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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

This Week's Climate Policy Update - July 2024 #2

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/23/2024

Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

Legal Lessons Learned from Recent World Cups

Morgan Lewis on 11/20/2023

The 2022 Men’s World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand set new standards for sustainability, human rights, and sponsorships—and with those new standards come new challenges....more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: V 7, Issue 10, October 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/19/2023

Chevron Doctrine - The Chevron Doctrine -- what is often referred to as “Chevron deference” – is based on the precedent set by the Supreme Court about four decades ago, which some argue has overly empowered the...more

Will Stakeholder Objections and Legal Uncertainty Slow an ESG Revolution?

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 2/27/2023

According to the Securities & Exchange Commission, its proposed revisions to SEC regulations regarding climate change disclosures in May 2022 were intended to provide investors with consistent and reliable information...more

Update: Supreme Court Issues Opinion in West Virginia v. EPA

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/5/2022

The Supreme Court rejected EPA’s Obama-era Clean Power Plan in a decision that has significant implications both for future attempts by EPA to regulate CO2 emissions and for other agencies attempting to promulgate rules that...more

Supreme Court Requires Clear Congressional Authority for GHG Regulations Intended to “Remake the Energy Sector”

ArentFox Schiff on 7/5/2022

One of the US Supreme Court’s final opinions this term addressed US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The decision in West Virginia v...more

A Court-Side Seat: OSHA, Air and Waters

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 11/22/2021

The courts have issued several new and significant rulings on environmental and administrative law the past few weeks. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT - Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association,...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – October 2021 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 11/1/2021

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - DOD Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccination Attestation, Screening Testing, and Vaccination Verification - The Department of Defense published a memorandum that provides updated guidance for implementing...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, February 2021 # 13

Hogan Lovells on 2/19/2021

In Washington: The Labor Department on Thursday adjusted last week’s jobless claims numbers upward, showing claims surged to a seasonally adjusted 861,000, a sign that the labor market continues to struggle to recover from...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2020 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/14/2020

China Resumes LNG Imports from the U.S. - "Chinese buyers have resumed imports of liquefied natural gas from U.S. exporters, as Beijing started granting waivers to a 25% import tariff." Why this is important: In the...more

A Sign of Things to Come? Trump’s Regulatory Freeze and Other Early Actions

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/24/2017

Behind the pomp and circumstance of Friday’s inauguration, President Donald J. Trump and his administration set their sights on deploying a new guard of regulatory and economic policies focused on reducing burdensome...more

What to Expect in Environmental Regulation for 2017

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/24/2017

The inauguration of President Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20 began a period of change expected to include the rollback of programs, withdrawal of regulations, and changes to policy that will affect all aspects of environmental...more

Massachusetts Environmental and Land Use Alert

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 10/25/2016

Off to Court We Go: Petitioners Challenge EPA’s Small MS4 General Permit for Massachusetts - The storm of debate and criticism over the terms and conditions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) General...more

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2016

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 10/18/2016

TSCA/FIFRA/IRIS/NTP/TRI - EPA Issues Statements Of Findings For September 2016: On September 23, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice announcing its findings after its review of Toxic...more

Environmental Notes - August 2016

Williams Mullen on 8/11/2016

Time to Pay More: EPA Increases Maximum Civil Penalties - Remember the days when the maximum civil penalty EPA could assess for a violation of environmental law was $25,000 per day? Those days disappeared 26 years ago...more

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, August 2015

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 8/17/2015

EPA Issues Direct Final Rule On Significant New Use Notification Electronic Reporting: On July 20, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a direct final rule amending the Toxic Substances Control Act...more

Massachusetts Environmental and Land Use Alert

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 6/20/2014

Boston Colleges Take Brownfields Tax Credit Fight to Court - Three Boston-area colleges sued the Massachusetts Department of Revenue in August claiming that “clarifying” changes made to the Massachusetts Brownfields Tax...more

Regulatory and Standard Updates for 2014

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/4/2014

A number of regulations and standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OSHA, and other organizations have recently been revised and/or updated. TRC has prepared a Regulatory Update summarizing the changes with...more

Do I Have to Think About Environmental Compliance?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/30/2014

Electric utilities, pulp and paper mills, and manufacturers of all types are subject to a wide range of environmental requirements. Other businesses—like retail facilities, warehouses, and property management companies—are...more

2014 Top Energy & Environmental Regulatory Issues

Polsinelli on 1/23/2014

In This Issue: - Environmental Protection Agency ..NAAQS ..Tier 3 & 4 Standards ..Stormwater Control ..Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation ..Clean Water Act Expansion ..Renewable Fuels...more

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