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Political Agreement on the CSRD/CSDDD Omnibus Reached – 15 Key Details to Know

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In the wee hours of this morning in Europe, the Legal Affairs Committee Members of the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional political agreement on the Omnibus I package amending the EU’s...more

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Europe’s New Genomic Techniques: Patent Ban Off the Table

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On 4 December 2025, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a comprehensive framework for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). The deal modernises EU agrifood rules and...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Connecticut Order Lists Approved Phrases for July 1, 2026, Labeling Requirement

Beginning July 1, 2026, Connecticut will require that certain consumer products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) be labeled. The products subject to the labeling requirement include...more

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FIFRA Enforcement: 2025 Year-End Roundup and Looking Forward to 2026

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Robust U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) continued throughout 2025, marked by several high-value settlements—particularly involving...more

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EPA Begins Public Comment Period on Updated Draft Risk Calculation Memorandum for Formaldehyde

On December 3, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of and solicited public comment on an Updated Draft Risk Calculation Memorandum (Draft Memorandum) to inform a revised draft risk...more

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HMT Issues 2025 Remit And Recommendations To FPC For 2025/26

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HM Treasury (HMT) has published a letter from Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Andrew Bailey, Bank of England Governor, setting out the remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) for...more

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Navigating State Legislation for Building and Operating Data Centers: Key Trends and Compliance Considerations

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State regulations governing data center development vary widely, making early legal review essential for zoning, land-use approvals, and infrastructure planning. Energy-related rules are tightening, with states imposing...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

NYSDEC Finalizes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations

On Dec. 1, 2025, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) finalized regulations establishing a Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program under 6 NYCRR Part 253. This rule implements a key...more

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Draft NPDES General Permit for Discharges from Data Centers: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Announces Issuance

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (“OEPA”) has public noticed a document titled: Draft NPDES General Permit for Discharges from Data Center Facilities to State Waters (“Draft General Permit”)....more

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UK Emissions Trading Scheme Expands Scope to Energy-From-Waste

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In July 2025, the UK government (along with the Scottish government, the Welsh government, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland) (together "the Authority") published an interim...more

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CARB Announces Non-Enforcement of SB 261 Amid Ninth Circuit Injunction

On December 1, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced in an enforcement advisory that it would not enforce SB 261 against covered companies that do not submit climate-related financial risk reports (Risk...more

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EU Deforestation Regulation Amendments: Deferred Timelines and Simplification Measures

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The EU Deforestation Regulation ("EUDR") aims to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, and their corresponding impacts on climate change, by ensuring that in-scope commodities and products placed on the EU market (or...more

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ESA Regulations: Critical Habitat Exclusion Analysis

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On November 21, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, the Services) published several proposed rules to revise their regulations implementing certain provisions of the...more

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Mexico Tightens Environmental Corporate Crimes

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On November 25, 2025, the Justice Committee of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies published the Committee Report with Draft Decree to Amend Various Provisions of the Federal Criminal Code Regarding Crimes Against the Environment...more

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California's Plan for a Zero Waste Economy

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California’s Draft Zero Waste Plan (the Draft Plan) lays out an ambitious strategy to eliminate waste and transform material use, reuse, and management across the state. For businesses—including manufacturers, retailers,...more

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EPR Update: California Regulations Approach the Finish Line; Some States Just Getting Started

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On December 3, 2025, we attended Circular Action Alliance’s (CAA) Quarterly Update webinar. CAA is the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) that has been selected by states with active plastic and packaging Extended...more

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Latest Developments on the EU Taxonomy Regulation

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Simplification of the EU Taxonomy Rules - Since 2020, European Regulation 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (the EU "Taxonomy Regulation") established a classification of...more

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Business Restructuring Review Vol. 24 No. 6 | November–December 2025

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New York Bankruptcy Court Rejects Challenge to Barnet Rule Permitting Foreign Debtors to Obtain Chapter 15 Recognition With Only Minimal U.S. Assets - Court disagree over whether, to be eligible for relief under chapter 15...more

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FDA Withdraws Cosmetics Proposed Rule: Let Us (Not) Talk About Talc

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn its proposed rule on standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying asbestos in talc-containing cosmetics, almost exactly one year after publication....more

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Washington Update: Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure — December 2025

November marked a potentially significant inflection point at the Department of Energy (DOE), with the announcement of a sweeping reorganization designed to align fully with the Trump administration’s Energy Dominance agenda....more

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Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Friends of Hurricane Creek and City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama Enter into Consent Decree

Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Friends of Hurricane Creek (collectively, “Friends”) entered into a November 19th Order on Consent Decree (“CD”) with the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more

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Regional Haze/Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Environmental Organizations' Comments on EPA Solicitation of Potential...

The Environmental Defense Fund and eleven other environmental organizations filed December 1st Comments addressing an October 2nd Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) issued by EPA styled: Visibility Protection:...more

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City of Decatur NPDES Permit: City of Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority Filing Before the Arkansas Pollution Control and...

The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority (“Tulsa”) filed on November 26th a Request for Administrative Hearing (“Request”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission objecting to...more

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Surveys: A Vital Part of Every Commercial Real Estate Transaction

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Investors on the precipice of acquiring commercial real estate tend to focus on the “big ticket” items — the purchase price, the underwriting assumptions, the rent roll, the zoning strategy, but ignore the importance of a...more

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UK Proposals for the Regulation of ESG Ratings

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From 29 June 2028, any firm wishing to provide certain types of “ESG rating” in the UK will need FCA authorisation. The government consulted on this in 2023, and in October 2025 it published draft legislation to implement...more

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