On February 19, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Interim Final Rule rescinding the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) regulations setting forth the requirements for compliance with the National Environmental...more
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top With the start of the second Trump administration just over a week away, there are many uncertainties with respect to how the new administration will regulate vehicle,...more
1/10/2025
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California ,
CARB ,
Clean Air Act ,
Compliance ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Manufacturers ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Transportation Industry
New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality standards and pollution migrating from upwind states will impact growth and development in southeastern Wisconsin, beginning on January 16, 2025....more
In a trio of cases, the Supreme Court has changed the balance of power between courts and federal agencies. The combination of these three cases will likely lead to significant litigation in multiple courts, repeated...more
7/17/2024
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Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
On May 14, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule requirements for petroleum and natural gas systems under 40 C.F.R. Part 98, Subpart W in the Federal Register....more
6/5/2024
/ Clean Air Act ,
Compliance ,
Data Collection ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Fees ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Methane ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Reporting Requirements
On April 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural isomers,...more
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top The wait will continue for Wisconsin per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) enforcement standards for groundwater. Last week the Wisconsin Department of Natural...more
What Is Environmental Justice?
The Environmental Justice Initiative seeks to ensure that all Americans—regardless of race, color, national origin, or income—receive fair treatment and have meaningful involvement with...more
On April 12, 2023, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan proposed aggressive new mobile source regulations limiting tailpipe emissions in two separate proposed rules: one targeting light- and...more
On January 6, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to lower the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine/inhalable particulate matter (PM2.5). These proposed...more
On December 20, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized new emission standards for heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, including heavy-duty trucks and other vocational vehicles such as fire...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has released its long-anticipated Proposed Rule to designate the “forever” chemicals PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental...more
Initially enacted in 1980, the Superfund chemical excise taxes apply to the sale or use of certain chemicals and substances to fund a federal cleanup program for hazardous waste sites. While the initial tax program expired...more
Following its final rule for light-duty vehicles issued at the end of 2021, this past spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) proposed new emission standards for heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines. ...more
As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more
7/7/2022
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Audits ,
BPA ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ,
Copyright ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Ethics ,
False Advertising ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Human Rights ,
ICFR ,
Internet of Things ,
Investment ,
Liability ,
Machine Learning ,
Manufacturers ,
Mexico ,
Model Contract Clauses ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Patents ,
PFAS ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Management ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supply Chain ,
Supply Shortages ,
Sustainability ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unions ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
For the past several years, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (“WDNR”) has engaged in a multi-media effort to regulate the class of chemicals commonly referred to as “forever chemicals” in waters and soils in the...more
4/20/2022
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Department of Natural Resources ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Groundwater ,
Hazardous Substances ,
PFAS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Soil ,
Wastewater ,
Wisconsin
On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a comprehensive set of proposed rules mandating climate-related risk disclosures for public companies (Proposed Rule). For some the release marks...more
3/25/2022
/ Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
ICFR ,
Proposed Rules ,
Risk Management ,
SASB ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
On December 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized its new national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for new passenger cars and light trucks. These new rules are the most ambitious in history,...more
Last week, as world leaders met at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), issued a proposed rule under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) designed...more
The scope of the Clean Water Act is yet again in flux. In January 2020, the Trump Administration meaningfully restricted what bodies of water are protected under the Clean Water Act by narrowing the Act’s definition of...more
Cannabis growing and processing operations face increasing regulatory pressure to assess and reduce their environmental impacts – especially in the areas of water quality, air emissions, energy use and sustainability,...more
8/11/2021
/ California ,
Cannabis Products ,
Clean Water Act ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
POTWs ,
Proposition 65 ,
Sustainability ,
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) ,
Water ,
Water Rights
Yesterday, the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced their intent to initiate a rulemaking process to promulgate a new definition of “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”)....more
It’s no secret that the Biden Administration is focused on environmental justice and climate change issues, as evidenced by the president’s selection of Congresswoman Debra Haaland as Secretary of the Interior and former EPA...more
In a somewhat surprising decision issued at the end of 2020, U.S. EPA ruled that Section 112(r)(1) of the Clean Air Act, better known as the “General Duty Clause,” requires facilities to implement the latest industry...more
On the eve of the new Biden Administration, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated a key greenhouse gas rule created by the Trump Administration. The Biden Administration also swiftly rejoined the Paris...more
1/25/2021
/ Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule ,
Appeals ,
Biden Administration ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Paris Agreement ,
Renewable Energy