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The Climate Report - Third Quarter 2025

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Both Convergence and Divergence Seen in Emerging State Climate - Disclosure Bills A wave of climate-related disclosure bills in California, New York, Colorado, New Jersey, and Illinois share a common architecture yet...more

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2025 Arkansas Solid Waste Association of North America Annual Meeting/Update: Randy Thurman, Government Solutions, LLC - Solid...

Randy Thurman undertook a presentation at the August 20, 2025, Arkansas Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) Annual Meeting/Update in Conway, Arkansas titled: Solid Waste Legislative Update (“Update”). Randy is...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

New York Accepting Comments on Pre-Rulemaking Stakeholder Meeting on PFAS in Apparel Law

On August 25, 2025, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) held a pre-rulemaking stakeholder meeting on its implementation of New York’s per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in apparel...more

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PFAS in Consumer Products: State-by-State Regulations - September 2025

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Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products across a broad spectrum of industries are being impacted by state laws regulating the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in their products....more

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Status of State Environmental Agency Budgets/Fiscal Years 2020-2023: Environmental Council of the States Report

The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) issued an August 28 report titled: GREEN REPORT – STATUS OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY BUDGETS – Fiscal Years 2020 to 2023 (“Report”). ...more

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Arkansas Ambient Air Monitoring Network: Annual Network Plan for 2025-2026

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) submitted on August 6th to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) a document titled: ARKANSAS AMBIENT AIR...more

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Illinois Expands Jurisdiction and Regulation of PFAS

On August 15, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed nearly 270 bills into law, including legislation expanding jurisdiction for claims of exposure to “toxic” substances, as well as two new laws regulating the use of PFAS. In a...more

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Could Rollback of Environmental Impact Law Help California Fight Its Housing Crisis?

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Earlier this summer, as part of the state’s annual budget deal, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that alters how the existing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) would apply to certain housing...more

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Boxed In? Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Oregon’s EPR Law

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On July 30, 2025, the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) filed a lawsuit1 challenging Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act. The Act created Oregon’s sweeping extended producer...more

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Illinois Governor Signs Bill Banning Intentionally Added PFAS in Certain Consumer Products and Requiring IEPA to Prepare Report on...

On August 15, 2025, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) signed a bill (HB 2516) amending the PFAS Reduction Act to ban certain consumer products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). As of...more

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Data Center Developments: 7 Key Considerations

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Whether from the perspective of a developer, user or tenant, debt or equity financing provider, the government, or the broader community, the development of a data center project requires a host of considerations to assess...more

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Data Centers/Clean Air Act: Washington Department of Ecology Draft Area-Specific General Order

The Washington Department of Ecology (“WDE”) has proposed an air quality general order for data centers in certain areas of the State of Washington. The draft order applies to data centers that use emergency generators...more

Cozen O'Connor

Broad Street Brief: Mayor Parker Rallies Support for SEPTA

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Mayor Parker Outlines Behind-the-Scenes Efforts to Secure SEPTA Funding Amid PA Budget Talks - Mayor Cherelle Parker (D) has been actively working with state lawmakers across party lines to support SEPTA as the transit...more

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Presidential Permit: Authorizing Cameron County, Texas, to Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Pedestrian Border Crossing at the...

Authorizes Cameron County, Texas to construct, maintain, and operate a new pedestrian border crossing at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, subject to federal oversight, environmental compliance, and...more

Allen Matkins

Commission Approves Western Joshua Tree Conservation Plan

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The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) took final action to approve the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Plan (Conservation Plan) at its August 13, 2025, meeting. As detailed in our previous alert, the...more

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Federal Court Grants Minnesota’s Motion to Dismiss Challenge to Its PFAS Ban in Cookware

On August 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota granted the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) motion to dismiss the Cookware Sustainability Alliance’s (CSA) suit for failure to state a...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Federal Court Rejects Preliminary Injunction Against California Climate Disclosure Laws

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The ruling allows implementation of the laws while First Amendment litigation proceeds on the merits....more

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Court Upholds California Climate Disclosure Laws—for Now

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On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to halt enforcement of SB 253 (emissions disclosure) and SB...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 7.31.25

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The budget reconciliation bill signed into law on July 4 (also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill”) adds a new provision to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that allows project sponsors/applicants to pay for...more

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INEA Establishes Voluntary Sustainability Criteria to Extend Environmental License Terms in the State of Rio De Janeiro

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On July 29, 2025, the Rio de Janeiro State Environmental Institute (INEA) published Resolution No. 318/2025, which approves Operational and Procedural Standard (NOP) INEA-60.R-0. The new regulation establishes voluntary...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Enacts Power Bill Reduction Act

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On July 29, 2025, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted the Power Bill Reduction Act, overriding Gov. Josh Stein’s veto. This landmark legislation introduces significant reforms to North Carolina’s electric utility...more

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California’s 2025 CEQA Reforms: Impacts and Ambiguities with New Housing and More

In an effort to tackle California’s persistent housing shortage and accelerate infrastructure development, California has enacted the most substantial reform to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in decades and...more

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Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (8/4)

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Aquifer protection, Chicago pension boost among more than 100 new laws- “Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the spring legislative session. The measures signed last...more

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General Permits for Distributed Wastewater Treatment Systems: Florida Legislation

The Florida Legislature enacted Senate Bill 796 which grants a General Permit for the replacement of existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems with distributed wastewater treatment systems (“DWTS”). The...more

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Material Concerns: Legal Updates on Substances of Emerging Concern

First effective in 2024, the Act bans the sale or distribution of various products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals. On January 1, 2026, as part of the product phase-out timeline, the new law bans the sale or...more

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