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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA’s Office of Research and Development — Villain or Victim?

On July 18, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out the “reorganization plan” for its Office of Research and Development (ORD). The stated goal of the plan is to reduce budget expenditures, improve...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Another Step Change for USDA’s GE Regs: APHIS Ceases NEPA Review of Petitions for Nonregulated Status

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on July 9, 2025, that it will no longer conduct environmental analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

5 Steps To Promote Durable, Pro-Industry Environmental Regs

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's March 12 announcement of 31 deregulatory initiatives may seem like a major shift. But most of these actions require reconsideration of existing rules — a process that is governed...more

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NIA Issues Position Paper on Divergent EU Approaches to Nano and Advanced Materials

On June 11, 2025, the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) published a position paper entitled Bridging the Governance Gap: Divergent EU Approaches to Nano and Advanced Materials that highlights industry challenges...more

Carlton Fields

Everything (Including Inconsistent Things) All at Once: The Trump Administration’s Initial Steps Toward Permitting Reform

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President Trump came into office pledging to speed up federal environmental permitting, and he has issued a series of executive orders that touch on some aspect of expediting environmental reviews....more

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New White House Guidance Moves ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Metric to Side Burner

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For decades, regulators have tried to quantify harm related to emissions, including the “social cost of carbon” (SCC), but that approach has now changed. The Trump Administration recently released a memorandum seeking to...more

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Paper Straws and PFAS: The Policy Shift Behind Executive Order 14208

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump authorized Executive Order 14208 (E.O. 14208) revising United States federal policy on paper straw use. E.O. 14208 specifically called on the federal government to stop purchasing paper...more

K&L Gates LLP

Trump Administration Dials Up Deregulation

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President Donald Trump has made reducing the size and scope of the federal government a central part of his second-term agenda. Toward that end, in recent days the Trump administration has taken aggressive steps toward...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Environmental YIR: 2024 Regulatory Legacies and Impacts

This report provides an overview of major federal environmental regulations and court decisions of 2024. Landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions with lasting consequences for environmental policy include Loper Bright...more

Williams Mullen

Carolinas Environmental Legislative Update

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Both the North and South Carolina legislatures have recently adopted statutes affecting environmental issues in their respective states. This update highlights the most significant developments in North and South Carolina....more

White & Case LLP

Proposed Australian Environmental Law Reforms

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The Australian Federal Minister for the Environment and Water has tabled proposed laws before the Australian Parliament to establish new national environmental agencies, enhance their enforcement powers and establish the...more

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Australian Court Rules Environmental Regulator is Duty Bound to Develop Climate Change Policies

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The Facts  In April 2020, a climate action group called Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Incorporated ("BSCA") filed civil enforcement proceedings against the EPA in the NSW Land and Environment Court....more

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NEPA Rules Rewrite: Content of NEPA Documents Under New CEQ Rules

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This is the fourth in a series of eAlerts on revisions to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2020 (Final Regulations) by the Council on Environmental Quality...more

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Recent Executive Orders Take Aim at Informal Agency Guidance

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Earlier this month the Trump Administration issued two executive orders limiting federal agencies’ use of informal guidance documents to regulate conduct. "Informal guidance documents" are generally understood to include...more

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