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DOD Publishes 2025 Update on Critical PFAS Uses, Recommends Risk-Based Approach to Defining PFAS

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has published a July 2025 report entitled Update on Critical Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Uses. House Report 118-121, which accompanied the 2024 DOD appropriations bill (H.R. 4365),...more

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European Central Bank Plans to Fine Banks for Failures to Address Climate Change

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It has been publicly reported that the European Central Bank is planning to impose financial penalties (albeit modest ones) on certain banks that have failed to adequately prepare for climate change. Specifically, the...more

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Five Takeaways from CARB’s July 9 FAQs on California’s New Corporate Climate Disclosure Requirements

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has published seven pages of FAQs on California’s corporate greenhouse gas reporting and climate-related financial risk disclosure programs. These disclosure requirements are...more

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EPA Announces Availability of Updated Interim Maps Developed under Its Endangered Species Protection Program

On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of updated refined interim core maps that identify areas that EPA states are important to 12 threatened or endangered (listed)...more

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EU Commission Publishes The Risk Classification Under The EUDR

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On May 22, 2025, the EU Commission adopted an implementing regulation to the EU's Deforestation Regulation ("EUDR") in which it identified the risk classification of countries as “low, standard or high risk” required under...more

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EC Announces Low- and High-Risk Countries under the EUDR

The European Commission (EC) released on May 22, 2025, the identity of the countries that present a low or high risk of deforestation in producing seven commodities (cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy, and wood)...more

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U.S. EPA Announces Retainment of MCLs for PFOA and PFOS and Intent to Rescind and Reconsider MCLs for Other PFAS

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) announced today that it will keep the current Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for perfluorooctanoic acid...more

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Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2025: U.S. Senate Legislation Introduced Directing the Federal Reserve to Address Financial...

United States Senator Brian Schatz (Hawaii) has introduced legislation titled: Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2025 (“Act”). The Act directs the United States Federal Reserve to conduct stress tests on large...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Less Than 40 Days to Prepare for ‘Protecting American Energy From State Overreach’ Executive Order

At a Glance - Should the U.S. government declare that the environmental and/or sustainable commodities that have been generated under a state law regime are illegal, lenders and borrowers using state-generated carbon...more

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EPA Announces List of Actions to Combat PFAS Contamination

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") plan to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") includes a long list of upcoming agency actions to deal with PFAS contamination....more

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[Event] 2nd Annual Summit on PFAS Regulation, Compliance and Litigation - May 29th - 30th, New York, NY

The PFAS regulatory landscape is evolving fast, and with a new administration on the horizon, major changes in compliance, enforcement, and litigation risks could be imminent. If your business fails to stay ahead, you can...more

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Artificial Intelligence/Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects: April 22nd U.S. GAO Report

The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released on April 22nd a report titled: Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects (“Report”). See GAO-25-107172....more

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OCC Ends Climate Risk Guidance for Large Banks

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In a recent shift, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has officially ended its climate risk guidance for large U.S. banks. The 2021 guidance called on major banks to incorporate climate-related risks into...more

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The Future of EPA's Risk Management Program May Be Found in History

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced it would reconsider the 2024 Risk Management Program ("RMP") rule....more

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Emerging Risks & Opportunities: Navigating Environmental & Sustainability Regulations During the First 100 Days

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Since taking office in January, President Trump’s administration has taken numerous actions that will impact the realm of environmental and sustainability regulations. Such rapid changes and inconsistencies are creating...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Springdale Baking Facility...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Newly Weds Foods, LLC (“NWF”) entered into a March 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing and alleged violation...more

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The ICVCM and REDD+ Standards: Implications for Voluntary Carbon Markets

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REDD+ stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, with the "+" representing the additional focus on conservation, sustainable management, and forest carbon stock enhancement. Originally formalized...more

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Canada Releases Final State of PFAS Report and Proposed Risk Management Approach

On March 5, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced the availability of its final State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report (State of PFAS Report) and proposed risk management approach...more

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Clark Hill 2025 Commercial Real Estate Outlook: ESG & Sustainability

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In 2025, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry will continue to navigate a new landscape influenced by ever-evolving ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and sustainability trends. In particular, with regulatory...more

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HSE Publishes UK REACH Report (2023 to 2024) and Work Programme (2024 to 2025)

The United Kingdom’s (UK) Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced on March 21, 2025, that it has published the following annual report and work program on activities under the UK regulation on the Registration,...more

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Le Canada publie son rapport final sur l’état des substances perfluoroalkylées et polyfluoroalkylées

Introduction - Le gouvernement du Canada a annoncé son intention de désigner les substances perfluoroalkylées et polyfluoroalkylées (les « SPFA »), soit une famille de milliers de produits synthétiques connus pour leur...more

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EPA Announces Reevaluation of the TSCA Risk Evaluation Framework Rule

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Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Biden administration finalized amendments to the procedural framework rule for conducting risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that...more

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RMP Rulemaking Redux

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations, 40 C.F.R. Part 68, appear to be headed back to rulemaking. These much-debated provisions have been amended, rescinded, and...more

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Federal Court Orders Review of PMRA Decision Renewing Glyphosate Pesticide

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The Federal Court has ordered the review of another Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) decision, spotlighting how the regulatory agency handles new scientific evidence in the renewal process for pesticides in Canada....more

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EPA Will Review 2024 Rule Amending the TSCA Risk Evaluation Framework Rule

On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intent to reconsider the May 3, 2024, rule amending the procedural framework rule for conducting risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances...more

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