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EPA Issues Proposed Rule Rolling Back Some PFAS Reporting Requirements

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As announced via press release on November 10, 2025 and then officially in the Federal Register on November 13, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rolling back certain requirements related to reporting PFAS...more

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The Concept of Greenwashing in Light of the Paris Judicial Court’s Judgment of October 23, 2025

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In May 2021, TotalEnergies launched a large communication campaign, affirming its ambition “to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050” as well as its position “as a major player in the energy transition”. Greenpeace France, Notre...more

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Omnibus - European Parliament Has Adopted Its Negotiating Position With Further Scaling Back Of CSRD And CSDDD

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After previously failing to come to an agreement, the European Parliament yesterday adopted its negotiating position on the Omnibus package. This time, the position was adopted with a resounding majority — 382 votes in...more

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Texas Progresses Toward CCS Primacy (UPDATED)

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This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the penultimate step to granting Texas the authority to directly issue Class VI permits under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control (UIC)...more

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Texas Granted Primacy over Class VI Carbon Sequestration Wells

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On November 12, 2025, the Railroad Commission of Texas (“RRC”) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that EPA had granted Texas primary enforcement authority (“primacy”) under the Safe Drinking Water Act...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 11.14.25

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to loosen requirements for companies to report on their uses of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS....more

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Mexico Publishes Regulations of the Biofuels Law

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Mexico's executive branch, through the Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía or SENER), on Oct. 3, 2025, published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) the Regulations of the Biofuels Law,...more

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Major environmental permitting reforms advance in Pennsylvania budget law

The saga over enacting the Pennsylvania state budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year has concluded, including some of the most significant permitting changes the state has enacted in years. Among the bills signed on November 12,...more

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Emergency Application Seeks Supreme Court Injunction Against California Climate Disclosure Laws

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A coalition of business associations led by the Chamber of Commerce is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block enforcement of California's climate disclosure laws amid ongoing legal challenges. ...more

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New Law Bolsters CCUS Projects in California

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation lifting moratorium on transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline. ...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Voluntary Certification for RNG Projects: New Qualification Standards for Animal Waste

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Public and private financial incentives for the construction and operation of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects have accelerated the growth of the industry over the past several years. While much of the RNG industry’s...more

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EPA Proposes to Narrow Scope of TSCA Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting Rule; Exemptions Would Include De Minimis Amounts, Imported...

On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a)(7) regulation for reporting and recordkeeping requirements for...more

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EPA Proposes Significant Exemptions to the TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule

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On November 10, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a proposed rule adding six new exemptions to the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) reporting regulations under the...more

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Fifth Circuit Rejects Pipeline’s and Challengers’ Petitions for Review of FERC Order Certificating GTN Expansion Project

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On October 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) denied several petitions for review of FERC’s authorization of Gas Transmission NW, LLC’s (GTN) GTN Xpress compressor expansion project...more

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Trump Administration Moves Forward With Rollback of Sustainable Procurement Language in FAR

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Key Takeaways - The Trump administration is moving to roll back and simplify sustainable procurement requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) through class deviations, targeting the Biden-era sustainability...more

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EPA Reschedules November 18, 2025, SACC Preparatory Meeting for D4 Risk Evaluation and Extends Comment Period

On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is rescheduling the November 18, 2025, preparatory meeting for the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC). The meeting to consider...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Litigation to invalidate City of Yes zoning for housing opportunity dismissed

On November 12, 2025, Justice Lizette Colon of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Richmond County, dismissed a petition challenging the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning text amendment (COYHO). The...more

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Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act: What Businesses Need to Know

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Long known for its progressive environmental policies, Oregon once again became a frontrunner with the 2021 passage of the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA). The RMA is a new Extended Producer...more

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PA State Budget Imposes New Permitting Review Deadlines on PADEP

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The 2025-26 state budget signed into law yesterday by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro contains a number of provisions that will require the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to complete its review of...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Tougher CSRD Position Endorsed by European Parliament— What Happens Next

On 13 November 2025, the European Parliament (“Parliament”) adopted its negotiating position on the review of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”), as part of the European Union’s (“EU”) broader...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Opportunity to shape the EU Taxonomy in European Commission’s Call for Evidence

On 7 November 2025, the European Commission published a call for evidence on proposals to amend the European Union’s Taxonomy legislation. In particular, the call is in relation to two delegated regulations amending the...more

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New York Agrees to Delay Implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act

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Hours after we issued yesterday’s legal alert on the approaching Jan. 1, 2026, date for implementation of New York’s All-Electric Buildings Act, the state agreed to delay implementation....more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Massachusetts Reconsiders Nuclear Energy in Its Clean Power Mix - Update

On November 11, the House members of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy voted to advance a new draft of a bill entitled An Act Relative to Energy Affordability, Clean Power, and Economic...more

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Advancing Water Reuse Act: H.R. 2940 Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives

H.R. 2940 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives. The legislation is denominated “Advancing Water Reuse Act’’ (“Reuse Act”)....more

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Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: National Association of Clean Air Agencies Comments Addressing Reconsideration

The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) submitted November 3rd comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on the federal agency’s September 16th proposed rule styled: ...more

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