President Donald Trump's April 8, 2025, proclamation extends the compliance deadline for the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) by two years, from July 8, 2027 to July 8, 2029, asserting national security concerns...more
4/14/2025
/ Clean Air Act ,
Coal Industry ,
Compliance Dates ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Hazardous Substances ,
MATS ,
National Security ,
NESHAP ,
Pollution Control ,
Time Extensions ,
Trump Administration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on March 12, 2025, that EPA will undertake 31 distinct actions in an effort to advance President Donald Trump's Day One executive orders (EOs) to...more
3/18/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Air Quality Standards ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Deregulation ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
NAAQS ,
NESHAP ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Tribal Governments ,
Trump Administration
President-Elect Donald Trump is poised to expand upon policies he implemented during his first term in office, such as those emphasizing limited government, states' rights and lower taxes. Additionally, it is anticipated that...more
11/8/2024
/ Affirmative Action ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Canada ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Climate Change ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
DACA ,
Defense Sector ,
Deregulation ,
Educational Institutions ,
Election Results ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Income Taxes ,
Mexico ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
NATO ,
Public Health ,
Public Schools ,
SALT ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Title IX ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USDA ,
Veterans
For nearly 40 years and in more than 18,000 judicial opinions, federal courts have used the Chevron doctrine to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court...more
9/3/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corner Post Inc v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FERC ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Government Agencies ,
HUD ,
IRS ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
NTSB ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
Stare Decisis ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
U.S. Treasury
In continuing with the Biden-Harris Administration's goal to combat plastic pollution, on July 19, 2024, the Interagency Policy Committee on Plastic Pollution and a Circular Economy (IPC)1 released a new joint strategy to...more
7/23/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
NOAA ,
Plastics ,
Pollution Control ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Public Policy ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Tribal Lands ,
United Nations ,
USAID ,
Waste Management
For the first time since 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is actively evaluating potential updates to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (Green Guides or Guides) to provide clarity...more
6/29/2023
/ Advertising ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Green Guides ,
Green Marketing ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Public Comment ,
Recycling ,
Rulemaking Process
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) released the draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (EPA 530-R-23-006) (Draft Strategy) on April 21, 2023. The...more
5/9/2023
/ Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Green Guides ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
Plastics ,
Policy Drafting ,
Pollution Control ,
Popular ,
Public Comment ,
Recycling
President Donald Trump on February 12, 2018, submitted his budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019.
The President's full budget calls for approximately $4.4 trillion in total spending. Much of the budget seeks...more
2/14/2018
/ Brownfield Grants ,
Bureau of Indian Affairs ,
Bureau of Land Management ,
Capital Investments ,
CDFI Fund ,
Colleges ,
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of the Interior ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Drinking Water ,
Economic Development ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Farms ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Federal Transit Administration ,
FEMA ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Highway Trust Fund ,
Hospitals ,
HUD ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
IRS ,
MARAD ,
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ,
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) ,
NIST ,
Nuclear Power ,
Nuclear Waste ,
OHSA ,
Petroleum ,
Private Schools ,
Public Housing ,
Public Schools ,
Renewable Energy ,
Research and Development ,
Rural Areas ,
School Safety ,
SNAP Program ,
Technology Sector ,
TIGER Program ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Universities ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service ,
USAID ,
USDA ,
Veterans' Benefits ,
WIFIA
On February 12, 2018, the White House unveiled its 55-page proposal for infrastructure investment, the Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure. The sweeping proposal seeks to inject funding into several key areas...more
2/14/2018
/ Airports ,
Brownfield Properties ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Flood Control ,
Highways ,
Hydropower ,
Incentives ,
Infrastructure ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
Inland Waterways ,
Mass Transit ,
Ports ,
Railroads ,
Railways ,
Rural Areas ,
State and Local Government ,
Storm Water ,
Superfund ,
Surface Transportation ,
Transformative Use ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Wastewater ,
Water ,
Water Resources Facilities ,
Water Supplies ,
WRDA ,
WRRDA