On October 15, 2025, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry issued an Executive Order (“Order”) halting the review of all new Class VI Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) well permits in the state and directed the state’s...more
10/20/2025
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What can project developers actually build before securing an air permit? The Clean Air Act (“CAA”) prohibits constructing an “emission unit” without the requisite air permit. Yet many large capital projects involve both...more
On August 18, 2025, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a district court order dismissing an ethylene oxide (“EtO”) exposure case for lack of Article III standing. The majority in...more
9/16/2025
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This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the penultimate step to granting Texas the authority to directly issue Class VI permits under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control (UIC)...more
6/16/2025
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