The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has adopted a statewide Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program that requires specified categories of emitters and suppliers operating in or selling covered...more
3/9/2026
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Coal Industry ,
Corporate Governance ,
Department of Environmental Conservation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Policies ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
New Regulations ,
Petroleum ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government
At a White House event with President Donald Trump on February 12, 2026, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the repeal of EPA's 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding, and...more
2/18/2026
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Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Deregulation ,
Endangerment Finding ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Obama Administration ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Repeal ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration
Craig Pritzlaff, Acting Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), transmitted a memorandum (Pritzlaff Memorandum) on Dec. 5, 2025, to OECA...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Nov. 17, 2025, announced the release of a proposed rule revising the definition of "waters of the United States" (Proposed WOTUS Rule). The...more
11/19/2025
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Comment Period ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Groundwater ,
Jurisdiction ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Sackett v EPA ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Nov. 12, 2025, announced a final rule granting the State of Texas primary implementation and enforcement authority (also known as primacy) for Class VI Underground Injection...more
Ten members of Congress representing New York districts have petitioned Gov. Kathy Hochul to withhold the state's water quality certification needed for a natural gas pipeline in New York waters. ...more
10/30/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Certification Requirements ,
Clean Water Act ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Section 401 ,
State and Local Government ,
Tribal Governments ,
Tribal Lands ,
Trump Administration ,
Water Quality ,
Waters of the United States