental Policy Act and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. READ THE ALERT

March 7, 2013
Holland & Knight LLP — District of Columbia Mayor Gray Announces Release of New Sustainable DC Plan to Implement Sustainability Initiative. READ THE ALERT

March 7, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — Council on Environmental Quality Issues Two Handbooks to Help Agencies Expedite Federal Environmental Reviews. READ THE ALERT

March 7, 2013
Sidley Austin LLP — USEPA Proposes New Rules for Air Emissions During Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction Events. READ THE ALERT

March 6, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — New Opinion, Same Result: Project Objectives Are Upheld Under CEQA, But Alternatives Analysis Is Invalid. READ THE ALERT

March 6, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Under California Endangered Species Act. READ THE ALERT

March 6, 2013
Saul Ewing LLP — Marcellus Shale Impact Fee to Support Certain Projects for Governmental Entities, Councils of Government, Not-For-Profit Entities, For-Profit Businesses and Institutions of Higher Learning. READ THE ALERT

March 5, 2013
Barnes & Thornburg LLP — Inspector General Requests EPA Collect More Data on Air Emissions from Natural Gas and Oil Production Sector. READ THE ALERT

March 5, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Identifies Additional Qualifying Renewable Fuel Pathways under the RFS Program. READ THE ALERT

March 5, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Greenhouse Gas Reporting Obligations for Several Sectors Impacted by EPA's Revocation of Confidential Business Information Protection for Specified Part 98 Data. READ THE ALERT

March 5, 2013
Crowell & Moring LLP — "Big Brown" Citizen Suit Survives Motion to Dismiss. READ THE ALERT

March 3, 2013
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Proposed DEC Policy Encourages Self-Policing for Civil Environmental Violations. READ THE ALERT

March 1, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Maryland High Court Slashes Billion-Dollar Jury Award and Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards. READ THE ALERT

February 28, 2013
Alston & Bird LLP — EPA's Prosecution of RIN Fraud Violations Starts to Bring Stability Back to the Market. READ THE ALERT

February 28, 2013
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP — D.C. Circuit Decision May Significantly Impact the Process for Obtaining Clean Air Act Permits. READ THE ALERT

February 27, 2013
Reed Smith LLP — Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Legislation in Illinois Would Impose Strict Standards. READ THE ALERT

February 26, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Proposes SNURS for 37 Chemical Substances, Including 14 Nanomaterials. READ THE ALERT

February 26, 2013
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP — Energy Tax Incentives in Jeopardy. READ THE ALERT

February 25, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Court of Appeals Issues Landmark Ruling Vacating Biological Opinion Concerning Effects of Three Pesticides on Salmon Species. READ THE ALERT

February 25, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — States Propose to Regulate Chemicals While Congress Debates TSCA. READ THE ALERT

February 25, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Proposes to Require 36 States to Revise Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Air Emission Provisions in State Implementation Plans. READ THE ALERT

February 25, 2013
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Proposes Revisions to the Renewable Fuel Program to Prevent Fraud and Protect Innocent Traders in Renewable Identification Numbers ("RINs"); Allows Limited Use of Program Immediately. READ THE ALERT

February 25, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — New CEQA Bill–Cure or Band-Aid? READ THE ALERT

February 22, 2013
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. — California's Green Chemistry Regulation Approaches Final Stages of Approval. READ THE ALERT

February 21, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues ICR Concerning Health Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers of Fuels and Fuel Additives. READ THE ALERT

February 21, 2013
Schiff Hardin LLP — NRDC v. USEPA: Court Rejects USEPA’s Approach to PM2.5 NAAQS Implementation. READ THE ALERT

February 21, 2013
Winston & Strawn LLP — SEC Allows Shareholder Resolution on Climate Change. READ THE ALERT

February 20, 2013
Winston & Strawn LLP — Senators Introduce Climate Protection Act of 2013. READ THE ALERT

February 19, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Increased Criminal Enforcement Against Oil and Gas Fracking Companies. READ THE ALERT

February 19, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — Use of Project-Specific Significance Thresholds Does Not Violate CEQA. READ THE ALERT

February 15, 2013
Baker & Hostetler LLP — EPA Lifts Threat of CERCLA Liability for Some Tenants of Brownfields. READ THE ALERT

February 15, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — First-Ever Criminal CPSIA Charges Brought for the Importation and Sale of Hazardous Toys. READ THE ALERT

February 14, 2013
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. — California Cap-and-Trade Program for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions Survives Latest Court Challenge. READ THE ALERT

February 14, 2013
Hunton & Williams LLP — New Vessel General Permit. READ THE ALERT

February 13, 2013
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA Seeks to Revise Recently Issued Fracking Air Standards. READ THE ALERT

February 13, 2013
Sidley Austin LLP — Tidal Wave of New Proposition 65 Notice Letters Spurs Legislative Action. READ THE ALERT

February 13, 2013
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — D.C. Circuit Denies Rehearing on Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Greenhouse Gas Rules. READ THE ALERT

February 12, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues Chlorpyrifos Assessment: A Model for Addressing Spray Drift? READ THE ALERT

February 11, 2013
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Discharge of Drilling Waste in Ohio Triggers Civil and Criminal Enforcement Actions; Heightens Scrutiny of State Regulatory Practices. READ THE ALERT

February 11, 2013
Venable LLP — EPA Proposes New Controls for Chemicals Used in Petroleum Refining: Will They Affect Your Operations? READ THE ALERT

February 8, 2013
Crowell & Moring LLP — California Revises Green Chemistry Regulations--Again. READ THE ALERT

February 8, 2013
Saul Ewing LLP — US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Enjoins PA Environmental Hearing Board From Hearing Appeal of State-Issued Environmental Permits. READ THE ALERT

February 7, 2013
Alston & Bird LLP — Trade Secret Protection in Revised "Safe Consumer Products Regulations." READ THE ALERT

February 6, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — DTSC Releases Revised Proposed Safer Consumer Products Regulations. READ THE ALERT

February 6, 2013
Bingham McCutchen LLP — 2012 Review of Significant Energy Legislation in California. READ THE ALERT

February 6, 2013
Perkins Coie LLP — Ninth Circuit Clarifies NEPA Supplementation Requirements and Rules That Mining Plans of Operations Do Not Expire After Temporary Closures. READ THE ALERT

February 5, 2013
K&L Gates LLP — Potential Linkage between Californian and Australian Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Regimes. READ THE ALERT

February 4, 2013
Reed Smith LLP — California Court Denies Challenge to California's Offsets Program, Challenge to Carbon Auction Remains. READ THE ALERT

January 31, 2013
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Ohio Supreme Court: Oil and Gas Commission Cannot Review DNR Permit Decisions. READ THE ALERT

January 31, 2013
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP — First Compliance Period Underway for California's AB32 Cap-and-Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

January 31, 2013
Paul Hastings LLP — California State Water Board Moves toward Broadened Jurisdiction over Activities Affecting Wetlands. READ THE ALERT

January 30, 2013
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Environmental Group Again Challenges DOGGR Failure to Regulate Fracking. READ THE ALERT

January 30, 2013
Greenberg Traurig LLP — Governmental Cost Recovery Under the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act. READ THE ALERT

January 29, 2013
FaegreBD Consulting — EPA's 2011 Toxic Release Inventory Prompts New Calls for Additional Regulation of Metals Mining Sector. READ THE ALERT

January 29, 2013
Paul Hastings LLP — Court Upholds Use of Offset Credits in California's Cap-and-Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

January 29, 2013
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — The Supreme Court Reverses the 9th Circuit and Reaffirms Its Earlier Interpretation of 'Discharge' Under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

January 29, 2013
Saul Ewing LLP — EPA Issues Final Rule Impacting Emergency Generators, Including Those In Use For Demand Response Programs. READ THE ALERT

January 28, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Announces Proposed Changes for Minimum Risk Pesticides. READ THE ALERT

January 25, 2013
Venable LLP — Federal Transportation Agencies Issue Interim NEPA Guidance. READ THE ALERT

January 24, 2013
Arnold & Porter LLP — Guilty Verdict in Electronic Waste Recycling Case. READ THE ALERT

January 24, 2013
Barnes & Thornburg LLP — Fine Particle Emissions Rules Remanded - Stricter Clean Air Regulations for Nonattainment Areas Will Follow. READ THE ALERT

January 24, 2013
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Federal District Court Vacates Critical Habitat Designation for Polar Bears. READ THE ALERT

January 24, 2013
Crowell & Moring LLP — Federal Court Dismisses Surface Coal Mining Citizen Suit. READ THE ALERT

January 24, 2013
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Will Continue to Apply the "Functional Interdependence" Test for Air Quality Source Determinations Outside the Sixth Circuit. READ THE ALERT

January 23, 2013
Hunton & Williams LLP — Polar Bear Critical Habitat Rule Set Aside. READ THE ALERT

January 23, 2013
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Releases New Vapor Intrusion Guidance; Additional Developments Anticipated in 2013. READ THE ALERT

January 22, 2013
K&L Gates LLP — California's Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations Offer Substantial Trade Secret Protection for Operators. READ THE ALERT

January 18, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Clarifies Requirements for Labeling of Pesticide Products and Devices for Export. READ THE ALERT

January 16, 2013
Sullivan & Worcester LLP — Recent Developments Create Mounting Uncertainty Concerning EPA's Regulation of Stormwater Under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

January 16, 2013
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Scrutiny over Stormwater Management: Recent Supreme Court and District Court Cases. READ THE ALERT

January 11, 2013
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Issues New Comprehensive Guidance on Institutional Controls. READ THE ALERT

January 10, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues Long-Awaited Final Rule Revising Standards for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units and Revising the Definition of Nonhazardous Secondary Materials. READ THE ALERT

January 10, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Supreme Court Reaffirms CWA Discharge Ruling in L.A. Stormwater Case. READ THE ALERT

January 10, 2013
Holland & Knight LLP — U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms Settled Precedent for Regulating Transfers of Water Through Stormwater Systems and Other Water Infrastructure. READ THE ALERT

January 9, 2013
Crowell & Moring LLP — Federal District Court Grants Victory to Farmer and Poultry Integrator After Bench Trial in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit. READ THE ALERT

January 9, 2013
FaegreBD Consulting — Energy Tax Extenders in Fiscal Cliff Deal. READ THE ALERT

January 9, 2013
Greenberg Traurig LLP — Courts in two recent decisions refuse to expand the regulatory authority of the EPA under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

January 9, 2013
Holland & Knight LLP — Court Holds for First Time That EPA Cannot Regulate Stormwater as a Pollutant under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

January 9, 2013
Van Ness Feldman, LLP — 2013 Consolidated Congressional Calendar. VIEW

January 8, 2013
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP — Supreme Court Decides Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. READ THE ALERT

January 7, 2013
Arnold & Porter LLP — California Publishes "Fracking" Regulations that Call for Chemical Disclosures. READ THE ALERT

January 7, 2013
Barnes & Thornburg LLP — Environmental Due Diligence Issues Clarified by EPA for 2013 and Beyond — Tenants and Other Operators Beware. READ THE ALERT

January 7, 2012
Sullivan & Worcester LLP — Supreme Court Accepts Case Regarding the Reach of Monsanto's Intellectual Property Rights to Second Generation Seeds. READ THE ALERT

January 4, 2013
Barnes & Thornburg LLP — Is Your Combustion Unit a Boiler or an Incinerator? — EPA Finalizes NHSM Rule. READ THE ALERT

January 4, 2013
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues Draft Pesticide Registration Notice on Mold-Related Claims. READ THE ALERT

January 4, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Court Rejects EPA's Efforts to Regulate Stormwater as a Pollutant. READ THE ALERT

January 2, 2013
Ballard Spahr LLP — EPA Rules for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

January 2, 2013
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Supreme Court Hears L.A. Stormwater Case. READ THE ALERT

December 31, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Proposes Revisions to Minimum Risk Exemption for Pesticides. READ THE ALERT

December 31, 2012
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — Enforcement of Environmental Obligations by International Tribunals. READ THE ALERT

December 28, 2012
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — EPA Tightens Air Quality Standards for Fine Particles. READ THE ALERT

December 26, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Issues Revised Enforcement Guidance Regarding Use of the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Defense by Tenants and Model Comfort Letters for Lessees with Renewable Energy Developments. READ THE ALERT

December 26, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — BSEE Issues Draft Policy Statement Implementing Safety Culture for Regulated Activities on the OCS. READ THE ALERT

December 21, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — Deepwater Port Act Amended to Allow Oil and Gas Exports from Offshore Facilities. READ THE ALERT

December 20, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA Withdraws Rule Regarding Cadmium in Consumer Products. READ THE ALERT

December 20, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — United Kingdom Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil - New Hydraulic Fracturing Controls. READ THE ALERT

December 20, 2012
SNR Denton — Emissions Trading Update for 2013. READ THE ALERT

December 17, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — U.S. EPA Issues New Guidance on Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Defense for Tenants. READ THE ALERT

December 14, 2012
Barnes & Thornburg LLP — Michigan Lame Duck Legislative Changes to Environmental Cleanup of Contaminated Sites and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks. READ THE ALERT

December 14, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Withdraws TSCA Section 8(d) Cadmium Rule. READ THE ALERT

December 14, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — EPA Reverses Course and Promises to Withdraw TSCA Section 8(d) Cadmium Rule. READ THE ALERT

December 14, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — EPA Revised Guidance Encourages Renewable Energy and Other Industry Development on Contaminated Properties. READ THE ALERT

December 13, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — New EPA Regulations on Cadmium Target Manufacturers and Importers of Consumer Products; Retail Distributors to be Targeted Next. READ THE ALERT

December 13, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP — Seven Northeastern States Threaten To Sue U.S. EPA For Failure To Evaluate Appropriateness Of Controlling Methane Emissions From Oil and Natural Gas Sector. READ THE ALERT

December 10, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA Approves Florida Nutrient Rule and Proposes Rules for Additional Waters. READ THE ALERT

December 10, 2012
Fox Rothschild LLP — US EPA Revises Guidance to Encourage Renewable Energy on Contaminated Land. READ THE ALERT

December 10, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Department of Interior Streamlines Lease Approval Process for Developing Renewable Energy Projects on Tribal Lands. READ THE ALERT

December 7, 2012
FaegreBD Consulting — The Next Four Years in Energy and Environmental Policy. READ THE ALERT

December 6, 2012
Robinson & Cole LLP — BP's Suspension Highlights Risk of Exclusion for Government Contractors. READ THE ALERT

December 5, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Requires Manufacturers and Importers to Submit Studies on Cadmium in Consumer Products. READ THE ALERT

December 4, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Maryland's Property Owners Beware: Proposed New Hazardous Substance Reporting Requirements the Most Stringent in the Country. READ THE ALERT

December 3, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP — Could New EPA Rule Related to Cadmium in Consumer Products Lead to Litigation? READ THE ALERT

December 3, 2012
Greenberg Traurig LLP — In an action with national implications, U.S. EPA establishes numeric nutrient criteria for Florida's waterways and estuaries on Friday after a protracted court battle. READ THE ALERT

November 29, 2012
Sullivan & Worcester LLP — Appellate Court Affirms Ruling that Only Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer in Humans Are Subject to Being Included on California's Proposition 65 List. READ THE ALERT

November 28, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Releases List of EDSP Universe of Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

November 26, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues Direct Final TSCA Section 8(d) Rule on Cadmium and Cadmium Compounds. READ THE ALERT

November 26, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — New EPA Interpretation on the Status of Debris Contaminated by PCBs from Caulk and Other Building Materials. READ THE ALERT

November 20, 2012
Husch Blackwell LLP — European Union Delays Implementation of Emissions Trading Scheme. READ THE ALERT

November 19, 2012
Fox Rothschild LLP — Interplay Between PADEP's Policy on PNDI Coordination and its New Permit Decision Guarantee. READ THE ALERT

November 19, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP — Uncertainty Regarding Cap-and-Trade Regulation Reflected In Price Of GHG Emission Allowances Sold At First Auction. READ THE ALERT

November 16, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Sewer Connection Charges are (Sometimes) Allowable Fees and not Impermissible Taxes. READ THE ALERT

November 16, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Appellate Courts Toughen Standard for Developers Obtaining Summary Dismissal of Zoning Appeals. READ THE ALERT

November 16, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — EU ETS Puts International Flights on Hold. READ THE ALERT

November 16, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — Up in the Air - the Suspension of the Aviation EU ETS for Non-EU Airlines. READ THE ALERT

November 16, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — European Commission to Revise Environmental Impact Assessment Directive. READ THE ALERT

November 15, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Indonesian State Owned Upstream Oil and Gas Regulator Invalidated by Constitutional Court. READ THE ALERT

November 14, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Renewable Energy Project Challenges — Snapshort of the Litigation Landscape. READ THE ALERT

November 14, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — California Chamber of Commerce v. California Air Resources Board. READ THE ALERT

November 14, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — Shale Gas in the UK: One Year On... READ THE ALERT

November 14, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — California Chamber of Commerce Sues to Invalidate California's Cap-and-Trade System. READ THE ALERT

November 14, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP — California Holds First Auction of Cap-and-Trade Program Allowances Under Cloud of Litigation. READ THE ALERT

November 7, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Court Affirms Decision Preventing Proposition 65 Listing of Styrene and Vinyl Acetate As Carcinogens. READ THE ALERT

November 7, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — 2012 Election Guide: A Guide to Changes in Congress. READ THE ALERT

November 6, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — Ninth Circuit Overturns Ruby Pipeline Approval Based on Endangered Species Act Violations in Center for Biological Diversity v. Bureau of Land Management. READ THE ALERT

November 6, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Use of Lone Pine Orders in Methane Migration and Other Groundwater Contamination Litigation. READ THE ALERT

November 5, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — A Case Study in Strategic Risk Management in Administrative Proceedings Under CEQA. READ THE ALERT

November 5, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — How Much Uncertainty Does CEQA Allow? Court Upholds EIR's Practical Approach for Evaluating Uncertain Cumulative Impacts, but Invalidates Biological Mitigation and Water Supply Analysis as Too Uncertain. READ THE ALERT

November 2, 2012
Goodwin Procter LLP — Promoting Sustainability Can Create Value for Private Equity Firms. READ THE ALERT

November 1, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Pre-Election Environmental Outlook: Either Outcome Means Active Agenda. READ THE ALERT

November 1, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Federal Government Issues Record of Decision Approving Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States. READ THE ALERT

October 31, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Texas Files Petition Challenging EPA Air Standards for Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Ninth Circuit Further Limits Climate-Nuisance Suits. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Two State Courts Allow Greenhouse Gas Claims to Proceed on Public Trust Theory. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Maryland Appellate Court Rejects "Any Exposure" Theory. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — New Jersey Court Finds Expert Cannot Link Cancer to Cleaning Products. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Texas Recognizes Migration of Injectate as Basis for Subsurface Trespass Claim. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Minnesota High Court Holds Pesticide Drift Cannot Constitute Trespass. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Kansas High Court Rejects Special Rule for Water Contamination Cases. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Colorado Court Rejects Anticipatory Claims to Enjoin Fracking. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — California Court Dismisses Non-Residents' Decades-Old Toxic Exposure Claims. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Court Overturns Biological Opinion for Relying on Unenforceable Conservation Measures. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Under CEQA Non-Prejudicial Errors Do Not Invalidate an EIR. READ THE ALERT

October 23, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Argument On Two Hydraulic Fracturing Cases. READ THE ALERT

October 23, 2012
Covington & Burling LLP — The European Commission Proposes New Requirements on Biofuels Marketed in Europe. READ THE ALERT

October 23, 2012
Greenberg Traurig LLP — Institutional Controls and Pre-enforcement Review in Cleanup Cases. READ THE ALERT

October 23, 2012
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP — Will the SEC's Recently Adopted Conflict Minerals Rule Impact You? READ THE ALERT

October 23, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Blocking Ore. Wind Farms: Overstepping Authority? READ THE ALERT

October 22, 2012
Sullivan & Worcester LLP — Largest Criminal Fine and Civil Penalty Ever Used Under the Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide and Fungicide Act Imposed on the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. READ THE ALERT

October 19, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Pennsylvania Legislature Considers Two Bills On Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

October 19, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Two Recent Court Decisions Herald Positive Developments for Mine Operators in §105(c) Whistleblower Cases. READ THE ALERT

October 19, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — California's AB 32 and Offset Basics. READ THE ALERT

October 18, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Can a Premature Notice of Exemption Trigger CEQA's Short Limitations Period? READ THE ALERT

October 18, 2012
Sullivan & Worcester LLP — Pets, Pesticides and Drugs: The Federal Trade Commission Focuses on Companion Pet Pharmaceutical Distribution Issues. READ THE ALERT

October 16, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — No Exception to the Exemption — Installation of Small Wireless Telecom Equipment on Existing Utility Poles Throughout City is Exempt from CEQA. READ THE ALERT

October 16, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Securities and Exchange Commission finalizes reporting requirements for companies manufacturing products that contain conflict minerals. READ THE ALERT

October 15, 2012
Greenberg Traurig LLP — Can You Really Go to Jail for Violating a Stormwater Permit? READ THE ALERT

October 15, 2012
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP — Know Exactly What You Mean Before Claiming It's "Green." READ THE ALERT

October 12, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — RCRA's Hazardous Waste Manifest System Enters the Electronic Age. READ THE ALERT

October 12, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Federal District Court Opens the Door to Clean Water Act Regulation of Agricultural Tile Drainage Systems. READ THE ALERT

October 11, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP — Additional Fracking Chemical Substance Reporting Requirements Under TSCA May Further Complicate Landscape. READ THE ALERT

October 11, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — FTC Issues Revised Green Guides for Environmental Marketing. READ THE ALERT

October 11, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Homer City - Has the D.C. Circuit Signaled an Alternate Approach to Judicial Review of Agency Regulations? READ THE ALERT

October 11, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — Revised FTC Guidance for Making Environmental Benefit Claims. READ THE ALERT

October 10, 2012
Fox Rothschild LLP — Federal Court Allows Challenge to Air Permits that Bypasses Pennsylvania EHB. READ THE ALERT

October 10, 2012
Fox Rothschild LLP — Pennsylvania DEP Issues Guidance on Air Laws for Marcellus Operations. READ THE ALERT

October 10, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Federal District Court Upholds Criminal Conviction Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for Bird Deaths Resulting from Oil Refinery Operations. READ THE ALERT

October 9, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — California's AB 32 and GHG Market and Auction Basics. READ THE ALERT

October 8, 2012
Greenberg Traurig LLP — EPA Petitions for En Banc Rehearing of Decision that Overturned CSAPR. READ THE ALERT

October 5, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — New York Court Invalidates Local Fracking Moratorium, Affirms Municipal Authority Over Gas Drilling. READ THE ALERT

October 4, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — More Enforcement of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2012
Arent Fox LLP — FTC Releases Revised "Green Guides." READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Texas Proposed New Rules Encouraging On-Site Flowback Recycling. READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — FTC Releases Revised Green Guides. READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Updates Clean Air Act Standards for Flares and Process Heaters at Petroleum Refineries. READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2012
Blank Rome LLP — Landmark Ruling by New Jersey Supreme Court Raises NJDEP's Burden of Proof in Establishing Spill Act Liability. READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2010
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP — FTC Issues Final Revisions to the Green Guides: New Guidance for Substantiating Environmental Marketing Claims. READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2012
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — FTC Releases Final "Green Guides" for Environmental Marketing Claims. READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Pennsylvania General Assembly passes Bill allowing drilling on state university land. READ THE ALERT

October 2, 2012
Baker Botts L.L.P. — Heightened Scrutiny Raises Environmental Enforcement Risk at Internet Data Centers. READ THE ALERT

October 2, 2012
Keller and Heckman LLP — FTC Finalizes Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims. READ THE ALERT

October 2, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Natural Resource Damages after NJDEP v. Dimant. READ THE ALERT

October 1, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — EU Parliamentary Committee backs tough disclosure rules for extractive companies. READ THE ALERT

October 1, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Federal district court allows an action to proceed against a Marcellus Gas operator even though DEP had issued permits and the facilities had been constructed. READ THE ALERT

September 28, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Ninth Circuit Further Limits Climate-Nuisance Suits. READ THE ALERT

September 28, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Federal Transportation Law MAP-21 Seeks to Expedite Environmental Reviews, Carves Out New Categorical Exclusions to NEPA Review. READ THE ALERT

September 27, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — State of New Jersey Unsuccessful in Trying to Expand Environmental Liability. READ THE ALERT

September 27, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — Another Hurdle for GHG Suits as Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court Ruling in Kivalina v. ExxonMobil. READ THE ALERT

September 26, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — EU Court Rejects National Requirement for GM Crop Coexistence Measures. READ THE ALERT

September 25, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — FERC Approves Southwest Power Pool Proposal to Systematically Curtail Wind and Solar Resources. READ THE ALERT

September 26, 2012
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP — Amendment to Permit Extension Act (New Jersey). READ THE ALERT

September 24, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Federal Court Rejects Citizen Suit Against EPA for Alleged Role in RINs Fraud. READ THE ALERT

September 21, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Ohio EPA Issues Advisory As To Landfilling of Drilling Wastes. READ THE ALERT

September 20, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Meeting: Summary of Proceedings. READ THE ALERT

September 20, 2012
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — The SEC's New Rules Requiring Annual Disclosure of the Use of Conflict Minerals. READ THE ALERT

September 19, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — District Court Imposes Migratory Bird Treaty Act Criminal Liability For "Takes" of Migratory Birds By Unprotected Oil Field Equipment. READ THE ALERT

September 18, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — NRC Committee on IRIS Process Holds Public Session. READ THE ALERT

September 18, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission begins issuing opinions on Act 13 zoning law compliance. READ THE ALERT

September 17, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — GAO's Rebuke of Executive Branch Issuance of Sub-Regulatory Guidance Without Review Could Impact Agency Procedures. READ THE ALERT

September 17, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — D.C. Circuit Stays New Source MATS Lawsuit. READ THE ALERT

September 14, 2012
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP — Conflict Minerals: Understanding the SEC's Final Rules. READ THE ALERT

September 13, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — SEC Releases Final Conflict Minerals Rules with Broad Implications for Certain Reporting Companies. READ THE ALERT

September 13, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Failure to Extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit: Will It Send Wind Energy Investors Packing for Opportunities Abroad? READ THE ALERT

September 13, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — New Illinois Environmental Legislation. READ THE ALERT

September 12, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Unprecedented Pesticides Criminal Penalty and Civil Settlement Announced. READ THE ALERT

September 12, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — NYSDEC Issues Draft Freshwater Wetlands General Permit Authorizing Construction Activities in Adjacent Areas. READ THE ALERT

September 11, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Ninth Circuit Upholds Use of Surrogate Approach in Incidental Take Statement. READ THE ALERT

September 10, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Court Upholds "Tributary Rule" But Leaves Open the Possibility of Future Challenge. READ THE ALERT

September 7, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Federal District Court Grants Final Declaratory Relief to Energy Resource Producers in Marcellus Shale Region, Vacating Harmful U.S. Forest Service/Sierra Club Settlement. READ THE ALERT

September 7, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — The Linking of the EU ETS with the Australian CPM. READ THE ALERT

September 5, 2012
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — The SEC's New Resource Extraction Issuer Rules. READ THE ALERT

September 5, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — SEC Adopts Conflict Mineral Disclosure Rules. READ THE ALERT

September 5, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Ninth Circuit Upholds Fish & Wildlife Service Regulations Against Environmentalists' Challenge. READ THE ALERT

September 4, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — SEC Adopts Final Rules on Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers. READ THE ALERT

September 4, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — BSEE Issues Final Drilling Safety Rule. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Formalizes Rulemaking by Enforcement Approach for Flaring. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Publishes Oil & Gas NSPS and NESHAP Final Rules. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2012
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea and Climate Change. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — Florida First District Court of Appeal Renders Important Decision Holding that Purchasers who Acquire Property with Knowledge of Contamination are Liable. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — SEC Adopts New Rules Requiring Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers to Governments. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2012
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP — SEC Adopts Final Rules Regarding Conflict Minerals Disclosure. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2012
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — Major Provisions of Pennsylvania's Oil and Gas Act Deemed Unconstitutional. READ THE ALERT

August 30, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Sixth Circuit Rejects EPA Single Source "Adjacency" Analysis. READ THE ALERT

August 30, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP — California Holds Practice Auction For Its Cap-and-Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

August 30, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — SEC Adopts Rules Concerning Conflict Minerals Disclosures. READ THE ALERT

August 29, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — SEC Adopts Final Rule on Conflict Minerals. READ THE ALERT

August 29, 2012
Covington & Burling LLP — SEC Adopts Resource Extraction Payment Rules. READ THE ALERT

August 29, 2012
Fox Rothschild LLP — PADEP Proposes Changes to NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Construction Activities. READ THE ALERT

August 29, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — What You Need to Know About the New SEC Rule Requiring Additional Reporting by Resource Extraction Issuers. READ THE ALERT

August 29, 2012
Husch Blackwell LLP — SEC Adopts Disclosure Rules for Conflict Minerals. READ THE ALERT

August 29, 2010
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP — Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Approves Final "Conflict Mineral Rule." READ THE ALERT

August 29, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Three defeats in three weeks — Will EPA get the message? READ THE ALERT

August 29, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — States Implement Innovative Approaches to Combat Nutrient Pollution. READ THE ALERT

August 28, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP — Interpreting The Lacey Act's "Due Care" Standard after the Settlement of the Gibson Guitar Environmental Enforcement Case. READ THE ALERT

August 27, 2012
Keller and Heckman LLP — The Risky Business of Evaluating Risk: Product Liability Litigation Exposure from Green Chemistry Alternatives Assessments. READ THE ALERT

August 27, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — BSEE Further Entrenches Its Claimed Extension of Jurisdiction to Service Contractors Operating on the OCS. READ THE ALERT

August 27, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — The BSEE Has Broadened Its Enforcement Net in the Offshore Arena: Contractors Are Now Fair Game. READ THE ALERT

August 27, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — SEC Adopts Rule for Disclosing Use of Conflict Minerals. READ THE ALERT

August 24, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — SEC Approves Final Conflict Mineral Rule. READ THE ALERT

August 24, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — D.C. Circuit Calls Strike Two on EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. READ THE ALERT

August 24, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — EPA Loses Cross-State Air Pollution Ruling. READ THE ALERT

August 23, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Final Rule on Conflict Minerals. READ THE ALERT

August 23, 2011
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP — SEC Adopts Conflict Minerals Rules. READ THE ALERT

August 23, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Ninth Circuit Rules That Plans for Dam Operation Do Not Require Annual Environmental Reviews. READ THE ALERT

August 23, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — SEC Adopts Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Disclosure Requirements Relating to Conflict Minerals and Payment by Resource Extraction Issuers. READ THE ALERT

August 23, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — D.C. Circuit Vacates Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. READ THE ALERT

August 22, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP — D.C. Circuit Vacates EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. READ THE ALERT

August 22, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — D.C. Circuit Vacates CSAPR, Instructs USEPA to Continue Administering CAIR. READ THE ALERT

August 22, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — New York Passes Sewage Pollution Right-to-Know Act. READ THE ALERT

August 21, 2012
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — D.C. Circuit Appeals Court Vacates EPA’s Cross-State Rule as Legally Flawed. READ THE ALERT

August 21, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — D.C. Circuit Vacates CSAPR and FIPs. READ THE ALERT

August 17, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — CARB Proposes Amendments to State Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting. READ THE ALERT

August 17, 2012
Bryan Cave LLP — New Oil and Natural Gas Production Air Rules Go Final. READ THE ALERT

August 17, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Recent Pennsylvania Cases Clarify Rights of Surface Estate Owners: Liquid Waste Disposal and Extension of Term. READ THE ALERT

August 17, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — BSEE Issues Specific Guidance to Offshore Drilling Operators on Preparing a Better Regional Oil Spill Response Plan. READ THE ALERT

August 15, 2012
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA's Disapproval of Texas's Flexible Permit Program. READ THE ALERT

August 15, 2012
Keller and Heckman LLP — Summary of the Committee Mark-up of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 (S. 847). READ THE ALERT

August 15, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Federal Appellate Court Rejects EPA Position on Source Aggregation for Air Permitting. READ THE ALERT

August 14, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Fifth Circuit Vacates EPA Disapproval of Texas Flexible Permit Program. READ THE ALERT

August 14, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — 7th Circuit Hits the Brakes on Burlington Northern, Imposes Causal Element to CERCLA Volumetric Apportionment. READ THE ALERT

August 13, 2012
Blank Rome LLP — Commonwealth Court Nullifies Two Key Provisions of Act 13. READ THE ALERT

August 13, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — The End of the "Functional Interdependence" Test? READ THE ALERT

August 10, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces Proposed SNUR for Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonate and Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylate. READ THE ALERT

August 10, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Decision on use of Future CEQA Baseline to be Reviewed by the [California] Supreme Court. READ THE ALERT

August 10, 2012
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — California Supreme Court Finds Full Coverage For Long-Tail Environmental Liabilities. READ THE ALERT

August 10, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Sixth Circuit Reverses EPA’s Single Source Determination for Gas Plant, Flares, and Wells Under the Clean Air Act Title V Permitting Program. READ THE ALERT

August 9, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — California Publishes Draft Safer Consumer Products Regulations; Notice and Comment Period Open Until September 2012. READ THE ALERT

August 9, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — DTSC Publishes Revised Green Chemistry Rules; Public Comment Period Commences. READ THE ALERT

August 9, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — Congress Enacts Legislation Streamlining Environmental Review of Major Transportation Projects. READ THE ALERT

August 9, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — New York State Enacts New Seagrass Protections. READ THE ALERT

August 8, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Automatic Extension of Development Permits Increased From Two to Four Years Under Latest Economic Development Law (Massachusetts). READ THE ALERT

August 8, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Is Production Required to Maintain Flat-Rate Royalty Oil and Gas Leases in Pennsylvania? It Depends... READ THE ALERT

August 8, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — Court affirms primacy of Aarhus Convention in EU environmental law. READ THE ALERT

August 8, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — Sixth Circuit Rejects EPA's Longstanding Interpretation Requiring Small Interrelated Emission Sources to Obtain Title V and PSD Permits. READ THE ALERT

August 7, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA and USDA Seek to Expand Public Engagement in Proposed Revisions to ESA Consultation Process within Registration Review. READ THE ALERT

August 7, 2012
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — Proposed SEQRA Amendments Reflect State's Environmental Agenda. READ THE ALERT

August 7, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — "Anchors Aweigh": FERC Proposes A Streamlined Process For Allocating Capacity Of New Transmission Projects. READ THE ALERT

August 7, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Yucca Mountain Litigation Saga Continues. READ THE ALERT

August 6, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — EU Proposes Tighter Control on Auction Timing in Bid to Increase Carbon Allowance Prices. READ THE ALERT

August 6, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP— D.C. District Court Overturns EPA Final Clean Water Act Guidance on Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations. READ THE ALERT

August 3, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Requires Additional Hazardous-Chemical Reporting Data for Natural-Gas Operations Regulated under EPCRA. READ THE ALERT

August 3, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Announces One-Year Delay of SO2 NAAQS Designations. READ THE ALERT

August 2, 2012
Keller and Heckman LLP — DC Circuit Upholds SO2 NAAQS. READ THE ALERT

July 31, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Federal Court Rejects EPA Attempts to Regulate Eastern U.S. Coal Mining and Sets Aside EPA Final Guidance. READ THE ALERT

July 31, 2012
Dorsey & Whitney LLP — Court Finds Plaintiffs Lack Standing To Bring Climate Change Claims. READ THE ALERT

July 31, 2012
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — Commonwealth Court rules on amendments limiting municipal zoning authority. READ THE ALERT

July 31, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Finalized DEC Power Plant Regulations Address Framework for Environmental Justice Analysis. READ THE ALERT

July 30, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — DTSC Releases Proposed Safer Consumer Products Regulations. READ THE ALERT

July 30, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — BOEM and FERC Issue Revised Guidelines for Offshore Hydrokinetic Energy Development. READ THE ALERT

July 30, 2012
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — Proposed S.B. 226 CEQA Guidelines Seek to Expedite Environmental Review for Infill Development. READ THE ALERT

July 27, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Pennsylvania Appellate Court Overturns State Zoning Law Encouraging Marcellus Development. READ THE ALERT

July 27, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Ohio Takes Next Step to Implement Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. READ THE ALERT

July 27, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — USEPA Delays Utility Cooling Rule Until 2013. READ THE ALERT

July 27, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Preemptive Zoning Provisions of [Pennsylvania] Act 13 Held Unconstitutional. READ THE ALERT

July 26, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Court Rejects RCRA Citizen Suit Over Diesel Emissions at Railyards. READ THE ALERT

July 26, 2012
Fox Rothschild LLP — Commonwealth Court Declares Local Zoning Preemption Act 13 Unconstitutional, Null and Void. READ THE ALERT

July 26, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Governor Corbett establishes Permit Decision Guarantee for DEP. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — China Extends Hazardous Chemicals Registration Requirement to Importers. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Senate Holds Hearing on Oversight of EPA Authorities and Actions to Control Exposures to Toxic Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Senate Committee Passes TSCA Reauthorization Legislation. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2012
FaegreBD Consulting — Regulation v. Development in the Oil & Gas Industry. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Sixth Amendment Requirement that Juries Find Facts Necessary to Impose Fines Above Statutory Maximum Raises New Questions for Environmental Prosecutions. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — The Ninth Circuit Interprets "Agency Action" Under the Endangered Species Act - Again. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Delays Final 316(b) Rule Until 2013. READ THE ALERT

July 24, 2012
Fox Rothschild LLP — Governor Corbett Issues Executive Order 2012-11 Creating Permit Decision Guarantee for PADEP. READ THE ALERT

July 24, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — New Jersey affirms commitment to developing renewable energy resources with new legislation. READ THE ALERT

July 23, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — Suit Filed in Federal District Court Seeking to Invalidate Corps Use of Nationwide Permit 12 for Construction, Maintenance, Repair, and Removal of Utility Lines and Associated Facilities. READ THE ALERT

July 23, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — DC Circuit Rules on Petition to Review the Hourly SO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standard. READ THE ALERT

July 20, 2012
FaegreBD Consulting — Fuels Policy Front and Center. READ THE ALERT

July 20, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Biocidal Products: A Reinforcing of Regulatory Obligations. READ THE ALERT

July 19, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Revisions to Biocidal Product Regulation in the European Union. READ THE ALERT

July 18, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — DC Circuit Upholds Hourly NO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standard. READ THE ALERT

July 17, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — D.C. Circuit Validates Regulation of Global Warming. READ THE ALERT

July 16, 2012
SNR Denton — DC Circuit Upholds EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Program. READ THE ALERT

July 13, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — North Carolina Legalizes Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

July 13, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Regional Cap-and-Trade Program Survives New York Challenge But Faces Others. READ THE ALERT

July 12, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Ninth Circuit Expands "Agency Action" for Endangered Species Act Consultation. READ THE ALERT

July 11, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Ohio Governor Issues Executive Order Authorizing Deep Injection Well Regulations. READ THE ALERT

July 9, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Proposed Revisions to Regulations for Eagle Take Permits Hold Promise of Greater Take Authorization for Renewable Energy Developers. READ THE ALERT

July 9, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Proposes More Stringent PM2.5 NAAQS. READ THE ALERT

July 6, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — The Supreme Court Will Decide Wether Logging Roads Require Stormwater Permits. READ THE ALERT

July 6, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — New law requires Pennsylvania state agencies to consider impact on small businesses before passing new regulations. READ THE ALERT

July 5, 2012
Ballard Spahr LLP — Delaware River Deepening Project Upheld by Third Circuit. READ THE ALERT

July 5, 2012
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — EPA Finalizes "Step 3" of Its Tailoring Rule, Acknowledging the Challenge of GHG Permitting. READ THE ALERT

July 3, 2012
Ballard Spahr LLP — Corbett Puts Hold on Drilling in New Pennsylvania Gas Find. READ THE ALERT

July 3, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — FEMA Initiates NEPA Review Regarding Significant Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. READ THE ALERT

July 2, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — North Carolina Governor Vetoes Hydraulic Fracturing Legislation. READ THE ALERT

July 2, 2012
Ballard Spahr LLP — Energy Bond Guidance May Unlock Low-Cost Financing Tool. READ THE ALERT

July 2, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA  Releases EDSP Comprehensive Management Plan. READ THE ALERT

July 2, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulations: Is a NAAQS in the Offing? READ THE ALERT

July 2, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Proposes to Tighten Annual Air Quality Standard for Fine Particulate Matter. READ THE ALERT

July 2, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — D.C. Circuit Upholds Suite of EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules. READ THE ALERT

July 2, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — U.S. Supreme Court to Review Two Controversial Decisions on Clean Water Act Jurisdiction. READ THE ALERT

June 29, 2012
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — TCEQ "Compliance History" Rule Change to Affect Regulated Facilities in Texas. READ THE ALERT

June 29, 2012
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — Dual Air Permitting Scheme in Texas Lives On, For Now. READ THE ALERT

June 29, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — Supreme Court to Review Two Ninth Circuit Decisions Involving Whether Certain Releases of Stormwater Are Regulable Under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

June 29, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Motor Vehicles and Major Stationary Sources. READ THE ALERT

June 28, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces Availability of Final Test Guidelines for Antimicrobial Products. READ THE ALERT

June 28, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations. READ THE ALERT

June 28, 2012
Hogan Lovells — D.C. Circuit has upheld EPA's greenhouse gas rules. READ THE ALERT

June 28, 2012
Jones Day — Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting for UK Listed Companies. READ THE ALERT

June 28, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Two Federal Decisions Signal Further Expansion of Criminal Liability for Environmental Crimes. READ THE ALERT

June 28, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Supreme Court Uses RCRA Case to Extend Jury Trial Rights to Calculation of Criminal Fines. READ THE ALERT

June 27, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — New Jersey Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting Treatment of Fracking Wastewater. READ THE ALERT

June 27, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Federal Appeals Court Upholds EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulations. READ THE ALERT

June 27, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — FAQS on the New European Union Registry for Carbon Credits. READ THE ALERT

June 27, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — DC Circuit Upholds EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations. READ THE ALERT

June 27, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA's Climate Change Regulations. READ THE ALERT

June 26, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Sixth Circuit Holds That Citizen Plaintiffs Cannot Sue State Officials For Failing To Enforce Federal Clean Air Act Regulations. READ THE ALERT

June 26, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP — D.C. Circuit Upholds Quartet Of EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations. READ THE ALERT

June 26, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — FERC Clarifies Guidance on Reliability Penalties. READ THE ALERT

June 26, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Supreme Court Rules that Jury Must Determine Facts Leading to Criminal Fines in RCRA Case. READ THE ALERT

June 26, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — FERC Finalizes Variable Energy Resource Integration Rule. READ THE ALERT

June 25, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Ninth Circuit Decision Requiring Clean Water Act Permits for Forest Roads. READ THE ALERT

June 25, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — What do a Mountain, a Keystone, and a Buckeye Have in Common? Ohio Joins West Virginia and Pennsylvania as the Latest Appalachian Basin State to Enact New Laws Targeting Shale Gas Development. READ THE ALERT

June 22, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Supreme Court Upholds Reasonable Doubt Standard for Criminal Fines. READ THE ALERT

June 22, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — OSHA Issues Hazard Alert For Worker Exposures During Hydraulic Fracturing at Oil and Gas Drilling Sites. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — EU Emission Trading System Triggers Growing Opposition Over Inclusion of International Airlines. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2012
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP — Supreme Court Decides Southern Union Co. v. United States. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — House Hearings on Litigation Costs Paid by the Government in Endangered Species Act Cases. READ THE ALERT

June 20, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — USEPA Proposing Changes to National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter. READ THE ALERT

June 19, 2012
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP — Chinese Green Energy Products in the Crosshairs of the Obama Administration. READ THE ALERT

June 19, 2012
Jenner & Block — Rio+20: Key Environmental Insights for Business. READ THE ALERT

June 18, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — USEPA Proposes New PM2.5 Air Pollution Standards. READ THE ALERT

June 15, 2012
Fox Rothschild LLP — New Jersey Assembly Committee Votes to Ban Marcellus Waste. READ THE ALERT

June (undated), 2012
Jones Day — Mexican General Law of Climate Change. READ THE ALERT

June 14, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Chinese Ministry Releases RoHS Proposal. READ THE ALERT

June 14, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Appellate Court affirms that SEQRA does not mandate economic feasibility analysis. READ THE ALERT

June 13, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — ALJ Order Upholds Florida's Nutrient Rules. READ THE ALERT

June 13, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — European Union May Adopt More Stringent Sulfur Content Limits for Marine Fuels. READ THE ALERT

June 13, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — D.C. Circuit Vacates NRC's Waste Confidence Decision. READ THE ALERT

June 12, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — Ninth Circuit Issues En Banc Decision Holding That Forest Service's Decision Not To Regulate Mining Triggers ESA Section 7 Consultation Requirements. READ THE ALERT

June 12, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Establishes Alternative for Regional Haze Compliance and Sets Schedule for PM NAAQS. READ THE ALERT

June 11, 2012
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP — Proposed Amendments to the Fisheries Act (Canada). READ THE ALERT

June 10, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Considers More Flexible Regulations for Cooling Water Intake Structures. READ THE ALERT

June 8, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Proposes New Changes to Requirements for Back-Up Generators. READ THE ALERT

June 7, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — Mexico Adopts a General Law of Climate Change. READ THE ALERT

June 7, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — Court Holds Federal Agencies Responsible for Payment of Past-Due Stormwater Service Charges. READ THE ALERT

June 6, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Maryland Enacts Legislation On Liability for Damage Caused By Oil And Gas Exploration. READ THE ALERT

June 6, 2012
Keller and Heckman LLP — Washington Issues Green Chemistry Alternatives Assessment Guidance. READ THE ALERT

June 5, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Fifth Circuit Precludes Clean Water Act Citizen Suits To Enforce Section 404 Permit Conditions. READ THE ALERT

June 5, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Judge Orders EPA to Issue Overdue Proposed Rule on Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards. READ THE ALERT

June 1, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board Clouds the Waters: Should Well Operators Appeal PADEP Determinations that Oil and Gas Activities Have Affected Water Supplies? READ THE ALERT

May 31, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — ALJ recommends against public utility status for midstream/gathering pipelines. READ THE ALERT

May 30, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Inspector General Recommends Classification of Additional Pharmaceuticals as Hazardous Wastes When Discarded. READ THE ALERT

May 30, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — California Department of Conservation Announces Plan to Adopt Fracking Regulations and Revisit Existing Rules for Underground Injection Wells. READ THE ALERT

May 29, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Compliance with the Clean Water Act: 2012 Modifications and Updates to US Army Corps Nationwide Permits. READ THE ALERT

May 29, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — New York City Releases New Wetlands Strategy. READ THE ALERT

May 24, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Bureau of Land Management Issues Proposed Rule Establishing Disclosure and Integrity Requirements for Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and American Indian Lands. READ THE ALERT

May 24, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — EPA Announces Intent to Propose Revised Logging Road Storm Water Regulations. READ THE ALERT

May 23, 2012
Husch Blackwell LLP — Sackett Decision: More Eyes Watching the EPA. READ THE ALERT

May 23, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Tribe Seeks to Block Construction of Proposed Wind Project on Federal Lands. READ THE ALERT

May 22, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Withdraws Cross-State Air Pollution Direct Final Rule. READ THE ALERT

May 21, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — State Water Resources Control Board Unanimously Adopts Low-Threat Case Closure Policy for Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Sites. READ THE ALERT

May 21, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — FERC Finalizes Policy for Advising EPA on Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Compliance Extensions. READ THE ALERT

May 21, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Ohio Fracking Regulations. READ THE ALERT

May 18, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — California Proposes Revised Cap-and-Trade Regulations Providing for Linkage with International Cap-and-Trade Market. READ THE ALERT

May 18, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Congress Negotiating Changes to Environmental Review of Federal Transportation Projects. READ THE ALERT

May 16, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health Considers PEL Recommendations. READ THE ALERT

May 16, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — Federal Regulatory Developments in Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

May 15, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Revised Regulations for Delineating Critical Habitat Under the Endangered Species Act. READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Convenes Semi-Annual Meeting. READ THE ALERT

May 11, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — CERCLA Contribution Protection in the Post-Reuland World. READ THE ALERT

May 11, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Citizen Suit Based on Pre-Existing Consent Decree. READ THE ALERT

May 11, 2012
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP — Streamlining the Environmental Assessment Act (Canada): An Overview. READ THE ALERT

May 11, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Hydraulic Fracturing Case: First Known Order in the Industry Dismissing a Plaintiff's Case for Failure to Comply with a Lone Pine Order. READ THE ALERT

May 9, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — Minard Run Litigation Continues With a Small Victory for the U.S. Forest Service. READ THE ALERT

May 8, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Bureau of Land Management Proposes Rules Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing on Public Lands. READ THE ALERT

May 8, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — EPA Settles With Users of Fraudulent Fuel Credits, as EPA Enforcement Actions Continue. READ THE ALERT

May 8, 2012
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — Federal Agencies Move to Regulate Aspects of Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

May 8, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — New Regulations for Well Stimulation Activities on Federal and Tribal Lands. READ THE ALERT

May 8, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Bureau of Land Management Releases Proposed Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rule. READ THE ALERT

May 8, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Releases Draft UIC Permitting Guidance. READ THE ALERT

May 7, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — Obama Administration Issues Draft Regulations on Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

May 7, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — U.S. Department of Interior Releases Draft Rule on Public Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing on Public and Indian Lands. READ THE ALERT

May 7, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — USEPA's Draft Guidance for Diesel Fuel in Hydraulic Fracturing Clarifies Compliance with Safe Drinking Water Act. READ THE ALERT

May 7, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — Illinois Senate Passes Fracking Bill. READ THE ALERT

May 7, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — Federal Agencies Propose To Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

May 4, 2012
WilmerHale — Bureau of Land Management Releases Draft Regulations Governing Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal Lands. READ THE ALERT

May 3, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — "Best Practices" Guidance Released for Marcellus Shale Operators. READ THE ALERT

May 3, 2012
SNR Denton — EPA Issues New Clean Air Standards for Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2012
Keller and Heckman LLP — REACH Enforcement Forum Clarifies Late Pre-registration Under REACH. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Issues New Regulations on Air Emissions from Natural Gas Drilling. READ THE ALERT

May 1, 2012
Bryan Cave LLP — Oil and Natural Gas Production Subject to New Air Rules. READ THE ALERT

May 1, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — Preemption and Natural Gas Development: Who is the Decider? READ THE ALERT

May 1, 2012
Husch Blackwell LLP — Fraudulent Identification Numbers Issued Under EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard: Buyer Beware. READ THE ALERT

May 1, 2012
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — Proposed EPA Limits on CO2 Would Require Major Technology Advances for Coal-Fired Plants. READ THE ALERT

April 30, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — PCAST Releases Fourth Assessment of the NNI. READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — No One Can Stop Change: Second District Court of Appeal Rejects Sunnyvale West in Latest Decision on 'Baseline' for Evaluation of Traffic and Air Quality Impacts. READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA Issues First Air Regulations for Hydraulically-Fractured Gas Wells and Associated O&G Development Equipment. READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Vapor Intrusion Case Survives Motion to Dismiss. READ THE ALERT

April 24, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — USEPA's New Air Emission Rules for Oil and Gas Industry Address Some Industry Concerns but Raise Others. READ THE ALERT

April 23, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — AES v. Steadfast. READ THE ALERT

April 20, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — U.S. EPA Issues Air Emission Rules for Oil and Natural Gas Industry. READ THE ALERT

April 20, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — With North Carolina's Shale Gas Study Nearly Complete, Legislation to Legalize Hydraulic Fracturing is Expected to Move Forward in 2012. READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues PR Notice Concerning SDSs As Pesticide Labeling to Address Non-Alignment with OSHA's New HCS (U.S. Implementation of GHS). READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — CEQA Traffic Chaos: Neighbors for Smart Rail and Sunnyvale in Head-On Collision. READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — EPA Finalizes New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Upstream and Midstream Oil and Gas Industries, Including Hydraulic Fracturing Operations. READ THE ALERT

April 18, 2012
King & Spalding — Final EPA Oil and Gas Air Emissions Rule Adopts Phased Approached for "Green Completion" of Gas Wells. READ THE ALERT

April 17, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues Interim Guidance on the Elements of an Offer to Pay for the Use of Inert Ingredient Data. READ THE ALERT

April 17, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Revisions to Eagle Take Permit Regulations. READ THE ALERT

April 17, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — President Obama Intends to Strengthen Federal Oversight of Hydraulic Fracturing Process. READ THE ALERT

April 12, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Update on the Status of Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines. READ THE ALERT

April 12, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Pipelines: Zoning Provisions of Act 13 Put on Hold in Pennsylvania. READ THE ALERT

April 11, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — ECHA Releases Revised REACH Data Sharing Guidance. READ THE ALERT

April 11, 2012
Husch Blackwell LLP — Globally Harmonizing the System: Changes to the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard. READ THE ALERT

April 11, 2012
Keller and Heckman LLP — Recent Federal Court Decisions Curtail EPA's Clean Water Act Authority: The Shape of Things to Come? READ THE ALERT

April 10, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2012. READ THE ALERT

April 9, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Pennsylvania Bill Introduced to Address Subsurface Rights. READ THE ALERT

April 9, 2012
Sullivan & Worcester LLP — EPA's Release of the First Phase of the Dioxin Reassessment and Reference Dose May Lead to More Stringent Exposure Standards and Legal Challenges. READ THE ALERT

April 6, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — Great Lakes Offshore Wind MOU Executed To Promote Orderly Evaluation of Proposals. READ THE ALERT

April 5, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — April 6, 2012, Effective Date for TSCA Section 5 CDX Submissions. READ THE ALERT

April 5, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Performance Standards for New Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

April 5, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Federal Circuit Vacates Seminal Ruling Allowing Government Contractors to Recover CERCLA Costs Under Long-Expired Production Contracts. READ THE ALERT

April 5, 2012
Robinson & Cole LLP — Finally! OSHA Revises Hazard Communication Standard. READ THE ALERT

April 5, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — EPA Releases Proposed New Source Performance Standards Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from New Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

April 4, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA Using Existing Regulatory Authorities to Implement Chemical "Action Plans." READ THE ALERT

April 4, 2012
Proskauer Rose LLP — Sackett v. EPA: U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Judicial Review of EPA Clean Water Act Unilateral Compliance Orders. READ THE ALERT

April 4, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — EPA releases its National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change (2012) for public comment. READ THE ALERT

April 3, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final, Voluntary Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines. READ THE ALERT

April 3, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Supreme Court Finds Review of Clean Water Act Administrative Compliance Order Available Under APA. READ THE ALERT

April 2, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — EPA Proposes Rules to Limit New Power Plant CO2 Emissions. READ THE ALERT

April 2, 2012
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP — New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Carbon Dioxide. READ THE ALERT

March 30, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Interior Announces Atlantic OCS Geological and Geophysical Activities Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. READ THE ALERT

March 30, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposes Carbon Dioxide Emissions Standards for New Electric Generation. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2012
Baker & Hostetler LLP — OSHA Aligns Its Hazard Communication Standard with Global Hazard System. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2012
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — EPA's Attempt to Expand Authority over Dredge-and-Fill Permitting Rejected. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Jurisdictional Challenges To EPA Compliance Orders - Applicability Beyond the Clean Water Act Is Unclear. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — Courts 'Put the Brakes' on EPA's Clean Water Act Authority. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits for New Electric Generating Units. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Court of Appeals Vacates EPA's Disapproval of Texas's Pollution Control Project Standard Permit. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2012
Dorsey & Whitney LLP — Court Rejects EPA's Attempt to Expand Clean Water Act Powers. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP — U.S. EPA Proposes CO2 Emissions Standard for New Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP — Supreme Court Allows Immediate Challenges to Environmental Compliance Orders in Sackett v. EPA. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Discharging EPA's Clean Water Act Veto: Federal Court Upholds Validity of Dredge/Fill Permit. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2012
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Releases Proposed Electric Generating Unit New Source Performance Standards for Carbon Dioxide Emissions. READ THE ALERT

March 27, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — White House CEQ Issues Guidelines to Streamline NEPA Review. READ THE ALERT

March 26, 2012
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — Judicial Review of Compliance Orders After Sackett v. EPA: Clean Water Act and Beyond. READ THE ALERT

March 26, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Finalizes the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for NO2 and SO2. READ THE ALERT

March 26, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — FWS Releases Final Voluntary Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines. READ THE ALERT

March 23, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Supreme Court Rules Property Owners May Challenge EPA Compliance Orders. READ THE ALERT

March 23, 2012
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — U.S. Supreme Court Expands Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Enforcement Actions. READ THE ALERT

March 23, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — Sailing across the Yard: Supreme Court Corrects EPA Compliance Reviewability. READ THE ALERT

March 23, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — New Jersey Appellate Court deals blow to NJDEP's natural resources damage calculation methodology. READ THE ALERT

March 23, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of USEPA Administrative Compliance Orders Under the CWA. READ THE ALERT

March 23, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Supreme Court Rules EPA Compliance Orders Reviewable Under the Administrative Procedure Act. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Sackett v. EPA : Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Review of Clean Water Act Compliance Orders. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — Supreme Court Decision in Sackett v. EPA Allows Regulated Parties to Challenge EPA's Authority Under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Supreme Court Rules that U.S. EPA Unilateral Compliance Orders Under the Clean Water Act Are Final Actions Judicially Reviewable. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2012
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — Supreme Court decision determines that the Clean Water Act's statutory scheme does not preclude judicial review of EPA's jurisdiction in enforcement cases. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Supreme Court rules that plaintiffs may challenge EPA compliance orders. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2012
Sullivan & Worcester LLP— U.S. Supreme Court Authorizes Pre-Enforcement Review of EPA Administrative Compliance Orders Under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2012
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Unanimous Supreme Court Allows Judicial Review of EPA Compliance Order in Sackett v. EPA. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Targets Articles Containing Action Plan Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — OSHA Releases Final HCS Rule. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Another Circuit Holds That Parties Subject To A Consent Decree Are Limited To CERCLA §113(f) Contribution Claims. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — The Supreme Court Affirms Private Property Rights in a Landmark Unanimous Clean Water Act Decision. READ THE ALERT

March 20, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Releases Proposed SNURs and Test Rule. READ THE ALERT

March 20, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — California Wetland Policy Proposes Sweeping New Wetland Definition and Permitting Scheme. READ THE ALERT

March 19, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces Availability of Final Test Guidelines for Antimicrobial Products. READ THE ALERT

March 19, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — DOI Announces Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Seeking Improvement of Endangered Species Act Private Landowner Incentive and Partnership Programs. READ THE ALERT

March 16, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces Results of Inert Ingredient Test Orders Issued under the EDSP. READ THE ALERT

March 16, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — FWS Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Promote and Recognize Voluntary Conservation of Species under the ESA. READ THE ALERT

March 13, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — CEQ Finalizes Guidance to Improve NEPA Reviews. READ THE ALERT

March 13, 2012
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to begin accepting applications this summer for waivers of environmental compliance. READ THE ALERT

March 12, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — Federal Court Invalidates EPA's Approval of Oregon's Water Quality Standards. READ THE ALERT

March 12, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — Key Environmental and Safety Provisions in New Pennsylvania Gas Act. READ THE ALERT

March 9, 2012
Greenberg Traurig — Judicial Review of EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule: What to Expect Next. READ THE ALERT

March 7, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — Ninth Circuit Decision in AIR v. EPA Threatens to Disrupt Federal Highway Funding and Transportation Improvement Projects. READ THE ALERT

March 7, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — EPA Issues Final Construction General Permit. READ THE ALERT

March 6, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — Supreme Court Decision in PPL Montana v. Montana Provides Useful Support for Challenging Corps Jurisdictional Determinations. READ THE ALERT

March 6, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Administrator Testifies on EPA's Proposed Fiscal Year 2013 Budget. READ THE ALERT

March 5, 2012
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP— Second Trial Court Upholds Local Zoning Authority Over the Development of the Marcellus Shale in New York. READ THE ALERT

March 5, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — D.C. Circuit Hears Challenges to EPA Climate Regulations. READ THE ALERT

March 5, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — D.C. Circuit Hears Challenges to EPA's GHG Rules. READ THE ALERT

March 5, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Major Pesticide Enforcement Action. READ THE ALERT

March 2, 2012
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Two New York Courts Uphold Local Bans on Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Oil and Natural Gas Operations. READ THE ALERT

March 2, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces TSCA Work Plan Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

March 2, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Final Implementation of Pennsylvania's Gas and Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Act. READ THE ALERT

March 2, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — Potential Outcomes Following Oral Argument in the Court Challenge to USEPA's Greenhouse Gas Rulemakings. READ THE ALERT

March 1, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — President Orders Agencies to Adopt Earlier Consideration of Economic Impacts From Critical Habitat Designations. READ THE ALERT

March 1, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — USEPA Proposes to Retain Current GHG Thresholds in Step 3 of the Tailoring Rule. READ THE ALERT

March 1, 2012
Sullivan & Worcester LLP — Texas Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Addressing Landowners' Right to Underlying Groundwater Resources. READ THE ALERT

February 29, 2012
Bryan Cave LLP — New York Trial-Level Courts Uphold Local Laws Banning High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

February 29, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Much Ado About Nothing: EPA Proposes Existing GHG Permitting Levels, GHG Permitting Streamlining Measures. READ THE ALERT

February 28, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Obama Administration Releases 2012 Framework to Prevent Asian Carp Invasion of Great Lakes. READ THE ALERT

February 24, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA's Numeric Nutrient Rule--(Partially) Struck Down, But Not Yet Out. READ THE ALERT

February 24, 2012
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — Court Fires First Shot in Local Authority Battle Over the Development of the Marcellus Shale in New York. READ THE ALERT

February 24, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — New Decision Limits CEQA Categorical Exemptions. READ THE ALERT

February 23, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Presidential Memorandum Calls for Increased Federal Procurement of Biobased Products. READ THE ALERT

February 21, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Citizen Suit Watch: Supreme Court of Illinois Rejects Attack on Mining Permit Reclamation Plan. READ THE ALERT

February 21, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Two Birds by the Pit: Courts Split Over Well Operator Liabilities under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. READ THE ALERT

February 20, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — U.S. Shale Gas in 2012: Top 10 Environmental Legal Issues to Watch. READ THE ALERT

February 16, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — Insurance Coverage for Climate Change Suits: Virginia Supreme Court Reconsidering 2011 Steadfast v. AES Decision. READ THE ALERT

February 16, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Publication of Final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants Starts Clock for Compliance, Litigation. READ THE ALERT

February 15, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Pennsylvania Legislation Authorizing Counties to Levy Unconventional Gas Well Fee Signed Into Law. READ THE ALERT

February 14, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Governor Corbett Signs Marcellus Shale Bill Into Law. READ THE ALERT

February 14, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — New Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Law Targets Unconventional Gas Operations for Heightened Regulatory Oversight. READ THE ALERT

February 14, 2012
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP —Pennsylvania Passes Comprehensive Amendments to Oil and Gas Laws. READ THE ALERT

February 13, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Forum Held to Address Utility MACT Implementation Concerns. READ THE ALERT

February 10, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Pipelines -- more regulation but some preemption too with the passage of HB 1950 in Pennsylvania. READ THE ALERT

February 9, 2012
K&L Gates LLP — Pennsylvania's Oil and Gas Act Amended to Require "Uniformity" with Respect to Municipal Ordinances Regulating Oil and Gas Operations. READ THE ALERT

February 9, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Pennsylvania General Assembly Passes New Oil and Gas Law. READ THE ALERT

February 8, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces $1.4 Million Civil Penalty for TSCA Violations. READ THE ALERT

February 7, 2012
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Significant California 2011 Legislation–Energy and the Environment. READ THE ALERT

February 7, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — States Added to Coverage Under the Transport Rule Excused from Compliance. READ THE ALERT

February 7, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Industry and Environmentalists Collaborate to Develop Voluntary Colorado Wind Energy Guidelines. READ THE ALERT

February 6, 2012
Venable LLP — Offshore Wind Energy Development in Mid-Atlantic Moving Forward. READ THE ALERT

February 3, 2012
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — CSAPR Is Stayed: What Are The Real World Ramifications? READ THE ALERT

January 30, 2012
Hogan Lovells — EPA promulgates important new mercury and air toxics rule. READ THE ALERT

January 30, 2012
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — New Ruling Highlights Split on Strict Liability for Incidental ‘Taking’ of Migratory Birds. READ THE ALERT

January 27, 2012
Reed Smith LLP — Upcoming in 2012: 10 Environmental and Energy issues to Watch in the United States. READ THE ALERT

January 26, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — DEC Proposes Power Plant Regulations for Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Environmental Justice. READ THE ALERT

January 26, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Federal Court Rejects FWS Imposition of Criminal Penalties Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act. READ THE ALERT

January 25, 2012
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — Oil, Gas, and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Face Many New Safety Requirements. READ THE ALERT

January 24, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — OEHHA Issues Final Regulations Concerning Toxics Information Clearinghouse. READ THE ALERT

January 24, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — National Ocean Council Issues Draft Plan for Comprehensive Ocean and Coastal Management. READ THE ALERT

January 23, 2012
Sullivan & Worcester LLP — EPA Implements NPDES Permitting Program for Pesticide Uses Near U.S. Waters. READ THE ALERT

January 23, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — National Ocean Council Releases Draft Implementation Plan to Address Challenges Facing Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes. READ THE ALERT

January 20, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Pennsylvania DEP proposes new general permit for earth disturbance activities associated with oil and gas and pipeline projects. READ THE ALERT

January 20, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — Environmentalists Announce Plan to Sue EPA Over Delayed Coal Ash Regulations. READ THE ALERT

January 19, 2012
Crowell & Moring LLP — Federal Court Rejects Expansive Interpretation of Criminal Liability Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act. READ THE ALERT

January 19, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — EPA Posts November 2011 Action Initiation List. READ THE ALERT

January 18, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Representatives Ask EPA to Postpone CDR Deadline. READ THE ALERT

January 18, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP — Outlook for 2012: New REACH Challenges Ahead. READ THE ALERT

January 18, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — PUC to take public comment on implementation of recently enacted Pipeline Safety Act. READ THE ALERT

January 18, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — New York City adopts new stormwater performance standards for development projects. READ THE ALERT

January 13, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — Court of Appeal Concludes That the Environment's Effect on a Project Need Not Be Analyzed Under CEQA. READ THE ALERT

January 12, 2012
Schiff Hardin LLP — Court Requires Reinstatement of Boiler and Incinerator MACT Rules. READ THE ALERT

January 12, 2012
Winston & Strawn LLP — First Golden Eagle Programmatic Take Permit Application Filed. READ THE ALERT

January 11, 2012
Holland & Knight LLP — Federal District Court Invalidates California Low Carbon Fuel Standard. READ THE ALERT

January 10, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP — Supreme Court Hears Clean Water Act Enforcement Case Sackett v. EPA. READ THE ALERT

January 10, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — GAO Finds Challenges Remain with EPA's 2009 IRIS Process. READ THE ALERT

January 9, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP — California DTSC Issues Final Vapor Intrusion Guidance. READ THE ALERT

January 9, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Power of Municipalities to Limit or Ban Hydrofracking Through Zoning Front and Center Before the Legislature, DEC and the Courts. READ THE ALERT

January 5, 2012
Saul Ewing LLP — Proposed NJDEP regulations address contamination in "linear construction projects." READ THE ALERT

January 5, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Federal District Court Halts California Low Carbon Fuel Standard. READ THE ALERT

January 5, 2012
WilmerHale — Recently Enacted Pipeline Safety Act Will Increase Federal Oversight of Oil and Gas Pipelines. READ THE ALERT

January 4, 2012
Perkins Coie LLP — BLM Announces ANPR on Competitive Bidding for Wind and Solar Energy Development Leases on Public Lands. READ THE ALERT

January 4, 2012
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — New York Court Rejects Challenge to DEC Endangered Species Regulations. READ THE ALERT

January 3, 2012
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Predictions for EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, and Beyond. READ THE ALERT

January 3, 2012
Van Ness Feldman, PC — D.C. Circuit Stays EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. READ THE ALERT

January 3, 2012
Venable LLP — Council on Environmental Quality Releases Draft Guidance to Improve Efficiency Under the National Environmental Policy Act. READ THE ALERT

December 27, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Scheduled to Publish Proposed SNURs for 17 Chemicals, Including CNTs. READ THE ALERT

December 22, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Issues Final Rule Regulating Mercury, Other Pollutants from Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

December 16, 2011
Ballard Spahr LLP — Treasury Offers New Guidance on Renewable Energy Grant Eligibility. READ THE ALERT

December 15, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Pipeline Safety Bill Unanimously Passed by Pennsylvania Senate. READ THE ALERT

December 13, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Proposed EU Biocidal Products Regulation Addresses Nanomaterials. READ THE ALERT

December 13, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — Draft Guidance Defines Key Term Under the Endangered Species Act. READ THE ALERT

December 13, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — New California Website Disclosure Law On Human Trafficking And Slavery Applicable To Retailers And Manufacturers. READ THE ALERT

December 12, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA Report Finds Link Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Contamination in Wyoming Town. READ THE ALERT

December 12, 2011
Venable LLP — EPA's Environmental Justice Plan May Bring Changes to Environmental Rulemaking, Permitting and Enforcement. READ THE ALERT

December 9, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — State FIFRA Issues Research & Evaluation Group Meeting. READ THE ALERT

December 9, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Issues Draft of the Next Vessel General Permit for Public Review -- Comments Due By February 21, 2012. READ THE ALERT

December 8, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — DTSC Workshop on "Informal Draft" Safer Consumer Products Regulations. READ THE ALERT

December 8, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — BSEE Asserts Jurisdiction Over Offshore Oil And Gas Service Companies. READ THE ALERT

December 8, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — White House Publishes Draft Guidance To Promote More Efficient Environmental Reviews. READ THE ALERT

December 8, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Issues Proposed Reconsideration of Boiler MACT. READ THE ALERT

December 7, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — New Jersey Commission of Investigation Takes Aim At Solid Waste and Recycling Industries and Recommends Overhaul of A-901 Program. READ THE ALERT

December 5, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Conditionally Registers Nanosilver As a New Active Ingredient. READ THE ALERT

December 1, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — EPA Plans Regulation of Hydrofracking Wastewater, States Move Forward with Hydrofracking Regulation. READ THE ALERT

November 30, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — BIA Proposed Rules Could Expand Energy Development on Tribal Lands. READ THE ALERT

November 28, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Tightening the Regulatory Grip on Gas Stations, Hospitals, Universities, and Others: EPA's Proposed Underground Storage Tank Regulation. READ THE ALERT

November 17, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Senate Committee and Subcommittee Hold Hearing on TSCA Reform Legislation. READ THE ALERT

November 16, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — California Adopts Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

November 16, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA's Clean Air Act Watch List. READ THE ALERT

November 15, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — California and the U.S. Department of Energy Take Action to Smooth the Way for Renewable Projects. READ THE ALERT

November 14, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Clean Air Act Developments: Judges Hearing Greenhouse Gas Challenge Identified, Power Plant Emission Rules Sent for Review. READ THE ALERT

November 11, 2011
Ballard Spahr LLP — Opportunities and Challeges in the 1500 MW Maryland RFP. READ THE ALERT

November 11, 2011
Bingham McCutchen LLP — DTSC Issues Final Guidance for Vapor Intrusion Evaluation and Mitigation. READ THE ALERT

November 11, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Second Department of Energy Fracking Study Report Issued. READ THE ALERT

November 9, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Summarizes Pesticide Enforcement Priorities for 2012. READ THE ALERT

November 9, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Tenth Circuit Rejects Article III Standing For Local District Attorney in Multi-Party Clean Water Act Citizen Suit. READ THE ALERT

November 9, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Delaware River Basin Commission expected to adopt natural gas development regulations. READ THE ALERT

November 7, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — Federal Government Held Liable for Environmental Cleanup Costs ExxonMobil Incurred Under Government Contract. READ THE ALERT

November 3, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Federal Government Proposes Significant Modifications to the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States. READ THE ALERT

November 2, 2011
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — SB 618 Provides Limited Williamson Act Relief for Solar Developers. READ THE ALERT

October 31, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Update on the Polar Bear - Endangered Species Act Multidistrict Litigation. READ THE ALERT

October 28, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — California Adopts GHG Cap-and-Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

October 28, 2011
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — ISS Requests Comments on Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Policy. READ THE ALERT

October 27, 2011
Bingham McCutchen LLP — CARB Approves Final Revised AB 32 Cap-and-Trade Regulation. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — New SEC Conflict Mineral Rules May Require First-Ever Disclosure for Certain Pesticides Used In Downstream Product Manufacturing Processes. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Massachusetts DEP Announces Proposed Regulatory Reforms and Other Changes. READ THE ALERT

October 25, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Third Circuit Reverses Lower Court's Dismissal of Citizen Suit on Abstention Grounds. READ THE ALERT

October 24, 2011
Husch Blackwell LLP — EPA Announces Schedule to Develop Wastewater Standards Applicable to Natural Gas Production Facilities. READ THE ALERT

October 24, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — To Satisfy EPA, Builder Must Implement a Company-Wide Management, Reporting and Training Program for Stormwater Compliance. READ THE ALERT

October 21, 2011
Jones Day — Australia's Carbon Pricing Scheme. READ THE ALERT

October 21, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — California Air Resources Board Approves Final Cap-and-Trade Regulations. READ THE ALERT

October 21, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — EPA Proposes to Adopt New Coalbed Methane and Shale Gas Wastewater Discharge Standards in 2013 and 2014. READ THE ALERT

October 20, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — USEPA Announces Schedule to Develop Natural Gas Wastewater Standards for Shale Gas and Coal Bed Methane under Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

October 20, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — State of New Jersey Tries to Expand Environmental Liability. READ THE ALERT

October 18, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Federal Court Dismisses Clean Air Act Suit Against Current and Former Plant Owners. READ THE ALERT

October 17, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Battles Over the Federal Policies Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

October 14, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — First-Ever Criminal Charges Filed Against Exporter of Electronic Waste. READ THE ALERT

October 13, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — Analysis of Pennsylvania's Proposed Aggregation Guidance. READ THE ALERT

October 13, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — In Rejecting Petition, U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Standing Decision that CERCLA's Contribution Section is Exclusive Remedy for Parties That Have Entered into Administrative Agreements. READ THE ALERT

October 12, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Department of Energy Exempts Many Small-Scale Energy Projects From NEPA Review. READ THE ALERT

October 12, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — Governor Signs Senate Bill 226: Legislation Will Streamline CEQA Review for Certain Urban Infill and Solar Energy Projects. READ THE ALERT

October 11, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — Chemicals and Pesticides Enforcement Will Be an EPA Priority For Coming Fiscal Year. READ THE ALERT

October 10, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — EPA Region III Issues Most Stringent MS4 Permit in the Nation to the District of Columbia. READ THE ALERT

October 10, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Third Circuit Gives Natural-Gas Producers Important Ammunition for Obtaining Expedited Injunctive Relief from the Courts. READ THE ALERT

October 6, 2011
Keller and Heckman LLP — EPA Proposes Amendments to Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. READ THE ALERT

October 5, 2011
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — CEQA Streamlining Legislation: Some Small Steps Forward, but No Giant Leap. READ THE ALERT

October 3, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — New Offshore Enforcement Bureau Now on the Beat. READ THE ALERT

September 30, 2011
Baker Botts LLP — Butler v. Charles Powers Estate — Pennsylvania Court On Shale Gas Deed Reservation. READ THE ALERT

September 30, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Order No. 1000: The Next Frontier in Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation. READ THE ALERT

September 29, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Butler v. Charles Powers Estate: Recent Pennsylvania court decision could upset 130 years of oil and gas conveyances. READ THE ALERT

September 29, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Upstate Lawsuit Highlights Local Government Concerns about Fracking; Statewide Regulations Proposed. READ THE ALERT

September 28, 2011
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — Offshore Safety Regulations After Deepwater Horizon: Far-Reaching Implications. READ THE ALERT

September 28, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Pipeline Safety Snapshot: Potential New Legislative and Regulatory Changes to Pipeline Safety Requirements. READ THE ALERT

September 28, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Court Invalidates Arizona State Legislation That Eliminated Funding Mechanism For A Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan. READ THE ALERT

September 26, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Third Circuit Affirms Injunctive Relief to Resource Producers in Marcellus Shale Region of Pennsylvania, Blocking Harmful NEPA Settlement That Imposed U.S. Forest Service Drilling Ban in 500,000-acre Allegheny National Forest. READ THE ALERT

September 23, 2011
Jones Day — Cap-and-Trade in California Is Imminent. READ THE ALERT

September 22, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — New Illinois Legislation. READ THE ALERT

September 22, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Pennsylvania Superior Court Issues Opinion in Butler v. Powers. READ THE ALERT

September 21, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — California's Cap and Trade Regulation and Renewables Portfolio Standard: Two Significant Regulatory Programs Affecting California's Electricity Sector. READ THE ALERT

September 20, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — Ready or Not—EPA's Final Chemical Data Reporting Rule Has Arrived. READ THE ALERT

September 20, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — California Legislature Approves Two "CEQA Reform" Bills. READ THE ALERT

September 20, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Is Marcellus Shale a "Mineral," and Who Owns the Natural Gas in the Shale? READ THE ALERT

September 14, 2011
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — Obama Administration Withdraws Draft Ozone Ambient Air Quality Standards and Reinstates 2008 Standards. READ THE ALERT

September 12, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA, Industry Propose New Prioritization Scheme for Chemicals of Concern. READ THE ALERT

September 12, 2011
Goodwin Procter LLP — Massachusetts Court Upholds Collective Knowledge and Veil Piercing in Criminal Prosecution for Environmental Violations. READ THE ALERT

September 7, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — New Criminal Charges Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act Creates More Complexity for Energy Companies. READ THE ALERT

September 7, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — White House Rejects EPA Proposal to Strengthen Smog Standards. READ THE ALERT

September 1, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — PHMSA Proposes to Strengthen and Expand Pipeline Safety Requirements for Gas Transmission Pipelines. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — New York State Reestablishes Comprehensive Power Plant Siting Law. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — Utility Prevails in First Enforcement Action Decision Under the 2002 New Source Review Reform Rules. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Railroad Commission of Texas Issues Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosure Rule. READ THE ALERT

August 25, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Issues Proposed New Emissions Standards for Oil and Natural Gas Sector. READ THE ALERT

August 23, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Invites Public Input on Its Planned Process for Identifying Priority Chemicals under TSCA. READ THE ALERT

August 23, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — California Supreme Court Stays Portions of Redevelopment Elimination Legislation. READ THE ALERT

August 22, 2011
Keller and Heckman LLP — New Jersey Proposes E-Waste Regulations. READ THE ALERT

August 16, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Chemical Data Reporting Rule Analysis. READ THE ALERT

August 15, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Congress Fixes Problems in Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. READ THE ALERT

August 15, 2011
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — Power NY Act of 2011 Swings the Door Open for Renewable Development. READ THE ALERT

August 12, 2011
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP — Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's Shale Gas Subcommittee Issues Draft Report on Environmental and Safety Aspects of Shale Gas Production. READ THE ALERT

August 11, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — TSCA Developments in Congress and at EPA. READ THE ALERT

August 11, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Department of Energy Fracking Study Report Issued. READ THE ALERT

August 9, 2011
Bryan Cave LLP — New York Legislature Enacts Power Plant Siting Law. READ THE ALERT

August 9, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — California Redevelopment Legislation Enacted After Months of Wrangling. READ THE ALERT

August 9, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Published. READ THE ALERT

August 8, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Second Circuit Demands Listing of Specific Contaminants to Satisfy Notice Requirements for RCRA Citizen Suits. READ THE ALERT

August 8, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA, Environmental Groups Pursue New Sources of Fracking Regulation. READ THE ALERT

August 4, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — Federal Judge Vacates Anacostia River TMDL: DC and Maryland Efforts to Clean Up River Deemed Inadequate. READ THE ALERT

August 3, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces Chemical Data Reporting Rule, Which Replaces the IUR Modifications Rule. READ THE ALERT

August 3, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Key Developments in Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation Through Mid-2011: Lifting of New York Moratorium, Texas Disclosure and Proposed Federal Regulations. READ THE ALERT

August 2, 2011
Jones Day — CARB Releases Modified Cap-and-Trade Regulations for Final Approval. READ THE ALERT

August 2, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — What's a Waste: EPA's Proposed Redefinition and Its Impact on Recycling. READ THE ALERT

August 2, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Administration Sets Plans for Next Round of Vehicle GHG/Fuel Economy Standards. READ THE ALERT

July 29, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — CRS Releases Reports Concerning TSCA and TSCA Reform Legislation. READ THE ALERT

July 29, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — CEQA Update: Recent Opinion Provides Guidance on Climate Change, Water Supply Assessments and Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies. READ THE ALERT

July 29, 2011
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — California Air Resources Board Proposes to Finalize Cap-and-Trade Regulations and Seeks Public Comment. READ THE ALERT

July 28, 2011
SNR Denton — The Supreme Court Closes the Door on Federal Common Law Nuisance Claims Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

July 28, 2011
Venable LLP — DC District Court Decision Suggests Stricter Control Standards For The Anacostia River May Be Forthcoming. READ THE ALERT

July 29, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — EPA Proposes New Rules to Regulate Air Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Exploration, Production, Transmission, and Storage Facilities, Including Hydraulic Fracturing Operations. READ THE ALERT

July 26, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — California Releases Latest Versions of GHG Cap and Trade and Reporting Programs. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2011
ICF International, Inc. — California Supreme Court Lets Stand Sunnyvale West Case. READ THE ALERT

July 25, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Marcelllus Shale Commission report provides key recommendations for Marcellus Shale development. READ THE ALERT

July 22, 2011
Bryan Cave LLP — EPA Issues The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule To Reduce Power Plant Emissions In The United States. READ THE ALERT

July 22, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — North Carolina Takes a Step Closer to Shale Gas Production. READ THE ALERT

July 22, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — New Federal Court Case Signals Increased Litigation Over Vapor Intrusion Reopeners. READ THE ALERT

July 22, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission Report Issued. READ THE ALERT

July 20, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — What to Know about Aggregation in Marcellus Shale. READ THE ALERT

July 20, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Climate Change: Legislative and Regulatory Updates 2011. READ THE ALERT

July 19, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act Violations Can Result Not Only in Significant Fines for Businesses but also in Personal Criminal Liability for Officers and Directors. READ THE ALERT

July 19, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — CARB Continues to Focus Enforcement Efforts on Engine Certification Requirements. READ THE ALERT

July 19, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — USEPA Proposes Broadening RCRA Definition of "Hazardous Waste" to Preclude "Sham" Recycling. READ THE ALERT

July 18, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Due process concerns highlighted in EPA litigation. READ THE ALERT

July 15, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Tenth Circuit Adopts Broad View of Issue Preclusion and Parens Patriae in Affirming Dismissal of Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. READ THE ALERT

July 15, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — The Long and Winding Rule: USEPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule the Latest to Address Interstate Air Pollution. READ THE ALERT

July 14, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Holds Hearing on IRIS Program. READ THE ALERT

July 14, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Court Dismisses a Master Complaint in the Deepwater Horizon Multi-District Litigation. READ THE ALERT

July 14, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Pennsylvania's new Data Quality Act requires rulemaking agencies to rely on "acceptable data." READ THE ALERT

July 12, 2011
Kirkland & Ellis LLP — EPA Announces Final Rule to Replace the Clean Air Interstate Rule. READ THE ALERT

July 11, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Chamber of Commerce v. Brown: California Court of Appeal Opens Door for New Chemicals to be Listed Under Proposition 65 Without Scientific or Public Review. READ THE ALERT

July 11, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — USDA Confirms Genetically Engineered Kentucky Bluegrass Is Not Subject to Federal Regulation. READ THE ALERT

July 11, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Supreme Court to Consider Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Orders. READ THE ALERT

July 11, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Finalizes Air Pollution Transport Rule. READ THE ALERT

July 11, 2011
Venable LLP — ASTM International Publishes Guide for Property Owners Seeking Superfund Liability Relief. READ THE ALERT

July 7, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Proposes Revisions to RCRA Definition of Solid Waste. READ THE ALERT

July 7, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — Court Rejects EPA Guidance, Requires Nonattainment Fees for Revoked Ozone Standard. READ THE ALERT

July 7, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — Connecticut's Energy Legislation: A Technology-Neutral Approach. READ THE ALERT

July 6, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — ECHA Releases Draft Revised REACH Data Sharing Guidance. READ THE ALERT

July 6, 2011
Greenberg Traurig LLP — California Air Regulators Move Forward With Carbon Trading Program But Delay Enforcement Until 2013. READ THE ALERT

July 6, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Releases Final Rule Deferring Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biomass Combustion Under the Clean Air Act Permitting Programs. READ THE ALERT

July 1, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — District Court to Enjoin Use of Pesticide Pending Completion of Endangered Species Act Consultation. READ THE ALERT

June 30, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — EPA and Coast Guard Announce Agreement to Enforce Air Pollution Requirements for Vessels Operating in U.S. Waters. READ THE ALERT

June 29, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards Proposed by EPA. READ THE ALERT

June 28, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — New York Law Helps Advance Clean Energy Projects. READ THE ALERT

June 24, 2011
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — New York Legislature Passes Article X Bill For Siting of Major Electric Generating Facilities. READ THE ALERT

June 24, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Ninth Circuit Rejects CERCLA Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Pursuit of UAO Penalties. READ THE ALERT

June 24, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — Stringent Groundwater Discharge Permitting Requirements Coming. READ THE ALERT

June 23, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Pennsylvania court ruling increases possibility for third-party permit challenges. READ THE ALERT

June 23, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — Supreme Court Rejects Climate Change Claims Under Federal Common Law. READ THE ALERT

June 22, 2011
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — Supreme Court Blocks Climate Change Suit Against Utilities. READ THE ALERT

June 22, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Post-Gulf Spill Legislation Proposed to Enhance Penalties for Clean Water Act Violations. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2011
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP — Supreme Court Sounds Death Knell for Climate Change Claims Based on Federal Common Law Nuisance. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — Supreme Court Rejects Federal Nuisance Claim for Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Supreme Court Sides With Energy Industry. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — Supreme Court Rejects Nuisance Suits under Federal Law for Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

June 20, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — FDA Moves to Clarify Nanotechnology Guidelines. READ THE ALERT

June 17, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — Connecticut Passes Comprehensive Energy Legislation. READ THE ALERT

June 16, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — How the Uncertain Future of the Kyoto Protocol and the Clean Development Mechanism Affects Business. READ THE ALERT

June 16, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — USEPA Delays Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule for Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

June 15, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — New Jersey Governor Christie announces energy Master Plan: implications for the energy industry. READ THE ALERT

June 10, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Nanotechnology: Agency Will Accept Public Comment for 60 Days. READ THE ALERT

June 10, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Recent District Court Decisions Illustrate Reach of Diligent Prosecution Defense For Post-Consent Decree Citizen Suits. READ THE ALERT

June 9, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — National Ocean Council Releases Strategic Action Plans. READ THE ALERT

June 9, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Lawsuit Jeopardizes California's 2012 Cap-and-Trade Start Date. READ THE ALERT

June 7, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — California Appellate Court Affirms Decision Supporting Proposition 65 Labor Code Listing Mechanism. READ THE ALERT

June 3, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Japan Revises Notification Process to Protect CBI. READ THE ALERT

June 1, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — New Green Ribbon Science Panel Subcommittees to Discuss Safer Consumer Product Alternatives Regulations. READ THE ALERT

June 1, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — AIR v. CARB: California Air Resources Board Appeals Court's Decision to Halt State's Climate Change Cap and Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

June 1, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — Services Propose Significant Reforms to Endangered Species Act Implementation. READ THE ALERT

May 31, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — Ninth Circuit Asserts Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Challenge To Longstanding Regulation And Reaffirms Clean Water Act Permitting Requirements For Forest Roads. READ THE ALERT

May 27, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Christie to withdraw New Jersey from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. READ THE ALERT

May 26, 2011
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — West Virginia Dismisses Challenge to Marcellus Oil and Gas Development Clean Air Act Permits. READ THE ALERT

May 26, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Departments of the Interior and Commerce Sign MOU to Improve Coordination on Offshore Energy Development. READ THE ALERT

May 25, 2011
Patton Boggs LLP — Superfund and Natural Resource Damages Litigation: The Year in Review. READ THE ALERT

May 25, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Protection of RCRA Citizen Suits. READ THE ALERT

May 23, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Revisiting the One Action Rule for Secured Lenders: Forget About California Real Property at Your Peril ! READ THE ALERT

May 23, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing in NEDC v. Brown. READ THE ALERT

May 20, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — Proposed Guidance May Expand CWA Jurisdiction. READ THE ALERT

May 16, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Proposes New General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activity. READ THE ALERT

May 16, 2011
Crowell & Moring LLP — State Enforcement Does Not Bar RCRA Citizen Suit, As Seventh Circuit Narrowly Construes Federal Abstention. READ THE ALERT

May 16, 2011
Greenberg Traurig LLP— The Future of Growth Management in Florida. READ THE ALERT

May 13, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — FWS Makes Significant ESA Commitments in Proposed Settlement. READ THE ALERT

May 12, 2011
Keller and Heckman LLP — EPA Suspends the 2011 IUR Submission Period. READ THE ALERT

May 12, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — EPA Suspends the Submission Date of Inventory Update Reporting. READ THE ALERT

May 12, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers Release Draft Guidance on the Scope of Federal Jurisdiction Under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

May 10, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA and Army Corps Propose Updated Wetlands Guidance to Clarify the Definition of "Waters of the United States" and Thus the Reach of the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

May 9, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Bollay v. California Office of Administrative Law: State Agency "Policies" May be "Underground Regulations". READ THE ALERT

May 5, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — New CEQA Mediation Rules May Create More Delay and Confusion Starting July 1. READ THE ALERT

May 5, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — One more step added to the development process: isolated wetlands proposed to be under federal scrutiny. READ THE ALERT

May 3, 2011
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP — White House Gives Federal Agencies Additional Guidance on Reviewing Existing Regulations. READ THE ALERT

May 3, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — Obama Administration Releases National Clean Water Framework. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Releases New Website on FIFRA Conditional Registrations. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2011
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP — EPA's Proposed Emissions Standards for Coal and Oil-Fired Power Plants May Set the Stage for New Toxic Tort Litigation over Exposures to Hexavalent Chromium and Other Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — USEPA Publishes New General NPDES Permit for Construction Discharges for Public Comment. READ THE ALERT

May 2, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA and Corps Propose Guidance on Reach of Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

April 29, 2011
Baker & Hostetler LLP — FTC Stepping Up Compliance Actions Against "Green" Claims in Advance of Adoption of Revised Guidelines as USPTO Increases Efforts to Curtail Deceptive "Green" Trademarks. READ THE ALERT

April 25 10, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Governor Brown Signs Landmark Bill Raising California's Renewables Portfolio Standard to 33 Percent by 2020. READ THE ALERT

April 22, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Senator Lautenberg Proposes Revised TSCA Legislation For 112th Congress. READ THE ALERT

April 21, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — EU Fines Cartel Arising Out of Trade Association Meetings on Environmental Matters. READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2011
Keller and Heckman LLP — State Council of China Announces Revised Regulation on Control Over Safety of Dangerous Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Recent Significant Changes in Photovoltaic Energy Regulation in France. READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Climate Change Tort Suit. READ THE ALERT

April 18, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Lautenberg Reintroduces TSCA Reform Legislation. READ THE ALERT

April 18, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — REACH: An Enforcement Update. READ THE ALERT

April 14, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces Chemical Action Plans for MDI, TDI, and Related Diisocyanate Compounds. READ THE ALERT

April 14, 2011
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP — New Texas Rule Creates Liabilities and Obligations for Operators of Inactive Oil and Gas Wells. READ THE ALERT

April 13, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Scientific, Regulatory Challenges Mount for Natural Gas "Hydrofracking." READ THE ALERT

April 7, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — Important Changes Ahead for the EPA's Vessel General Permit Program. READ THE ALERT

April 4, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Proposes Standards for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Power Plants and Other Facilities. READ THE ALERT

April 1, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — USEPA Describes Newly Proposed 316(b) Standards as "Common Sense" and "Flexible." READ THE ALERT

April 1, 2011
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — EPA Proposes Standards for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Existing Facilities. READ THE ALERT

April 1, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Previews Its New Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structure Rule. READ THE ALERT

March 30, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — USEPA Clarifies Definition of "Solid Waste" to be Used in Conjunction With Clean Air Act. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Senate Committee Holds Oversight Hearing on Disease Clusters and Environmental Health. READ THE ALERT

March 28, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Issues Rule to Extend Reporting Deadline for 2010 Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

March 28, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — New Tools in the U.S. Coast Guard's Vessel Pollution Prevention Initiative. READ THE ALERT

March 25, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Notification Deadline Date for SVHCs Is Approaching. READ THE ALERT

March 25, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — Implementation of California's Global Warming Solutions Act Hits a Setback. READ THE ALERT

March 24, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — Along with Other Emissions, USEPA's Proposed Standards for Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Boilers Target Mercury, Particulate Matter and Carbon Dioxide. READ THE ALERT

March 24, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — California Superior Court Enjoins Further Implementation of California's Cap-and-Trade Regulation Adopted Under California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. READ THE ALERT

March 23, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — China to Implement Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2011
Husch Blackwell LLP — The Federal Government Found Liable Under CERCLA as a Result of its Oversight of Federal Mining Leases. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — Proposed Federal Legislation Targets Air Emissions from Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

March 21, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — First Greenhouse Gas PSD Permits Issued by State Agencies. READ THE ALERT

March 18, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Issus Stringent Emission Standards for All Coal- and Oil-Fired Power Plants. READ THE ALERT

March 18, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — Biomass CO2 Emissions Can Wait: Three Significant Issues Related to BACT and Biomass Triggered by USEPA's Proposed Deferral. READ THE ALERT

March 17, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — Environmental Appeals Board Rules That Remanded Air Permits Must Comply with Standards that were not Effective at the Time of the Initial Permit Issuance. READ THE ALERT

March 17, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Expands Clean Air Act Regulations with Mercury Proposal and Boiler Rules. READ THE ALERT

March 16, 2011
Vinson & Elkins LLP — Supreme Court of Texas Reverses Third Circuit Court of Appeals on the Meaning of "Public Interest" in the Context of Injection Well Permitting. READ THE ALERT

March 15, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — California Enacts New Cadmium Standards. READ THE ALERT

March 15, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — New Nationwide Permits Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act are Aimed at Renewable Energy Production. READ THE ALERT

March 14, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — CPSC Announces Launch of Consumer Product Safety Information Database. READ THE ALERT

March 14, 2011
Proskauer Rose LLP — EPA Proposes to Revise Underground Storage Tank Regulations. READ THE ALERT

March 10, 2011
Hunton & Williams LLP — Federal Preemption Under Clean Air Act is Basis for Products Liability Win in Southern District of New York. READ THE ALERT

March 10, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — California Supreme Court Broadens Availability of Insurance Coverage to Adjudicative Administrative Proceedings. READ THE ALERT

March 10, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — The Big MACT Attack. READ THE ALERT

March 10, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP —USEPA Amends RICE NESHAPS. READ THE ALERT

March 10, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — New York Bills Seek Enhanced Scrutiny of Hydraulic Fracturing. READ THE ALERT

March 8, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Budget Hearings. READ THE ALERT

March 4, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — USEPA Issues Final Boiler MACT Rules. READ THE ALERT

March 2, 2011
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Corps of Engineers Proposes New and Modified Nationwide Permits. READ THE ALERT

March 2, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA's Newly Issued Final Air Standards for Industrial Boilers will be Reconsidered. READ THE ALERT

March 1, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Postpones GHG Reporting Deadline. READ THE ALERT

February 28, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — European Union Decides to Ban Six Substances of High Concern. READ THE ALERT

February 28, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Green Building Projects: The Growing Trend Brings Both Opportunities and Potential Liability Risks. READ THE ALERT

February 28, 2011
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — Greenhouse Gas Reporting Deadline Approaches for Most Subject Industries. READ THE ALERT

February 22, 2011
Latham & Watkins LLP — Ninth Circuit's "Federal Defendant" Intervention Rule in NEPA Cases Finally Meets Its End: Wilderness Society v. United States Forest Service. READ THE ALERT

February 22, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act reintroduced on Senate floor. READ THE ALERT

February 16, 2011
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines and Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance. READ THE ALERT

February 15, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Senate Holds First Hearing of the 112th Congress on TSCA Modernization. READ THE ALERT

February 15, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Permitting Deadlines in 2011. READ THE ALERT

February 15, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Recent Developments Concerning Hydraulic Fracturing: EPA Completes Draft Plan for Study, NYS DEC Proceeds in its Own Study, and Buffalo Bans Fracking. READ THE ALERT

February 15, 2011
Blank Rome LLP — EPA's "Fracking" Study: Potential Impacts On Marcellus Shale Development. READ THE ALERT

February 10, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — Federal Court Curtails EPA's Ability to Use Its Enforcement Authority Under FIFRA. READ THE ALERT

February 9, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Turkey and South Korea Implement Chemical Management Programs. READ THE ALERT

February 9, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: The CERCLA BFPP Defense in the Wake of Ashley II. READ THE ALERT

February 8, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — Will a Clean Energy Standard "Win the Future"? READ THE ALERT

February 8, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Ninth Circuit Vacates DOE Congestion Study and Designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors. READ THE ALERT

February 7, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Considers Adding Vapor Intrusion Pathway to Superfund Ranking System. READ THE ALERT

February 3, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — USEPA "Changes Course" to Exempt Stalled Permits From New NAAQs and GHG Standards. READ THE ALERT

February 3, 2011
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP — EPA To Regulate Perchlorate and Sixteen Other Chemicals in Drinking Water. READ THE ALERT

February 3, 2011
King & Spalding — Consumer Product Safety Commission Extends Stay of Enforcement for Testing & Certification of Lead in Children's Products. READ THE ALERT

February 3, 2011
Venable LLP — Greenhouse Gas Reporting Deadline Looming. READ THE ALERT

February 2, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — Proposed Federal Regulations Related to Nanomaterials Coming in February? READ THE ALERT

February 2, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Update on State Efforts to Regulate Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

February 2, 2011
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — CEQ Finalizes New NEPA Mitigation Guidance. READ THE ALERT

February 1, 2011
Schiff Hardin LLP — USEPA Releases Review of the Draft 2002 Subsurface Vapor Intrusion Guidance. READ THE ALERT

January 31, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — White House Voices Support for Clean Energy Standard. READ THE ALERT

January 28, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — CEQ Issues Final Guidance on NEPA Mitigation. READ THE ALERT

January 28, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Focusing on Chemicals in Articles With Expected PBDEs SNUR. READ THE ALERT

January 27, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Jackson Signs Proposed Rule Amending Human Subjects Protections Rule. READ THE ALERT

January 27, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Prospects for TSCA Legislation in the 112th Congress. READ THE ALERT

January 27, 2011
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — California Finally Establishes Market for Tradable Renewable Energy Credits (TRECs). READ THE ALERT

January 26, 2011
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — Ninth Circuit Relaxes the Standard for Private Party Intervention in NEPA Lawsuits. READ THE ALERT

January 25, 2011
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — Easing the Way for More Renewable Energy: DOE's Draft Environmental Act Exclusions. READ THE ALERT

January 21, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — Breaking Down Barriers to Implementing Energy Efficiency Projects in Buildings: Energy Performance Contracting and California PACE Commercial Pilot Program. READ THE ALERT

January 20, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Reverses Army Corps Section 404 Permit. READ THE ALERT

January 20, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Ninth Circuit Removes Barriers to Intervention in NEPA Cases. READ THE ALERT

January 20, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — CEQ Finalizes New NEPA Mitigation Guidance. READ THE ALERT

January 20, 2011
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — January 30th Deadline Approaching for Companies That Must Register for GHG Reporting. READ THE ALERT

January 19, 2011
Proskauer Rose LLP — Global Warming Litigation Raises Liability Insurance Issues. READ THE ALERT

January 19, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Environmental Policy Outlook for the 112th Congress. READ THE ALERT

January 19, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Expands Climate Agenda to the Current Fleet of Power Plants and Refineries. READ THE ALERT

January 18, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — Ninth Circuit Broadens Intervention in NEPA Cases. READ THE ALERT

January 14, 2011
Husch Blackwell LLP — Covered Mining Pits Are Not Point Sources. READ THE ALERT

January 19, 2011
K&L Gates LLP — Recent Actions on Greenhouse Gas Regulations. READ THE ALERT

January 13, 2011
Holland & Knight LLP — EPA Issues Precedent-Setting "Pollution Diet" for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. READ THE ALERT

January 12, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Takes Action to Exclude Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biomass Combustion from The Clean Air Act's Preconstruction Permitting Program. READ THE ALERT

January 11, 2011
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP — Environmental Disclosure in SEC Filings - 2011 Update. READ THE ALERT

January 11, 2011
Covington & Burling LLP — FERC Approves California and Midwest Planning Proposals with Implications for Renewable Resource and Transmission Developers. READ THE ALERT

January 11, 2011
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP — An Overview of EPA's New Rules Regulating the Underground Injection of Carbon Dioxide. READ THE ALERT

January 6, 2011
Perkins Coie LLP — EPA Finalizes Geologic Sequestration and Reporting Rules. READ THE ALERT

January 6, 2011
Robinson & Cole LLP — EPA Final Rule Requires Testing of 19 High Production Volume Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

January 6, 2011
Arnold & Porter LLP — Congress Extends Expiring Renewable Energy Grant for One Year. READ THE ALERT

January 5, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP — California Adopts Cap-and-Trade Program for Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

January 4, 2011
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP — New York City Adopts New Laws Aimed at Increasing Energy and Water Efficiency. READ THE ALERT

January 4, 2011
Reed Smith LLP — 11 Climate Issues in 2011. READ THE ALERT

January 3, 2011
Saul Ewing LLP — First Tort Ruling in a Marcellus Gas Damage Case. READ THE ALERT

January 3, 2011
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — 2011 Predictions for EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. READ THE ALERT

December 30, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — California Air Resources Board Approves Regulations to Implement First Large-Scale, Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap and Trade Program in the United States. READ THE ALERT

December 29, 2010
Arnold & Porter LLP — SEC Proposes Burdensome Rules for Conflict Minerals and Payments by Extraction Issuers. READ THE ALERT

December 28, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — A New Year's Surprise: USEPA Agrees to Propose GHG Emission Standards for New and Existing Power Plants and Petroleum Refineries. READ THE ALERT

December 23, 2010
Bingham McCutchen LLP — CARB Adopts First U.S. GHG Emissions Cap and Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

December 22, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — Changes to Pennsylvania Clean and Green Rules Will Remove Obstacles to Oil and Gas, Wind Power and Alternative Energy Development. READ THE ALERT

December 22, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — EPA Enters into Statement of Intent with the European Chemicals Agency to Share Information. READ THE ALERT

December 21, 2010
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP — SEC Proposes Rules to Implement the Specialized Disclosure Requirements Relating to Conflict Minerals, Mine Safety and Payments by Resources Extraction Issuers Under the Dodd-Frank Act. READ THE ALERT

December 20, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — Climate Change, Clean Air, and Clean Energy: What to Watch in 2011. READ THE ALERT

December 20, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — California Air Resources Board Approves Cap-and-Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

December 17, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — SEC Issues Proposed Regulations Requiring Disclosure of Conflict Minerals. READ THE ALERT

December 16, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale: Delaware River Basin Commission Issues Draft Regulations and the Recent Developments in New York. READ THE ALERT

December 13, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — CPSC Promulgates Final Rule Regarding Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database. READ THE ALERT

December 10, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Ninth Circuit Clarifies ESA Section 7 Requirements Regarding the Term of Biological Opinions and the Monitoring of Incidental Take Statement Provisions. READ THE ALERT

December 9, 2010
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA Publishes Final Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida's Flowing Waters. READ THE ALERT

December 9, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — Delaware River Basin Commission proposes draft natural gas drilling regulations notwithstanding concerns raised by New Jersey and New York on Marcellus Shale gas-drilling in the Delaware River Basin. READ THE ALERT

December 9, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — Supreme Court to Review Climate Change "Public Nuisance" Case. READ THE ALERT

December 8, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA Is Taking a More Aggressive Role in Clean Air Act Enforcement Against Owners of Coal-Fired Generating Units, Including the Targeting of Municipalities for "Informal" Enforcement Negotiations. READ THE ALERT

December 7, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Landmark Climate Change Tort Case. READ THE ALERT

December 6, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — Hydraulic Fracturing: Potential for Increased Federal and State Oversight. READ THE ALERT

December 6, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — New Pennsylvania law requires manufacturers of computers and televisions to establish and conduct a recycling plan. READ THE ALERT

December 3, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA's PSD and Title V Permitting Guidance for Greenhouse Gases: Overview and Analysis. READ THE ALERT

December 1, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — USEPA Identifies 17 Counties in 11 States Violating Lead Standards. READ THE ALERT

December 1, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — Blowing Down Barriers to Entry: FERC Proposes New Rules to Encourage Integration of Renewable Generation Resources. READ THE ALERT

November 30, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EP Approves RoHS Recast. READ THE ALERT

November 30, 2010
Baker & Hostetler LLP — U.S. EPA Issues BACT Guidance for GHG Title V and PSD Permits. READ THE ALERT

November 29, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — Greenhouse Gas Emission Control - BACT to the Future II. READ THE ALERT

November 24, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — Know When to Hold (Sequester) 'Em: Is USEPA Giving Away Its Hand Regarding CCS? READ THE ALERT

November 24, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — California Issues Significantly Revised Green Chemistry Regulations. READ THE ALERT

November 23, 2010
King & Spalding — EPA Issues Final Rules for Geologic Sequestration: Rules Require Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Regulate Underground Injection of CO2. READ THE ALERT

November 22, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — FERC Launches Section 5 Investigations into Pipeline Rates for Kinder Morgan and Ozark. READ THE ALERT

November 22, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — FERC Proposes Revisions to the Pro Forma OATT to Facilitate the Integration of Renewable Generation Facilities. READ THE ALERT

November 19, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — International Energy Agency Publishes Legal Framework for Carbon Capture and Storage. READ THE ALERT

November 19, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — UNFCCC and COP-16: Living the Adage "Under Promise and Over Deliver"? READ THE ALERT

November 18, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — BACT Guidance Analysis: What to Expect Regarding Pending Title V Permit Renewal Applications and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

November 16, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — "Best Available Control Technology" for Greenhouse Gas Emissions: EPA Releases Guidance. READ THE ALERT

November 12, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Releases Guidance on Clean Air Act Permitting for Greenhouse Gases. READ THE ALERT

November 12, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Issues Guidance on PSD and Title V Permitting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

November 11, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — BACT is the New Black: USEPA Issues Long-Awaited GHG Permitting Guidance for States. READ THE ALERT

November 11, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — OSHA Announces Changes to the Chemical National Emphasis Program as it Prepares to Roll Out the Program Nationwide. READ THE ALERT

November 10, 2010
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP — The Saga Continues: Howmet and the Ongoing Uncertainty of Solid Waste Regulation Under RCRA. READ THE ALERT

November 10, 2010
King & Spalding — EPA Issues Guidance to States on Emissions Control Technology for Greenhouse Gases. READ THE ALERT

November 9, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — A Suggestion to Banks and Investors in Energy Infrastructure: Start Paying Attention to Increasing Climate Change Litigation in the US. READ THE ALERT

November 9, 2010
King & Spalding — EPA Issues Final Rule Requiring Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems to Measure and Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

November 8, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — Nanotechnology Policy Update. READ THE UPDATE

November 4, 2010
Bingham McCutchen LLP — EPA Proposed Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Sewage Sludge Incinerators. READ THE ALERT

November 3, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — Election 2010 Guide: Changes to Congress. READ THE GUIDE

November 2, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — California Enacts Landmark Energy Storage Law. READ THE ALERT

November 2, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Cap-and-Trade Regulation. READ THE ALERT

October 26, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — California Entities Release New Reports on Climate Change and Sustainable Development. READ THE ALERT

October 21, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — California Air Resources Board Adopts Renewable Electricity Standard Raising California's Renewable Mandate to 33 Percent by 2020. READ THE ALERT

October 20, 2010
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — EPA Releases Plan for Renewable Energy Siting on Contaminated Properties. READ THE ALERT

October 19, 2010
Hogan Lovells — California's Green Chemistry Initiative Will Restrict Products In California. READ THE ALERT

October 18, 2010
Arnold & Porter LLP — TSCA-Reform Legislation: Lessons from 2010 for the Next Congress. READ THE ALERT

October 18, 2010
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Court Enjoins Army Corps of Engineers From Extending Regulatory Jurisdiction Over Former Wetlands. READ THE ALERT

October 15, 2010
Perkins Coie LLP — Supreme Court Lets Stand Seventh Circuit Ruling On Discharging RCRA Cleanup Orders in Bankruptcy. READ THE ALERT

October 14, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — FTC Proposes Updates To Its Guidelines For Environmental Marketing Claims. READ THE ALERT

October 13, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — Recent Legislative Changes Affecting Pending and Future Projects Under CEQA. READ THE ALERT

October 12, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — California's Air Resources Board Adopts Aggressive Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets. READ THE ALERT

October 8, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — So, You're Telling Me Your Product is Green. Will the FTC Agree? READ THE ALERT

October 4, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — California's Latest Attempt to Streamline the California Environmental Quality Act. READ THE ALERT

September 30, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — DTSC Initiates Formal Rulemaking for Green Chemistry Products Regulation. READ THE ALERT

September 28, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — Proposed Changes to ASTM Phase II Due Diligence Standard Would Dramatically Increase the Time and Cost for Completing Environmental Due Diligence. READ THE ALERT

September 14, 2010
King & Spalding — EPA Issues Draft Guidance Regarding Pharmaceutical Waste-Management Practices. READ THE ALERT

September 9, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — CalGreen: California's New Green Building Code. READ THE ALERT

September 1, 2010
Reed Smith LLP — Progress Made in the Development of California's Green Chemistry Regulations. READ THE ALERT

August 26, 2010
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Solicitor General Urges Supreme Court to Vacate Second Circuit's Climate Change Decision, Bar Nuisance Suits for Climate Change. READ THE ALERT

August 26, 2010
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Public Interest Groups Sue EPA Over Cape Cod Nitrogen Pollution. READ THE ALERT

August 24, 2010
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. — Energy Companies Seek Supreme Court Review of Second Circuit's Decision in Climate Change Nuisance Case. READ THE ALERT

August 23, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — Pennsylvania's new erosion and sediment control regulations will go into effect on November 19, 2010. READ THE ALERT

August 19, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — China's Revised Tort Law Significantly Increases Environmental Liability Risks. READ THE ALERT

August 19, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — New York City Launches Brownfield Initiatives. READ THE ALERT

August 18, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — Spillover from the Spill. READ THE ALERT

August 17, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — EPA Proposes Rules on Implementation of Permitting of Greenhouse Gas Sources Under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program. READ THE ALERT

August 11, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA Interpretation That Used Material Becomes A "Spent Material" Subject to RCRA Regulation After It Can No Longer Serve Purpose of Its Initial Use. READ THE ALERT

August 2, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Cosmetics Safety Bill Would Incorporate TSCA Bill Provisions. READ THE ALERT

July 31, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — State agency publishes notice of law extending the expiration date of development-related permits. READ THE ALERT

July 30, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Fourth Circuit Limits Nuisance Suits and Strengthens Preemption under Federal Environmental Laws. READ THE ALERT

July 29, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — House and Senate Leadership Unveil Oil Spill Bills. READ THE ALERT

July 28, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — House Introduces TSCA Reform Legislation. READ THE ALERT

July 28, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — Maritime Industry Faced with New Proposals for Regulating Air and Water Discharges As a Result of Environmental Group Action; Comment Opportunities Limited. READ THE ALERT

July 27, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — Waxman TSCA "Reform" Bill Would Radically Expand Chemical Regulation and Impose New Safety and Reporting Requirements. READ THE ALERT

July 22, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Obama Administration Establishes National Policy to Protect Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes and Creates National Ocean Council to Oversee and Implement New Policy. READ THE ALERT

July 21, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — D.C. Circuit Court Rules EPA Pesticide Registration Enforcement Approach is Ripe for Challenge. READ THE ALERT

July 21, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — President Signs into Law Conflict Minerals Legislation. READ THE ALERT

July 19, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Court Finds EPA's Position That It May Use Misbranding Actions to Enforce Reregistration Determinations to Be Final and Ripe for Review. READ THE ALERT

July 9, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP— Pennsylvania's new erosion and sediment control regulations may go into effect as early as October 2010. READ THE ALERT

July 7, 2010
K&L Gates LLP —It's All About the Fuel: New Emissions Standards for Boilers and Process Heaters. READ THE ALERT

July 7, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Proposes New Air Emission Transport Rules for Power Plants in Eastern U.S. READ THE ALERT

July 7, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — Federal Government Establishes New Rental Policy for Solar Projects Located on Public Lands. READ THE ALERT

July 2, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Health Canada Provides Pesticide Manufacturers with Exclusive Use Data Rights Protections for New Products and Minor Uses. READ THE ALERT

June 28, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — California Releases Draft Regulations for Safer Consumer Product Alternatives. READ THE ALERT

June 25, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — GAO Report States That EPA Faces Challenges in Regulating Risk of Nanomaterials. READ THE ALERT

June 25, 2010
Venable LLP — Supreme Court Raises the Bar for Environmental Injunctions. READ THE ALERT

June 23, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Supreme Court Sets Aside Injunction That Prohibited APHIS from Partially Deregulating Genetically Engineered Alfalfa. READ THE ALERT

June 22, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Federal District Court Blocks Enforcement of Drilling Moratorium. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Settles Case Concerning Human Subjects Protections Rule. READ THE ALERT

June 21, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — Nanotechnology Regulation Gains Momentum Worldwide. READ THE ALERT

June 18, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Key Post-Spill Energy Policy Issues Begin to Emerge. READ THE ALERT

June 16, 2010
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Ninth Circuit Holds That Non-Settling PRPs Have a Right to Intervene Under FRCP 24(a)(2). READ THE ALERT

June 16, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — New Proposed Air Regulations for Boilers Will Require New Controls and Could Affect Biomass, Landfill Gas. READ THE ALERT

June 15, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — Bay Area Quality Management District Adopts Groundbreaking GHG and Toxic Air Contaminant Thresholds. READ THE ALERT

June 11, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Senate Defeats Murkowski Resolution to Block EPA Regulation of GHG Emissions Under Existing Clean Air Act Programs. READ THE ALERT

June 10, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — Tsunami Warning: California's "Regulations for Safer Products" Are on the Way. READ THE ALERT

June 10, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, PC — Federal Responses to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Developments to Date and What to Watch for in the Future. READ THE ALERT

May 21, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — Chesapeake Bay Initiatives Driving Tighter Controls on Stormwater Runoff From Developed Sites. READ THE ALERT

May 20, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP— American Power Act Proposed by Sens. Kerry and Lieberman: Key Preemption Provisions and Differences From Other Proposals. READ THE ALERT

May 19, 2010
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Third Circuit Clarifies Availability of Cost Recovery Claims Under Section 107 of CERCLA. READ THE ALERT

May 19, 2010
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — New Federal and State Guidance Call for Climate Change Impact Reviews for Development Projects. READ THE ALERT

May 18, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP— EPA Issues Final "Tailoring Rule" for Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Explains Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Regulation With Issuance of Final "Tailoring Rule." READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Senators Kerry and Lieberman Unveil Energy and Climate Bill. READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Announces Federal Strategy for Chesapeake Bay and Related Settlement Agreement in Fowler v. EPA. READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues Final "Tailoring" GHG Permitting Rule. READ THE ALERT

May 14, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — EPA Issues "Tailoring Rule" Outlining Clean Air Act Permitting Thresholds for Facilities that Emit Greenhouse Gases. READ THE ALERT

May 12, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP— Pennsylvania DEP unveils final revisions to its Chapter 102 E&S regulations. READ THE ALERT

May 5, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — Boldly Going Where No One Has Gone Before: In the Face of Uncertainty, Power Plants May Want to Consider Preemptively Addressing their Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

April 28, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — NJDEP Commissioner Promises to Make Agency Customer Friendly by Cutting Red Tape. READ THE ALERT

April 27, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Summary and Comparison of the TSCA Reform Legislation. READ THE ALERT

April 26, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — Tradable Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) in California: Continued Complexity. READ THE ALERT

April 21, 2010
Arnold & Porter LLP — Great Lakes Legacy Act Projects: Putting Remediation Ahead of Litigation. READ THE ALERT

April 19, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — The Council on Environmental Quality’s Draft Guidance for National Environmental Policy Act Climate Change Analysis: Key Points. READ THE ALERT

April 15, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Senate and House TSCA Reform Legislation Released Today. READ THE ALERT

April 15, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA Sets Timeframe for Foray into Regulating Greenhouse Gases. READ THE ALERT

April 14, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — Third Circuit Fires a Warning Shot Across the Bow of Settling PRPs and Contribution Plaintiffs in Superfund Matters. READ THE ALERT

April 12, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — ASTM International issues new Standard Guide for Financial Disclosures Attributed to Climate Change. READ THE ALERT

April 9, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — Accelerated EPA Activity under Existing Statutes - Critical Developments for the Energy Sector. READ THE ALERT

April 6, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) Approves Authority for U.S. to Impose Stringent New Air Emission Standards for Large Oceangoing Vessels. READ THE ALERT

April 6, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — New Voluntary Guidance for Climate Change Financial Disclosures. READ THE ALERT

April 6, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — Key EPA Actions Lay Foundation for Regulation of GHG Emissions Under the Clean Air Act. READ THE ALERT

April 5, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — EPA Sets Schedule For GHG Permitting. READ THE ALERT

April 2, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Issues Final Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule, Triggering Eventual Stationary Source Regulation. READ THE ALERT

March 31, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Issues Interpretive Memo Setting January 2, 2011 as the Date Greenhouse Gases Become Subject to Clean Air Act Permitting Programs. READ THE ALERT

March 30, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces BPA Action Plan. READ THE ALERT

March 30, 2010
Hunton & Williams LLP — In Europe, Regulatory Burdens for Hazardous Substances Increase, but Legal Remedies for Companies Decrease. READ THE ALERT

March 30, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — The Battle over the Greater Sage-Grouse Heats Back Up: Continued Uncertainty for Energy Development in the West. READ THE ALERT

March 30, 2010
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Issues Preliminary Study on Vessel Discharges for Fishing Industry and Smaller Cargo Vessels. READ THE ALERT

March 30, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — California Establishes Tax Break for Clean Tech Manufacturing Companies. READ THE ALERT

March 29, 2010
Venable LLP — Greenhouse Gas Permit Requirements Delayed Until January 2011 – Sort Of. READ THE ALERT

March 25, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — CPUC Authorizes Tradable RECs for RPS Compliance, but Significantly Limits Most Out-of-State Resource. READ THE ALERT

March 24, 2010
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — State Supreme Court Rejects Hypothetical Maximum Operating Capacity As Environmental Baseline Under CEQA. READ THE ALERT

March 22, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — CARB Issues Draft Regulations to Raise California’s Renewable Electricity Standard to 33 Percent by 2020. READ THE ALERT

March 18, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — California Supreme Court’s Decision Provides Important Requirements for Preparation of Environmental Documents. READ THE ALERT

March 17, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — Land Owners and Developers Get Some Relief on New Maryland Stormwater Requirements. READ THE ALERT

March 16, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — China MEP Adopts Amended New Chemical Notification Scheme. READ THE ALERT

March 16, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — Chinese Soil Pollution Law To Be Modeled On United States Superfund Statutes. READ THE ALERT

March 9, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — DOT Eases Requirements for Security Plans. READ THE ALERT

March 1, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — OIG Report Concludes EPA Needs Coordinated Plan to Oversee Its TSCA Responsibilities. READ THE ALERT

February 25, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — Pennsylvania DEP Offers Revisions to its Proposed Chapter 102 E&S Regulations. READ THE ALERT

February 24, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — California Air District Issues Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit With Enforceable Greenhouse Gas Limits. READ THE ALERT

February 24, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — White House Issues Sweeping Draft NEPA Guidance on Greenhouse Gas Analysis, Mitigation Monitoring and Categorical Exclusions. READ THE ALERT

February 24, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — New York Court of Appeals Broadens Eligibility for State Brownfields Program. READ THE ALERT

February 24, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — CEQ Issues Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Green House Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

February 23, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — CEQ NEPA Guidance Documents Available for Public Comment. READ THE ALERT

February 19, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — China Releases Final Version of Amended New Chemical Notification Regulations. READ THE ALERT

February 15, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Proposes Steps to Toughen New Source Review Air Permitting. READ THE ALERT

February 11, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — SEC Issues Guidance Regarding Disclosure of Climate Change Risks. READ THE ALERT

February 10, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — New Climate at the SEC: The SEC Publishes New Guidance on Climate Change Disclosures. READ THE ALERT

February 10, 2010
Latham & Watkins LLP — SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Disclosure of “Business or Legal Developments Regarding Climate Change.” READ THE ALERT

February 10, 2010
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — New SEC Climate Change Disclosure Obligations For All Filers Effective Immediately . READ THE ALERT

February 9, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — SEC Follows Through with Guidance Regarding Disclosure of Climate Change Risks and Opportunities. READ THE ALERT

February 8, 2010
Goodwin Procter LLP — SEC Adopts Guidance on Climate Change Disclosures. READ THE ALERT

February 8, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — SEC Interpretive Release on Climate Change Disclosure. READ THE ALERT

February 3, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — Center for Biological Diversity Petitions EPA to Develop Water Quality Criteria for Endocrine Disrupters. READ THE ALERT

February 1, 2010
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — SEC Issues Guidance for Disclosing Material Climate Change Risks. READ THE ALERT

January 27, 2010
Holland & Knight LLP — Federal Clean Water Enforcement Initiative. READ THE ALERT

January 25, 2010
Arnold & Porter LLP — EPA Proposes Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida’s Surface Waters. READ THE ALERT

January 19, 2010
Schiff Hardin LLP — Summary Judgment Awarded to Defendants in Lower Fox River Contribution Suit. READ THE ALERT

January 14, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Issues Effluent Guidelines Program Plan. READ THE ALERT

January 13, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Revises TSCA Section 5 PMN and SNUN Electronic Reporting Requirements. READ THE ALERT

January 12, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — New limitations on DEP stormwater permitting in Special Protection Watersheds. READ THE ALERT

January 7, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — 2010 Predictions. READ THE ALERT

January 6, 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — New York Considers Listing Chemicals that Agencies Should Avoid Buying. READ THE ALERT

January 6, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Seeks Comment on Proposed National Enforcement Priorities for 2011-2013. READ THE ALERT

January 6, 2010
Robinson & Cole LLP — New Geothermal Incentive Program Launched in Connecticut. READ THE ALERT

January 5, 2010
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Issues Four Chemical Action Plans Under TSCA. READ THE ALERT

January 5, 2010
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — Cutting Edge New York City Green Building Laws Enacted. READ THE ALERT

January 5, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Revises RCRA Rules For International Shipments of Hazardous Wastes to Comport with OECD Standards. READ THE ALERT

January 4, 2010
Saul Ewing LLP — EPA Promulgates Effluent Limitations Guidelines for the Construction and Development Point Source Category. READ THE ALERT

December 31, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces Action Plans For Existing Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

December 30, 2009
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Objects to Title V Permits for New Electric Generating Units. READ THE ALERT

December 29, 2009
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Proposition 65 List Expanded to Include Four New Chemicals: Tert-Amyl Methyl Ether, Ethyl-Tert-Butyl Ether, Wood Dust and Zidovudine. READ THE ALERT

December 21, 2009
Baker & Hostetler LLP — New U.S. EPA Storm Water Rule. READ THE ALERT

December 18, 2009
Holland & Knight LLP — 2010 Federal Agency Enforcement Budgets Suggest Coming Increase in Regulatory Enforcement. READ THE ALERT

December 17, 2009
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — California Issues Preliminary Draft Regulation for a Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

December 14, 2009
Holland & Knight LLP — EPA Finds That Greenhouse Gases Endanger Public Health and Welfare. READ THE ALERT

December 11, 2009
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — Court Halts Construction and Limits Operation of Wind Energy Project to Protect the Endangered Indiana Bat. READ THE ALERT

December 10, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — CDC Releases Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

December 9, 2009
Robinson & Cole LLP — EPA’s Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases Clears Way to Regulation. READ THE ALERT

December 9, 2009
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — EPA Finalizes Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases. READ THE ALERT

December 7, 2009
Baker & Hostetler LLP — OSHA Requests Comments on Two Proposed Standards - Hazard Communication and Combustible Dust. READ THE ALERT

December 7, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — New Developments in Product Carbon Footprinting. READ THE ALERT

December 4, 2009
Holland & Knight LLP — EPA Establishes New Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Discharges on Construction Sites. READ THE ALERT

December 3, 2009
Bingham McCutchen LLP — CARB Issues Preliminary Draft Regulation for a California Cap-and-Trade Program. READ THE ALERT

November 18, 2009
Holland & Knight LLP — Federal Attention to Environmental Justice to Increase. READ THE ALERT

November 17, 2009
Robinson & Cole LLP — SEC Issues Guidance on Shareholder Proposals That May Strengthen Climate Change Resolutions. READ THE ALERT

November 12, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Historic California Water Legislation Into Law. READ THE ALERT

November 9, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA Proposes to Tailor Application of PSD and Title V to GHG Emissions from Stationary Sources. READ THE ALERT

November 5, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Summary of Ninth Antimicrobial Workshop. READ THE ALERT

November 5, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — Fifth Circuit joins Second Circuit in Allowing Climate Tort Claims, but Northern District of California Disagrees. READ THE ALERT

November 4, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — Second Circuit Revives Federal Common Law Nuisance Suits Against Greenhouse Gas Emitters in Connecticut v. American Electric Power. READ THE ALERT

October 27, 2009
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — Obama Orders Federal Agencies to Set Targets to Reduce Agency Emissions. READ THE ALERT

October 26, 2009
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — Fifth Circuit Reinstates State Class Action Lawsuit Seeking Global Climate Damages. READ THE ALERT

October 21, 2009
Baker & Hostetler LLP — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Continues to Focus on Recordkeeping: National Emphasis Program Announced. READ THE ALERT

October 21, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Holds Semi-Annual Meeting. READ THE ALERT

October 21, 2009
Holland & Knight LLP — Obama Administration Issues Executive Order to "Green" Government Operations. READ THE ALERT

October 21, 2009
Saul Ewing LLP — EPA’s proposed Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule and more. READ THE ALERT

October 16, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — USDA Proposes Voluntary Labeling Program for Biobased Products. READ THE ALERT

October 16, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Announces Plan to “Revamp” CWA Enforcement Approach. READ THE ALERT

October 15, 2009
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — EPA Announces Guidance Relating to PCBs in Caulk of Buildings Constructed or Renovated Between 1950 and 1978. READ THE ALERT

October 14, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — Key Senate Developments for Climate Change and Clean Energy Legislation. READ THE ALERT

October 13, 2009
Bingham McCutchen LLP — EPA Adopts National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules. READ THE ALERT

October 13, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — US EPA Mandates Nationwide Greenhouse Gas Reporting Beginning January 1, 2010. READ THE ALERT

October 12, 2009
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Proposes to Limit Expansion of Clean Air Act Permit Programs to Cover Only Sources that Emit 25,000 TPY of Greenhouse Gases. READ THE ALERT

October 9, 2009
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — EPA Proposes to “Tailor” Applicability of Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations for Stationary Sources. READ THE ALERT

October 7, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Groups Sponsor Conference on the Future of U.S. Chemicals Policy. READ THE ALERT

October 6, 2009
Sidley Austin LLP — OSHA Proposes Rule to Modify Hazcom Standard. READ THE ALERT

October 5, 2009
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — EPA Finalizes Rule Establishing Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT

October 1, 2009
Baker & Hostetler LLP — OSHA Implements 2009 Site-specific Targeting Plan. READ THE ALERT

October 1, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — OSHA Issues Proposed Rule to Align the Hazard Communication Standard with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. READ THE ALERT

October 1, 2009
Holland & Knight LLP — EPA Strengthens Enforcement for Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT

October 1, 2009
Holland & Knight LLP — New California General Storm Water Permit: Are You Ready to Comply? READ THE ALERT

October 1, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — Clean Air Act Information Requests—A Recipient’s Guide. READ THE ALERT

September 30, 2009
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Guidance On PCB-Containing Caulking and Sealants In Commercial & Public Buildings. READ THE ALERT

September 24, 2009
Robinson & Cole LLP — EPA Adopts Final Rules for First-Ever Nationwide Greenhouse Gas Reporting. READ THE ALERT

September 24, 2009
Van Ness Feldman, P.C. — Second Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Claiming GHG Emissions from Six Utilities Constitute Nuisance Under Federal Common Law. READ THE ALERT

September 23, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Executive Order to Increase California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard After Threatening to Veto Similar Legislation. READ THE ALERT

September 22, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Signs Final Rule Requiring Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting. READ THE ALERT

September 22, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Second Circuit Rules Parties May Bring Climate Change Nuisance Actions. READ THE ALERT

September 22, 2009
Venable LLP — EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule. READ THE ALERT

September 21, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues Direct Final SNURs for 12 Substances. READ THE ALERT

September 21, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — New Maryland Environmental Laws Take Effect on October 1, 2009. READ THE ALERT

September 16, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — Region 5 Previews Enforcement and Policy Priorities. READ THE ALERT

September 15, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Plastic or Wood? Packaging Wars Break Out at APHIS. READ THE ALERT

September 14, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: One-Year Update. READ THE ALERT

September 9, 2009
Arnold & Porter LLP — TSCA Interagency Testing Committee Report Signals Continued Emphasis on Agency Requests for and Review of Data on Nanoscale Materials. READ THE ALERT

August 31, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — ECHA Issues New CLP Guidance and Encourages Lead Registrants to Identify Themselves. READ THE ALERT

August 27, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — CPSC Holds Public Hearing on CPSC Agenda, Priorities, and Strategic Plan for FY 2011. READ THE ALERT

August 24, 2009
Robinson & Cole LLP — NYSDEC Exercises Enforcement Discretion for Tank Regulations. READ THE ALERT

August 20, 2009
K&L Gates LLP — Federal Appellate Court Eases Burdens of Design Basis Threat Rule. READ THE ALERT

August 19, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Study Claims Link Between Occupational Lung Disease and Nanoparticle Exposure. READ THE ALERT

August 18, 2009
Robinson & Cole LLP — OSHA Announces Emphasis Program Focused on “Highly Hazardous Chemicals.” READ THE ALERT

August 17, 2009
Latham & Watkins LLP — New York Issues Greenhouse Gas Guidance for Environmental Impact Statements Under SEQRA. READ THE ALERT

August 14, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — California Air Resources Board Proposes New VOC Limits for Multi-Purpose Solvents, Paint Thinners and Air Fresheners. READ THE ALERT

August 6, 2009
K&L Gates LLP — EPA Proposes New Air Emission Standards for Large U.S.-Flag Vessels. READ THE ALERT

August 5, 2009
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — DOE Announces More Than $30 Billion in Loan Guarantee Funding for Certain Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Transmission Projects. READ THE ALERT

August 4, 2009
Arnold & Porter LLP — Federal Cash Grant Program for Renewable Energy Property Now in Effect. READ THE ALERT

August 4, 2009
Sidley Austin LLP — U.S. EPA Seeks Comment On Case Studies Evaluating The Risks Of Nanomaterials. READ THE ALERT

July 31, 2009
K&L Gates LLP — Treasury Department Issues Guidance on Application Procedure for Grants in Lieu of Tax Credits for Specified Energy Property. READ THE ALERT

July 30, 2009
Bingham McCutchen LLP — EPA Reconsiders the Recent Rule Revising the Definition of Solid Waste. READ THE ALERT

July 30, 2009
K&L Gates LLP — Tax Incentives for Renewable Energy: Treasury Department Issues Guidance on Eligibility Requirements for Grants in Lieu of Tax Credits for Specified Energy Property. READ THE ALERT

July 29, 2009
Sidley Austin LLP — The International Climate Change Negotiations and Intellectual Property: Another Climate Change Risk? READ THE ALERT

July 28, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — EPA Issues Guidance to Regulated Community on Startup/Shutdown/Malfunction Vacatur. READ THE ALERT

July 21, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — European Chemicals Agency Clarifies Its Position on Activities of Providers for REACH-Related Services. READ THE ALERT

July 21, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Walmart Introduces Sustainable Product Index. READ THE ALERT

July 16, 2009
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — New Bill Would Require Product Ingredient Labeling. READ THE ALERT

July 16, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — California Solicits Comments on Draft Green Chemistry Regulations. READ THE ALERT

July 16, 2009
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — Treasury Guidance Regarding Renewable Energy Grants in Lieu of Tax Credits Released. READ THE ALERT

July 15, 2009
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — The Formal Comment Period for the Climate Change-Related Amendments to the CEQA Guidelines is Now Open. READ THE ALERT

July 10, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — Update on EPA’s Regulation of Carbon Nanotubes under the Toxic Substances Control Act. READ THE ALERT

July 10, 2009
Bingham McCutchen LLP — California Supreme Court Limits Liability of Local Water Quality Oversight Agencies. READ THE ALERT

July 9, 2009
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — The Waxman-Markey Bill State Preemption Exception: A California-Sized Hole in the Proposed Federal Allowances Bucket? READ THE ALERT

July 6, 2009
Bingham McCutchen LLP — Landmark Climate Change Legislation Passes House; Senate Hearings to Begin Tomorrow. READ THE ALERT

July 1, 2009
Holland & Knight LLP — The U.S. Supreme Court Upholds the Corps’ Exclusive Role for the Issuance of Fill Permits Under the Clean Water Act. READ THE ALERT