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Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 09.19.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Republican AGs Urge EPA to Block CA’s Clean Fleets...more

Jones Day

The Climate Report | Third Quarter 2024

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REGULATORY ISSUES & UPDATES - Update on Australia's New Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Regime - Australia's mandatory climate-related financial disclosure regime is inching closer to implementation after the...more

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Lime Manufacturing Plants/NESHAP: National Lime Association Files Petition for Review before U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....

The National Lime Association (“NLA”) filed on September 13th a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s...more

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Australia Publishes Draft Antitrust Guidance on Sustainability Collaborations

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The Development: Recently, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") published draft guidelines designed to assist businesses to understand how they can collaborate on sustainability initiatives without...more

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Biosolids/PFAS: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Moves to Dismiss Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Judicial...

The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) filed in June a Judicial Action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) arguing that the United States Environmental Protection...more

EPR Group Consulting Inc.

Post-Consumer Recycled Content in EPR Packaging Programs

Post-consumer recycled content (“PCR”) plays an important role in extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs for packaging. Among other purposes, the EPR programs are intended to increase the quantity and quality of...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Bradley...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bradley, Arkansas entered into an August 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more

Hall Benefits Law

Fifth Circuit Appears Skeptical of Invalidating ESG Rule Despite the Fall of Chevron

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A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit panel appeared skeptical during oral arguments in which conservative states and Texas-based energy interests sought to reverse a district judge’s order upholding an environmental,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

From Fentanyl to Freon: Customs and Border Protection Seizures

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is an enforcement agency that does much more than deal with immigration. This summer, CBP made the largest fentanyl seizure in its history – approximately 4 million blue fentanyl pills...more

DLA Piper

New FSIS Guidelines on Environmental Labeling Claims: Key Points

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released updated guidelines regarding the substantiation of animal-raising and environment-related claims on meat and poultry product...more

Dickinson Wright

Plugged In: An EV Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 7

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Editor’s Note - Welcome to our September, 2024 edition of Plugged In, DW's monthly newsletter addressing the industry's transformative transition to EVs. Over the next few months, Plugged In will turn its focus to the...more

Clark Hill PLC

PFAS “Lookback” Reporting: Delayed in the US, Moving Ahead in Canada

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As regulatory activity and litigation concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) continue to pick up across the U.S. and around the world, recent developments in North America highlight one of the challenges...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 9.20.24

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Farmers in southern Tulare County will face greater scrutiny for groundwater pumping after the state placed the region on probation following a lengthy hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday....more

Hogan Lovells

Actualités Législatives et Réglementaires – Juillet / Août 2024

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Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires des mois de juillet et août 2024....more

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Wastewater Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Cook County Circuit Judge Addresses Illinois Attorney General Complaint Alleging...

A Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (“Court”) Judge addressed in a September 9th Order issues arising out of a Second Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) filed by the Illinois Attorney General (“AG”) filed against 401 Wabash...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Carbon Sequestration in Texas: EPA Region 6 Issues Draft Permits for Proposed Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in Texas

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 recently issued the first draft Class VI permits in Texas under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. These draft permits would...more

Holland & Knight LLP

EPA Announces $7.5 Billion in Water Infrastructure Loans

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Sept. 6, 2024, announced the availability of $6.5 billion in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding and $1 billion in State Infrastructure Financing...more

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EPA Approves South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Warehouse Indirect Source Rule

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On September 11, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took final action approving a revision to California’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) to include the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD)...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Nouveaux développements concernant les appels de propositions LT2 et MT2 en matière de production d’électricité en Ontario

Le 12 septembre 2024, la Société indépendante d’exploitation du réseau d’électricité (« SIERE ») de l’Ontario a présenté les plus récents développements relativement à la conception de ses appels de propositions à long terme...more

Goldberg Segalla

California May Put Its Historic Climate Disclosure Laws on Hold

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In a update to the Environmental Law Monitor’s continuing coverage of California’s historic climate disclosure laws, California State Sen. Scott Weiner put forth on August 13 proposals to Senate Bill 219 that would delay the...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EC Adopts REACH Restriction for PFHxA and Related Substances

The European Commission (EC) announced on September 19, 2024, that it adopted new measures under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation to protect human health and the...more

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Recent Greenwashing Litigation Focuses on Consumer Products

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Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a pair of greenwashing lawsuits filed--by both private plaintiffs and government regulators--that highlight the current focus on consumer products as a centerpiece of...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

New Guidance for Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Program

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently issued proposed regulations to implement the Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Program, which was created under the Inflation Reduction Act to incentivize clean energy...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces New Outdoor Use Safer Choice Label

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on September 18, 2024, the launch of an Outdoor Use Safer Choice label. According to EPA, this new label expands on its existing Safer Choice label and will identify...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, V 8, Issue 9, September 2024

The proverbial road to Electric Vehicle (EV) rollout is paved with numerous challenges. Among these speedbumps is the preeminent question of how the infrastructure to support nationwide EV charging will be financed and...more

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