Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws are reshaping packaging obligations for businesses across the United States. EPR regulations fundamentally shift the financial and operational burden of managing post-consumer...more
California's unique ability to set its own vehicle emissions standards under Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) is facing unprecedented legal and political challenges. At the center of the controversy is Congress's...more
California is gearing up to implement and enforce two groundbreaking climate disclosure laws – the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CCDA) and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (CFRA). In July 2025, in lieu of...more
Federal Rollbacks Prompt State Action - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump Administration has announced plans to rescind and reconsider key portions of the 2024 PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more
The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, on May 19, 2025, clarifying that the scope of judicial review of federal agency environmental...more
As the federal government works to roll back climate regulations and climate-focused initiatives, states have developed avenues to fill in the gaps left behind. Modeled in part after California's Climate Corporate Data...more
As the federal government works to roll back climate regulations and climate-focused initiatives, states are developing avenues to fill in the gaps left behind. In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted...more
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Safe handling of electric vehicle (EV) batteries is in the forefront of the news this hurricane season due to the increased risk of battery fires following saltwater intrusion from storm surges, and states are beginning to...more
EPA recently published a 2024 update to its Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Materials Containing PFAS (Interim Guidance), as required by the...more
The EPA has designated two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural isomers – as hazardous substances under the...more
In 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced the "PFAS Strategic Roadmap," which established a "whole agency" approach to addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). As part of its strategy,...more