[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
The State of Washington enacted legislation (Senate Bill 5033) mandating certain testing requirements for biosolids utilized in agriculture. The testing requirements addresses per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”)....more
On April 30, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) issued the first draft of the Ecological and Environmental Code (the Draft Code) for public comment. This legislation is designed to integrate...more
Act 1009 was signed by Governor Sanders which amends the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act to require revocation of a permit for the disposal of industrial waste in an agricultural or pastoral application for a...more
Act 578 has been signed by the Governor which would authorize the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission (“NRC”) to issue certain general obligation bonds. ...more
On July 1, 2025, Oregon’s Plastic Pollution & Recycling Modernization Act (RMA) will significantly change the state’s recycling system. The RMA places responsibility on “producers” to fund and manage the recycling process for...more
An Update on the Legal Landscape Surrounding Plastic Pollution - It’s hard to reflect on “Our Power, Our Planet” this Earth Day without discussing plastic. Plastic is deeply embedded in our daily lives. Consider, for...more
H.B. 177 has been submitted into the 2025 General Session of the Utah Legislature addressing recycling of glass....more
Senate Bill 556 has been introduced which would amend Arkansas Code Title 8, Chapter 3, Subchapter 1 to add an additional Section titled: 8-3-104. Watershed Discharge Prohibition...more
On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule seeking to set effluent limitation guidelines for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) was...more
Senate Bill 557 has been introduced which would provide the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) the authority to deny a: …permit relating to wastewater if the...more
After several months of uncertainty due to amendments made by the Senate and the dissolution of the National Assembly shortly thereafter, France finally passed a law on February 27, 2025, aiming to reduce risks associated...more
Senator Irvin of Mountain View has introduced Senate Bill 367 which would repeal the Small Business Revolving Loan Fund for Pollution Control and Prevention Technologies Act (“Act”). The Act is found in Chapter 5,...more
On September 22, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 707 into law, known as the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 (“the Act”). This new legislation requires companies that produce clothing and textiles...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
ExxonMobil sued by California AG and environmental nonprofits over plastic waste - California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental nonprofit entities sued ExxonMobil on Monday, accusing the company...more
As reported to our readers in August 2023, the California Supreme Court in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. County of Monterey, (2023) Cal. LEXIS 4349, struck down a Monterey County initiative that would have banned oil and gas...more
This week, the Minnesota Legislature passed and delivered to the governor for signature HF2310, an energy policy omnibus bill that provides $216 million for energy initiatives in the state. The legislation includes...more
California’s SB 54, or the Plastic Producer Responsibility Act, represents a substantial expansion of the increasingly popular form of legislation focused on extended producer responsibility (EPR) for plastic recycling. While...more
As part of its legislative arsenal to combat climate change, France adopted the Climate and Resilience Law on August 22, 2021 ("Climate Law"), providing for a large number of binding measures against greenhouse gas ("GHG")...more
The Road Towards Better Infrastructure On November 15 2021, President Biden signed into the law the long-awaited Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("IIJA")....more
Environmental justice is a popular buzzword these days, but many wonder: will anything actually change? Despite previous inaction and false promises, there is much cause for optimism that the words “environmental justice,”...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 20, 2019, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) was signed into law, including provisions for adding certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the EPA’s...more
Passed Bills: Significant 2018 Environmental Public Acts - PA 18-82: Climate Change and Resiliency - This act on climate change planning and resiliency contains four principal elements: adoption of a Connecticut-defined...more
Welcome to our Environmental Legislative Updates. Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. The author prepares updates as Legislative...more
Property owners in California may have access to state funds for environmental cleanup of smaller brownfields projects. The money comes from two pieces of environmental legislation passed in 2014....more