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EPA Hands Over AI Data Center Regulation To States And Communities To Develop Best Practices

The nation’s power grid and infrastructure are facing increased pressure from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, prompting new questions around environmental regulatory design and compliance.

United States Environment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

The Microplastics Regulatory Clock Is Ticking

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its draft sixth Contaminant Candidate List under the Safe Drinking Water Act, marking a significant regulatory development by including microplastics...

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

The Clock Runs Out On NJDEP Proposal To Require Pre-Closing Reporting Of Phase II Sampling Results

New Jersey's commercial real estate community can continue business as usual after NJDEP's controversial proposed rule requiring Phase II environmental sampling disclosure before property...

United States Environment

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Cole Schotz P.C.

California Responsible Textile Recovery Act

California has enacted the nation's first extended producer responsibility law specifically targeting textiles, requiring brands, manufacturers, importers and retailers selling covered textile products to join an approved Producer Responsibility Organization...

United States Environment

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

EPA Proposes To Revise The “Begin Actual Construction” Definition And Publishes Guidance On Streamlining Title V Operating Permit Reviews

United States Environment

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

EPA Puts Compliance First: What The Agency’s Enforcement Reset Means For Regulated Entities

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Washington Department Of Ecology Issues New Community Engagement Guidance

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Environmental Groups Challenge California's Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations For Being Too Lenient

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

School’s Out For Summer, But Minnesota’s Amara’s Law Still Assigns PFAS Reporting Homework

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The December 31, 2025, Deadline To Remove Single-Walled Underground Storage Tanks In California Has Passed. Are You Facing Civil Penalties?

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker LLP

NRDC Testing Finds Reduced PFAS In Textile Articles

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Updates New Approach Methods To Replace Animal Testing For Chemical Assessments

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Texas Appeals Court Rules El Paso Environmental Franchise Fee An Illegal Tax Without Proper Municipal Tax Authority: Residents May Be Owed Refunds

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Virginia Rejoins RGGI: What Businesses Need To Know

United States Environment

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Government-Contractor Defense – What Federal Construction And Infrastructure Contractors Must Know

United States Government

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Duane Morris LLP

From Access To Advancement: Mentorship And Sponsorship For Women Lawyers In Idaho

United States Employment

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Fennemore

Foreign Agent Crackdown Continues: Chinese Operative In NY Convicted

United States Government

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

What Ebola Outbreaks Mean To U.S. Businesses

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

New Laws Are Changing Connecticut Employers’ Pay, Accommodation, AI Obligations In ’26/27

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Simpson Thacher Sustainability And ESG: Regulatory Update – June 2026

On May 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a stay of a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging Texas’ anti-ESG law, Senate Bill 13 (“SB 13”), allowing the law to remain in effect pending appeal.

United States Commercial

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Sixteen Years, Three Lawsuits, One Mile Of Highway 101: Improvements Are Coming, Finally?

In Bair v. Department of Transportation (“Bair II”), the First District Court of Appeal held that opponents of Caltrans’ proposed modifications to a one-mile stretch of Highway 101 through Richardson Grove State Park...

United States Environment

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Fennemore

Testing Before Taking: California Court Confirms DWR May Enter Land Before Project Funding Is Secured

In Department of Water Resources Cases, the Third District Court of Appeal addressed whether the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) may obtain court-authorized entry onto private property to conduct...

United States Real Estate

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Fennemore

EPA Announces Settlement With International Agribusiness Company For TSCA Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Wilbur-Ellis Company for $630,737 over violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act at facilities in California and Washington.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

New York Legislature Passes Data Center Moratorium; Bill Awaits Governor’s Approval

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

FAA Proposes New Regulation To Enable Companies To Request Drone Flight Restrictions Near Fixed-Site, Critical Infrastructure Facilities

United States Government

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Beveridge & Diamond

Follow-Up: Multi-State Coalition Expands Support For Microplastics Regulation, Urging USEPA To Include Microplastics In Both CCL 6 And UCMR 6

United States Environment

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Lowenstein Sandler

Greenpeace’s Anticipated Lawsuit Against JBS Signals More Aggressive Action Against Food Producers For Alleged Climate Change Impacts

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

Pollution Exclusion Survives Challenge In Equine Environmental Coverage Dispute

United States Environment

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Wiley Rein

Connecticut Previews PFAS Reporting Form Ahead Of July Deadline

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Restoring American Commercial Fishing In The Pacific (Trump EO Tracker)

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Environmental Law & Policy Update

United States Environment

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

Environmental Groups Challenge California’s SB 54 Plastics Regulations

United States Environment

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Jones Day

New Lawsuit Challenges California’s SB 54 Plastic Regulations—Claiming The Regulations Do Not Go Far Enough

United States Environment

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Restoring American Commercial Fishing In The Pacific (Trump EO Tracker)

Modifies several existing marine national monument proclamations to remove monument-based prohibitions on commercial fishing in designated areas of the Pacific Ocean, including portions of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument.

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Environmental Law & Policy Update

Environmental groups push for statewide regulation of polluted stormwater runoff from commercial properties, while President Trump announces funding for a controversial coal-export terminal and the EPA launches an initiative to accelerate superfund site cleanups. California's Air Resources Board approves major changes to its cap-and-invest program, creating a $4 billion decarbonization fund amid concerns from climate advocates.

United States Environment

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

Environmental Groups Challenge California’s SB 54 Plastics Regulations

Three major environmental organizations have filed suit against CalRecycle, alleging that final regulations implementing California's SB 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention Act improperly weaken the statute's plastic-reduction and recycling mandates through regulatory carve-outs.

United States Environment

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Jones Day

New Lawsuit Challenges California’s SB 54 Plastic Regulations—Claiming The Regulations Do Not Go Far Enough

Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit challenging California’s SB 54 plastic regulations, arguing that some sections do not meet the law’s requirements and contain loopholes that could undermine...

United States Environment

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

New York Legislature Passes First-In-The-Nation Data Center Moratorium, Awaiting Governor’s Signature

United States Environment

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Mintz

EPA Restores Title V Affirmative Defense Protections

The EPA has withdrawn its 2023 rule that eliminated emergency affirmative defense provisions under Title V of the Clean Air Act, restoring longstanding protections for regulated entities facing technology-based emission...

United States Environment

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Mayer Brown

Implementing California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)

Under SGMA, DWR is tasked with conducting technical evaluations of Groundwater Sustainability Plans, including ongoing assessments of plan adequacy and their incorporation of updated data. Recent probationary determinations indicate that State agencies expect demonstrable progress, particularly in critically over-drafted basins.

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Looking Ahead At California’s Shifting Wildfire Liability Landscape

Here is a look at the groundbreaking recommendations from the SB 254 reports and other significant wildfire legislation introduced for the 2026 legislative session, which could fundamentally alter wildfire liability in California.

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

DPR Issues California Notice 2026-05 Announcing Availability Of The Semiannual Report Summarizing The Reevaluation Status Of Pesticide Products

On June 5, 2026, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) issued California Notice 2026-05 announcing the availability of the semiannual report summarizing the reevaluation status of pesticide...

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

NRC’s Generic Environmental Impact Statement Streamlines Environmental Review For New Nuclear Projects

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

NJDEP Proposes To Extend REAL Rules Legacy Period Until July 2027

United States Environment

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Lowenstein Sandler

New Mexico And Hawaii Adopt Low-Carbon Fuel Programs

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

EPA Publishes Battery Recycling Best Practices Report, Federal EPR Framework To Follow

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Pennsylvania Bill To Ban PFAS In Consumer Products Advances In Committee

United States Consumer

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

WOTUS Snapshots: Sailing Shifting Seas

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

California DTSC Proposes Ban On Cleaning Products Containing Hydrofluoric Acid

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Launches Superfund Solutions Initiative To Accelerate Cleanups

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Basel Convention Parties To Review Options For Addressing Waste Textiles At OEWG-15

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Michael Mims Discusses Methane Monitoring Risks For Landfill Operators

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

Basel Convention Parties To Review Options For Addressing Waste Textiles At OEWG-15

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EC Releases Roadmap To Phase Out Animal Testing For Chemical Safety Assessments

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Evolving State Regulation Of Biosolids Recycling In The PFAS Era

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Connecticut Posts PFAS Reporting Form Due July 1, 2026

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Plans To Expand Immediately MyPeST Platform For Pesticide Submission

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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United States Litigation

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JAMS

Rare Earth Minerals-Part 2 – Enter Greenland's Global Significance

United States Energy

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Mercosur-EU – A New Potential Powerhouse In Trade Blocs If Ratified

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

The Nexus Of Trade And Food Security Amid Global Conflicts

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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2026 Forecast: TSCA Reform Developments — A Conversation With Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. And Ryan N. Schmit (Podcast)

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Bergeson & Campbell

Going For Green In Real Estate Sectors – Episode 3 - Data Centres In The AI Era (Podcast)

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Smart Approach To Environmental, Health, And Sustainability In Real Estate (Podcast)

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

Company Accuses Competitor Of Greenwashing In New Lawsuit (Podcast)

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

In That Case: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (Video)

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WilmerHale

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