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Southampton’s Residential Dock Ban Tests Its Authority Over Bay Bottoms

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A legal battle is brewing in Southampton, New York, pitting age-old colonial-era patents, acts of the State Legislature, and caselaw concerning riparian rights against local environmental regulation, and more specifically,...more

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After Certification: What Housing Element Inventory Designation Means for Your Project

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Now that a majority of California jurisdictions have adopted Housing Elements certified as compliant by the state's Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), a new question has come into sharper focus for...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Energy Law: Month in Review - May 2026

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more

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Work on the N-ESRS Accelerates – Exposure Drafts Coming in July

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At its meeting this week, the EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board discussed the N-ESRS. These are the reporting standards for non-EU entities reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive....more

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EPA Publishes Best Practices Report For Battery Recycling, Pennsylvania Bill Banning PFAS In Consumer Products Advances, and...

Monthly newsletter Material Concerns: Legal Updates on Substances of Emerging Concern keeps clients informed on the latest legal, regulatory and scientific developments related to substances of emerging concern....more

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Lowering the Limits: New York’s Push for Stricter Lead Dust Standards

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Between 2025 and 2026, several proposed changes to New York’s lead regulations have emerged at both the state and city levels. One of the most significant is Bill S122A, introduced last year, which directs the New York State...more

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SEC Proposes Rescission of Climate Disclosure Requirements

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed the rescission of climate disclosure rules requiring companies to provide climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports....more

Hogan Lovells

Turning carbon complexity into competitive insight: New capabilities on ESG Global Vision

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Carbon regulation is moving fast. We’re not just keeping a pulse on business impacts – we’re empowering clients with the insights they need....more

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New York State Budget Law Narrows SEQRA

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On May 26, 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law, included in the State budget bill, to amend the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”). The law is effective immediately, without any implementing regulations. As...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Dalton Corridor Land Transfer, Withdrawal Revocation & Litigation

On May 6, 2026, the Department of the Interior announced it had conveyed approximately 1.4 million acres of land along the Dalton Utility Corridor to the State of Alaska. Secretary Doug Burgum stated the transfer advances the...more

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One Year After Seven County: Trends in NEPA Review and Litigation Risk

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One year ago, on May 29, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, which established a “course correction” to bring agency compliance and judicial...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Potential Listing of Flame Retardants DBDPE and TBPH in Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Key Takeaways - What Happened: Norway nominated decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) and its related substance for listing under the Stockholm Convention. The European Union (EU) nominated bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate...more

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Prop 65 Roundup - June 2026

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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that it will convene a public meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) on June 18. The meeting will...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Marion Travel Center...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and New Five Star Enterprise LLC (“Five Star”) entered into an April 16th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more

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Inside the House's FY27 Agriculture Spending Bill: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Report

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (“NSAC”) issued a May 15th report titled: Inside the House’s FY27 Agriculture Spending Bill (“Report”). ...more

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US Army Corp of Engineers Operation of Mississippi River Spillway/Fifth Amendment Taking: US Federal Appellate Court Addresses...

The United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) addressed in a May 21 Opinion an issue arising out of the operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway (“Spillway”). See Robert L. Campo, et al v. United...more

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Water Reuse Emerges as a Critical Strategy for Data Center Development

As demand for data centers continues to accelerate, water availability is emerging as a critical factor in project development and long-term operations. Although power supply and transmission access have historically...more

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Happening Now -- EPA RMP & EPCRA Actively Inspecting: What to Do If You Receive Notice

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EPA Region 10's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division (and likely other EPA Regions) is actively conducting on-site joint Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 112(r) Risk Management Program (RMP) and Emergency Planning and...more

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Capitalizing on California’s $3.8 Billion Water Resilience Funding

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With the rollout of Proposition 4 funding entering its next critical phase in the second quarter of 2026, California water providers have a historic opportunity to secure financial backing for vital infrastructure and climate...more

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Indoor Environment as the Next Mass Tort: PFAS, Mold and Rental Housing Litigation

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced sweeping deregulation with a "compliance first" approach. Though this may appear to be a reprieve, the retreat of federal enforcement...more

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Mineral Rights and 45Q Recapture: An Overlooked Legal Risk in Texas Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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The rapid growth of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects across the United States has been fueled in large part by the enhanced tax credits available under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended...more

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Renewable Energy Update 6.3.26

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The U.S. installed 9.7 GWh of battery energy storage in the first quarter of 2026, up 32% year over year, marking the highest-ever first-quarter energy storage deployment in the U.S., according to the Solar Energy Industries...more

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SEC Proposes to Rescind 2024 Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On May 29, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed to rescind in their entirety the climate-related disclosure rules it adopted in March 2024 (the 2024 rules)....more

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Section 45Z Questions Put Producers at Risk

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At a May 28, 2026 public hearing, fuel producers, agricultural stakeholders, and environmental credit companies testified before the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), calling...more

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P2N0 - Special Edition - News and Views on the Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

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Welcome to a Special Edition of P2N0. This Special Edition covers the UN General Assembly’s decision to adopt a resolution endorsing the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of countries...more

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