United States: Climate Change

Although the New York State Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget was due on April 1, 2026, the government is continuing to evaluate numerous components, including potential reforms to the State Environmental Quality Review...

The EPA's enforcement priorities have shifted significantly under the Trump Administration's second term, moving away from environmental justice considerations while maintaining focus on specific areas like HFC imports and hazardous air pollutants. This analysis examines how enforcement statistics, criminal prosecutions, and regulatory amendments reflect a recalibration rather than a retreat from environmental enforcement.

Two recent verdicts have held social media companies liable for harming their users, one for $375m and one for $6m. The verdicts have "reverberated around the world" according to one recent article.

On Feb. 26, 2026, CARB adopted its initial regulations implementing SB 253 and SB 261, the California Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Climate Financial Risk Disclosure Initial Regulation.

On February 26, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to approve adoption of the initial regulations CARB proposed in December 2025 to implement California's climate disclosure laws under SB 253...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on February 24, 2026, published a proposed rule that would rescind or significantly scale back many requirements introduced by the 2024 Safer Communities by Chemical...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has signed a rule repealing all federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for new motor vehicles and engines, ending more than a decade of vehicle...

Yesterday, the EPA published a final rule repealing the agency's 2009 Endangerment Finding, the legal foundation for federal greenhouse gas regulation.

What Happened? On February 12, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule rescinding the 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding...