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New Mexico Legislature Passes Joint Memorial Calling For NMED To Report On Whether Fluoropolymer Exemption Should Be Retained In PFAS Act

On February 18, 2026, the New Mexico legislature passed House Joint Memorial 3, requesting that the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board...

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Is There A Better Way To Regulate The Environment?

The chart below illustrates the growth of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations — the section devoted entirely to EPA regulations. Since EPA's creation by President Nixon on December 2, 1970, the volume of environmental regulations has expanded dramatically.

United States Environment

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Jones Walker

Precision Matters: What The Olympic "PFAS Ban" Gets Right — And Wrong

Recent headlines have declared that the Olympics have "banned PFAS," with athletes reportedly disqualified after testing revealed the presence of so-called "forever chemicals" on their equipment.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

SCOTUS Grants Cert. In Climate Change Litigation

The Court's decision will either open the floodgates for a wave of piecemeal state-court litigation or shut the door on these claims for good.

United States Environment

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Jones Walker

Mountain Lions Along The Central Coast And In Southern California Receive Protections Under The California Endangered Species Act

United States Environment

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Takeaways From Michigan Decision Imposing Over $120 Million In Clean Air Act Penalties Against Coke Plant Parent

United States Environment

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ArentFox Schiff

Green Claims: Regulatory And Litigation Focus Intensifies In The EU And UK

Worldwide Environment

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Steptoe LLP

A Panel Of Former EPA Attorneys: Insights On EPA Priorities & Recent Actions

United States Environment

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Baker Botts LLP

Federal Court Grants Partial Stay Of Oregon's Pioneering Extended Producer Responsibility Law

United States Environment

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ArentFox Schiff

EPA Withdraws Endangerment Finding, Rescinds Vehicle GHG Emission Standards

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

CalRecycle Publishes Several Components Of The SB 54 Statewide Needs Assessment

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

A Federal Court Paused Oregon's EPR Law: What Companies Should Know

United States Environment

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Jones Day

Trying To Fight Fluoropolymers' Remorse In New Mexico

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ofgem Signals New Momentum For CATO Programme

United States Environment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Seventh Circuit Roundup: What Recent Decisions Reveal About Pleading, Intent, And Immunity (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

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Davis Wright Tremaine

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

How I Learned To Love Mediator's Proposals - Why Modern Mediation Sometimes Calls For A Guiding Hand

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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Environmental Law

New Mexico Legislature Passes Joint Memorial Calling For NMED To Report On Whether Fluoropolymer Exemption Should Be Retained In PFAS Act

On February 18, 2026, the New Mexico legislature passed House Joint Memorial 3, requesting that the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board...

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Is There A Better Way To Regulate The Environment?

The chart below illustrates the growth of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations — the section devoted entirely to EPA regulations. Since EPA's creation by President Nixon on December 2, 1970, the volume of environmental regulations has expanded dramatically.

United States Environment

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Jones Walker

Precision Matters: What The Olympic "PFAS Ban" Gets Right — And Wrong

Recent headlines have declared that the Olympics have "banned PFAS," with athletes reportedly disqualified after testing revealed the presence of so-called "forever chemicals" on their equipment.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

AGs Warn Companies About Signing On To Environmental Groups' Standards

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

SCOTUS Grants Cert. In Climate Change Litigation

United States Environment

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Jones Walker

Mountain Lions Along The Central Coast And In Southern California Receive Protections Under The California Endangered Species Act

United States Environment

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Takeaways From Michigan Decision Imposing Over $120 Million In Clean Air Act Penalties Against Coke Plant Parent

United States Environment

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ArentFox Schiff

New York Senate Passes Climate Disclosure Law – 2nd In The US

United States Commercial

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Duane Morris LLP

Green Claims: Regulatory And Litigation Focus Intensifies In The EU And UK

Worldwide Environment

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Steptoe LLP

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Climate Change

New York State Public Service Commission Initiates New Proceeding To Address Interconnection Reforms For Large Loads (Energize NY Development)

On Feb. 12, 2026, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) initiated a new proceeding (Case 26-E-0045) to reform how large electricity users connect to the grid. Case 26-E-0045...

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

SCOTUS Grants Cert. In Climate Change Litigation

The Court's decision will either open the floodgates for a wave of piecemeal state-court litigation or shut the door on these claims for good.

United States Environment

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Jones Walker

EPA Withdraws Endangerment Finding, Rescinds Vehicle GHG Emission Standards

On Feb. 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to rescind the 2009 Obama-era Endangerment Finding issued under Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

EPA Finalizes Repeal Of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

United States Energy

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Jones Day

EPA Repeals Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Standards And The Underlying Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Trump's EPA Abandons Climate Action

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

EPA Strikes At The Roots Of Federal GHG Regulations, Rescinds Endangerment Finding For Motor Vehicles

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Eliminates Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding And All Subsequent Federal Vehicle Emission Standards

United States Environment

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ArentFox Schiff

Speaking Sustainability - Legal & Regulatory Updates - January 2026

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Clean Air / Pollution

Takeaways From Michigan Decision Imposing Over $120 Million In Clean Air Act Penalties Against Coke Plant Parent

A recent Michigan federal court decision emphasizes the need to review the separateness of corporate entities so that operational issues associated with one entity do not result in potential exposure for others.

United States Environment

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ArentFox Schiff

EPA Withdraws Endangerment Finding, Rescinds Vehicle GHG Emission Standards

On Feb. 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to rescind the 2009 Obama-era Endangerment Finding issued under Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

EPA Issues Final Rule Eliminating GHG Endangerment Finding

On 12 February 2026, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced one of the largest deregulatory actions in US history. EPA will eliminate the 2009 Greenhouse Gas...

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

Federal Court Puts Oregon Extended Producer Responsibility Program On Limited Hold Ahead Of Upcoming Trial

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

EPA Finalizes Repeal Of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

United States Energy

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Jones Day

California Environmental Law & Policy Update

United States Environment

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

Trump Administration Repeals Endangerment Finding: Why, And What Next?

United States Environment

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Foley & Lardner

EPA Repeals Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Standards And The Underlying Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

Trump's EPA Abandons Climate Action

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

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Waste Management

New York State Public Service Commission Initiates New Proceeding To Address Interconnection Reforms For Large Loads (Energize NY Development)

On Feb. 12, 2026, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) initiated a new proceeding (Case 26-E-0045) to reform how large electricity users connect to the grid. Case 26-E-0045...

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

CalRecycle Publishes Several Components Of The SB 54 Statewide Needs Assessment

On February 18, 2026, CalRecycle published several components of the SB 54 statewide needs assessment, including five technical reports and a Synthesis Report summarizing the overall findings.

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Federal PFAS Regulation: 2025 Activities And 2026 Anticipated Actions

Now that we have entered the second year of Administrator Zeldin's tenure, BCLP looks back at EPA's actions in 2025 and previews what regulated industry may expect in 2026.

United States Environment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Texas Attorney General Gets Winded Over Wind Turbine Waste Sites

United States Environment

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Cozen O'Connor

Federal Court Enjoins Oregon's Extended Producer Responsibility Law—a Bellwether Moment For All Seven EPR States

United States Environment

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Foley & Lardner

Consumer Compass: Navigating The Consumer Products Legal Landscape | Issue I 2026

Worldwide Consumer

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

2025 California Proposition 65 Trends

United States Consumer

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Extended Producer Responsibility Laws Are Here: What Manufacturers Must Do Now To Assess Applicability And Compliance Risk

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

Court Of Appeals Reaffirms SEQRA Standing For Affected Property Owners

United States Environment

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

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Latest Videos

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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

The Latest On California's Climate Disclosure Laws (SB 253 & SB 261) (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

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WilmerHale

Hon. Andrew Wheeler | Former EPA Administrator and Current Partner and Head of Federal Affairs at Holland & Hart (Podcast)

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Holland & Hart

Dirt In The Ditches: A Practical Look At How The Sackett Decision Affects WOTUS Permitting Nationwide (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

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