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Holland & Knight LLP

Novedades normativas en materia ambiental en el 2025

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El Equipo Ambiental de Holland & Knight en Colombia preparó un análisis de las normas, resoluciones, decretos y sentencias más importantes en materia ambiental a lo largo del 2025. El conocimiento de las novedades normativas...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Speaking Sustainability - Legal & Regulatory Updates - December 2025

The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) ended on November 22, 2025. Among other things, the package of decisions reflected in the Belém Political Package brings renewed focus on scaling up climate finance...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Vermont’s Prohibition on Consumer Products with Intentionally Added PFAS Takes Effect

On January 1, 2026, the State of Vermont’s statutory prohibition on PFAS in consumer products became effective. Vermont is among the growing number of states that are regulating the manufacturing, distribution, and use of...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 01.15.2026

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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: • GOP AGs Support Letting States Chart the Course on...more

Perkins Coie

Critical Minerals at a Critical Point: NOAA’s Decision Point

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On December 23, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) formally announced receipt and commencement of public review of exploration license applications for deep seabed mining under the Deep Seabed...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

House Releases Discussion Draft of Legislation to Modernize TSCA

On January 15, 2026, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment announced it will hold a legislative hearing on January 22, 2026, entitled “Chemicals in Commerce: Legislative Proposal to Modernize America’s...more

Miller Starr Regalia

Clash of the “Super Statutes”:  First District Construes HAA’s Statutory Provisions Aimed at Disincentivizing CEQA Challenges to...

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The laudable efforts of the Legislature in adopting “super statutes” such as the Housing Accountability Act (“HAA”; Gov. Code, § 65589.5) notwithstanding, housing in California remains a scarce and precious commodity.  The...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Shape the Future of Geothermal in 2026—Policy, Trends and Opportunities

This is a pivotal year for geothermal energy. With major policy shifts, growing incentives and breakthrough technologies on the horizon, now is the time to act....more

BCLP

PFAS Drinking Water Standards: State-by-State Regulations - January 2026

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As discussed in BCLP’s May 15, 2025 Insight, EPA announced that it would issue a proposed rule in fall 2025 to implement several changes to the MCLs previously issued by EPA for drinking water in April 2024.  To date, the...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 1.16.26

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For decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature deaths to justify clean air rules....more

Jones Day

What Does "Fair, Clear and Not-Misleading" Mean in the Context of Fund Strategies?

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It has been the case for many years that promotional materials in the EU must be “fair, clear, and not mis-leading”. However, how should managers interpret this high-level requirement when describing their approach to ESG...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

CEQ Finalizes Rescission of NEPA Implementing Regulations

On January 8, 2026, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a final rule adopting—without change—its February 25, 2025, interim final rule (IFR) rescinding all iterations of CEQ’s National...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Army Corps Finalizes 2026 Nationwide Permits: Key Updates

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has reissued and modified the Corps’ Nationwide Permits (NWPs), which authorize certain categories of work in Waters of the United States under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

House Subcommittee Will Hold Legislative Hearing on January 22 to Discuss Modernizing TSCA

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment will hold a legislative hearing on January 22, 2026, entitled “Chemicals in Commerce: Legislative Proposal to Modernize America’s Chemical Safety Law, Strengthen...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Chemical Regulatory Policy in a Period of Political Attrition

As the 2026 election cycle comes into sharper focus, Congress is entering a period of unusual transition. A growing number of Republican lawmakers as well as some Democrats have announced retirements, resignations, or...more

Morgan Lewis - Up & Atom

NRC Confirms Effective Date of Direct Final Rule Adding Conditional Sunset Dates to Certain Regulations

The NRC has issued a Federal Register notice confirming the January 8, 2026 effective date of its direct final rule implementing the requirements of Executive Order 14270, Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

How GCs Should Tackle California’s Hazy Climate-Reporting Laws

Beginning in 2026, companies organized under U.S. law that do business in California may be required to comply with two separate climate-reporting laws. Senate Bill (SB) 261 applies to businesses with more than $500 million...more

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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Order/Assessment of Civil Penalty Addressing Dayton Rubber Manufacturing...

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“”Board”) issued a Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Nokian Tyres U.S. Operation (“Nokian”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See...more

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Summer Effluent Limit/Clean Water Act: Medway, POTW Challenges NPDES Permit Before U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board

The Charles River Pollution Control District (“District”) filed a January 13th document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) styled: Petition for Review of...more

Gray Reed

North Dakota Pore Space Redux

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North Dakota surface owners defeated the carbon-storage lobby’s effort to steal their interstices.*  In Northwest Landowners Association, et al, v. State of North Dakota et al, a district court declared a portion of the CO2...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

EV Roundup - January 2026

Looking back on the last year, the U.S. saw a dramatic shift in federal electric vehicle policy in favor of fossil fuels. Among the most significant, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended several federal EV and clean vehicle...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Speculation Won't Suffice: SJC Draws a Firm Line on Zoning Standing

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In Stone v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Northborough (“Stone”), plaintiffs residing across the street from a proposed 20,000 square foot warehouse appealed a decision by the Northborough Zoning Board of Appeals (the “Board”)...more

Morgan Lewis

More Time to Comply: OSHA Pushes Back Hazard Communication Deadlines by Four Months

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a final rule on January 15, 2026 extending several upcoming compliance deadlines—some that would have gone into effect as soon as January 19, 2026—under its revised...more

Alston & Bird

EPA Risk Evaluations Offer Clues for Next Direction for TSCA

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The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) closed out 2025 with a flurry of actions involving the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including final risk evaluations for five phthalates and 1,3-butadiene, and an updated risk...more

Investing in Data Center-Focused HVAC Businesses: An Increasingly Strategic Asset Class

The continued expansion of data centers—driven by cloud adoption, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-performance computing—is reshaping how investors evaluate infrastructure risk and opportunity. Among the most critical,...more

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