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Pillsbury - PFAS Observer

D.C. Circuit Restarts Litigation over EPA’s PFAS Drinking Water Standards, Continues Pause in CERCLA Litigation

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On July 22, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) Circuit granted a motion by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lift the abeyance in consolidated litigation challenging the agency’s...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

To Waive or Not to Waive? That Is the 401 Question

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on May 16, 2025, clarified the conditions under which a state waives its Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification (WQC) authority. In Village of Morrisville...more

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Montana Supreme Court Holds State Constitution Includes Protections Against Climate Change

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Throughout 2024, young Americans from states like Oregon, California, and Hawaii turned to litigation, arguing that court intervention is necessary to protect them from climate change. The young plaintiffs spearheading these...more

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Biden EPA Filed Notice of Appeal of Ruling that Typical Levels of Drinking Water Fluoridation Present an Unreasonable Risk to...

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As reported in our September 30, 2024, blog item, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in September 2024 that the plaintiffs established by a preponderance of the evidence that the levels of...more

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Democratic AGs Pour Support into Limiting PFAS in Drinking Water

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A group of 18 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in American Water Works Association v. EPA (No. 24-1188) supporting the EPA’s defense of its Final Rule establishing...more

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Landmark Climate Change Case Overturned: The Hague Court of Appeals Overturns Ruling Ordering Shell to Reduce CO2 Emissions

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On November 12, 2024, The Hague Court of Appeals overturned the landmark climate change litigation case that imposed a 45% CO2 reduction obligation on Shell....more

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A Hard Look at the Environmental Rule of Law

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Years in the making, the first global report on the Environmental Rule of Law (ERL) was issued by the United Nations Environment Program and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in January 2019.  The report is a...more

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Man Bites Dog – Local Zoning Board Okays Drilling-Friendly Ordinance

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In Frederick v. Allegheny Township Zoning Hearing Board, et al, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed a local zoning ordinance allowing oil and gas operations in all zoning districts in the Township as long as they...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | June 2018 #2

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LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Releases Guidance on Dietary Fiber Labeling - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released guidance identifying eight non-digestible carbohydrates that the agency intends...more

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