The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has eliminated the legal foundation supporting sixteen years of federal climate regulation. On February 18, 2026, the Agency finalized the rescission of the 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG)...more
3/2/2026
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Climate Change ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Deregulation ,
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On November 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a long-anticipated proposal to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). The proposed rule seeks...more
One week before Christmas, the Montana Supreme Court delivered a landmark gift to sixteen youth plaintiffs in Head, et al., v. State of Montana, et al., 2024 MT 300 (Mont. 2024), holding that the State of Montana violated...more
On November 12, 2024, the Biden administration announced a final rule to reduce methane emissions from high-emitting oil and gas producers. Enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act (the “Act”), EPA will now collect Waste...more
On October 4, 2024, without opinion and no recorded dissents, the United States Supreme Court handed the Biden Administration two wins on notable climate change regulations, denying emergency stay applications against...more
Federal agencies may need to call the bullpen for a relief pitcher after the last two weeks of hits delivered by the Supreme Court of the United States.
The default limitations period for Administrative Procedure Act...more
On Friday, June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed decades of increased federal executive agency power by overturning the longstanding deference to agency interpretations of statutes that resulted from...more
7/2/2024
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Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
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Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
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SEC v Jarkesy ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
West Virginia v EPA
In a 5-4 opinion on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stayed the enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Good Neighbor Plan” under the Clean Air Act.
Under the Good Neighbor rule, the EPA required...more