[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Recent Actions on Ag Biotech by EPA’s Emerging Technologies Branch
During its 83rd session from April 7 to 11, 2025, the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) approved, among other things, new fuel standards for ships and the first...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (“OECA”) issued a March 12th memorandum titled: Implementing National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this Wednesday that it will narrow the definition of waters that can be federally regulated to comply with the Supreme Court's 2023 Sackett v. EPA ruling. This...more
The industrial wood pellet industry in the U.S. manufactures and exports wood pellets to burn in power plants to produce electricity, and this has been praised as a climate solution, a source of renewable energy. The truth is...more
Traditional sources of freshwater are dwindling as a result of increased demand, reduced natural replenishment, volatile weather patterns, and extended-duration droughts. Desalination, the industrial-scale removal of salt...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on December 5th a press release publishing a report titled: Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2024 (“Report”)....more
On December 5, 2024, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued an Enforcement Notice regarding the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253), which will require companies “doing business” in California to...more
New ESG regulations are expected to have a significant impact on disclosure and governance obligations for EU and non-EU companies alike, including extensive sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements on...more
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) ended at 2:40 am local time in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday, with the nations involved finally reaching agreement to provide...more
Metropolitan Planning Organization for Central Arkansas (“Metroplan”) announced Round 1 of Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (“CPRG”) Central Arkansas Pass-Through Grants. Metroplan had been a successful lead applicant...more
While still a newly minted lawyer early in 1977, I had the good fortune to land a job with the then brand-new Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. This coincided with the 1976 election of Jimmy Carter as...more
The 9th Annual Arkansas Environmental Policy Summit (“Summit”) will be held on November 8th in Conway, Arkansas. ...more
California officials have been working on a plan to preserve the state’s leading edge environmental and climate policies, in the event that former President Donald J. Trump returns to the White House and follows through on...more
On October 11, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its latest rule in a suite of measures to address hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act....more
The march toward mandated corporate disclosures for climate-related risks continues. Despite significant pushback and substantial legal challenges, state legislatures and regulators are continuing to advance laws and rules...more
This week, the Hawaii Supreme Court--in response to certified questions of law from the federal district court in Hawaii--held that the insurance policies purchased by fossil fuel companies in Hawaii would not provide...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized regulations impacting a large swath of refrigeration and cooling equipment industries. The new regulations are the most recent EPA action addressing the use of...more
The Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NWEA”) filed a September 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board challenging a Clean Water Act...more
Due to the increased importance of sustainability, environmental protection and social factors in recent years, the luxury industry has found itself at a crossroads of tradition and transformation. Once characterized...more
How will you and I become extinct? The UN assures us that the weather will be unpleasant whenever it happens. The IPCC has predicted that global “warming”, “heating”, “baking” “broiling” and other Game of Thrones-worthy...more
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) published a consultation document on July 4, 2024, seeking input from stakeholders on a proposed roadmap for addressing plastic waste and pollution from the textile and apparel...more
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of P2N0 covering the drive to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero (NZE). P2N0 identifies significant news items globally, reporting on them in short form, focusing on policy...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a July 22nd press release announcing it is awarding $4.3 billion in climate pollution reduction grants to 25 applicants. The following Arkansas related...more
This week, we discuss the first settlement between a state and a group of young plaintiffs who claimed that their government’s inadequate climate policies violated their constitutional right to a healthy environment. We...more
The ACOEL webpage “About Us” states that we are to be “Advocates for environmental law and process for a better environmental future.” Allow me to throw down this gauntlet to Members: What “better environmental future” is the...more