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5 Key Takeaways From The House Energy And Commerce Hearing On Recycling

On July 16, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee's Environment Subcommittee convened a hearing to explore the state of recycling in the United States.

United States Energy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Regulation Of Advanced Recycling Is At A Crossroad

Under the Biden administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dealt two substantial blows to efforts to turn waste plastics into useful products through advanced recycling techniques such as pyrolysis.

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Reducing Red Tape: The Land Use Benefits Of The Governor's Budget Trailer Bills

On June 30, 2025, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 130 and Senate Bill 131 into law, creating significant new opportunities in housing and other development sectors...

United States Real Estate

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Environmental Developments To Watch In Washington State - 2025 Mid-Year Update

Washington State's most recent legislative session brought a flurry of environmental activity, with lawmakers advancing measures on climate disclosure, chemical regulation, clean energy infrastructure, and, after several previous attempts, packaging Extended Producer Responsibility legislation.

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

A Snapshot Of Extended Producer Responsibility In 2025

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Financial Assurance For Cleanup In Perpetuity

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Ownership Of Produced Water In Oil And Gas Operations

United States Energy

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Dykema

What's Happening At TCEQ: An Update From Chairwoman Brooke Paup

United States Environment

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BakerHostetler

CalRecycle Releases Latest Draft Of Regulations For California's Plastic & Packaging EPR Law

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Nuclear Regulatory Commission Procedural Issue

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

China And Europe Diverge On Classification Of Black Mass From Recycling Of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Worldwide Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Basel Convention Parties Begin Work On The Control Of Waste Textiles

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

PHMSA Seeks Feedback On Reform Of Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations By August 4, 2025

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

European Commission Proposes To Postpone The Due Diligence Obligations For Batteries

United States Environment

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Jones Day

CTPAT: An Anchor For Weathering The Trade Storms

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Analysis Of The 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under The "One Big Beautiful Bill" Legislation

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BakerHostetler

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

United States Technology

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

U.S.-China Trade Relations: An Update On Tariffs

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Protectionism Or Free Trade?

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

TSCA Citizen Suit And Public Nuisance Claims Dismissed By EDNY

On May 19, the Eastern District of New York (the Court) dismissed claims brought by the Town of Oyster Bay, New York (the Town) under Section 20(a)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)1 and for public nuisance damages.

United States Environment

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Lowenstein Sandler

Maryland And Washington Join Growing List Of States With Packaging EPR Laws

Maryland and Washington have joined the growing list of states enacting extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging and paper products.

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

California Prosecutors Aggressively Pursue Compliance With Medical And Hazardous Waste Disposal Requirements

Prosecutors across California are taking interest in hospitals' and health systems' compliance with the state's complex regulatory landscape for the storage, transportation, and disposal of regulated waste.

United States Environment

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Jones Day

Washington State Enacts EPR Program For Packaging And Paper Products

Because Washington state's waste recovery rate has been static since 2011 and its goal of 50 percent recycling established in 1989 wasn't being met,1 the legislature passed E2SSB 5284...

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

GeTtin' SALTy Episode 53 | GeTtin' SALTy & Beyond: Exploring Extended Producer Responsibility Laws (Podcast)

United States Tax

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

First-Person Perspective: Key Developments In California's Plastic Laws

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Pennsylvania DEP Accepting Applications For $320M RISE PA Program

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

Recent Federal Developments For Advanced Nuclear Technologies

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

NY's Superfund Law Poised For Overhaul: Aligning With CERCLA And Accounting For Environmental Justice

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

EPA Announces Major Actions On PFAS And The TSCA New Chemical Program

United States Environment

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Wiley Rein

New York Proposes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Minute Matters [Video]: What Happens When Companies Mishandle Hazardous Waste? (With Grant Gilezan)

United States Environment

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Dykema

GableGotwals' PFAS Pulse

United States Environment

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GableGotwals

Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Alert — Environmental Takeaways From GableGotwals' 6th Annual Energy Seminar

United States Environment

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GableGotwals

New York Proposes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

In a significant step toward enhancing transparency and supporting the state's ambitious climate goals, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has introduced draft regulations...

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Minute Matters [Video]: What Happens When Companies Mishandle Hazardous Waste? (With Grant Gilezan)

What happens when businesses don't properly dispose of hazardous waste? The risks go beyond regulatory fines—improper disposal can lead to environmental damage...

United States Environment

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Dykema

GableGotwals' PFAS Pulse

In this edition of GableGotwals' PFAS Pulse, we examine recent EPA developments that signal a continued – and potentially expanded – regulatory focus on PFAS under the Trump administration...

United States Environment

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GableGotwals

Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Alert — Environmental Takeaways From GableGotwals' 6th Annual Energy Seminar

This Alert highlights five key environmental takeaways from GableGotwals' recent Sixth Annual Energy Market Drivers and Current Legal Issues Seminar...

United States Environment

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GableGotwals

PFAS Regulations Gaining Ground In 2025: What Businesses Need To Know

United States Environment

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

In The Void Left By Congress's Failure To Address Plastic Pollution, More Litigation Such As This Is Inevitable

Last November, I posted about litigation filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, asserting public nuisance and other claims against...

United States Environment

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

Indiana Gov. Braun Orders Limits On State Environmental Regulations

On March 12, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Executive Order 25-38, for "Creating Opportunity Through Reduction of Excessive Environmental Regulation" (Order)...

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Moving Targets: Multi-State EPR Packaging Laws—Key Updates & Deadlines

Across the country, states are enacting so called "Extended Producer Responsibility" (EPR) laws aimed at reducing plastic waste and shifting the cost of recycling these plastics...

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

EPR Packaging And Recycled Content Laws Continue To Trend As Legislatures Consider Policies To Address Packaging Waste Challenges

What is happening? Packaging waste has received heavy attention from lawmakers in recent years. A growing number of states are adhering to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Recycled Content policies for plastics.

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

MPCA Issues Legislative Report On Paying For PFAS Removal From Drinking Water And Wastewater

United States Environment

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Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

SB 343 (California's "Truth In Recycling Law"): New Developments

United States Environment

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Massachusetts Forms An EPR Commission For Packaging And Other Products

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Final Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit Regulations: A Closer Look

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Orders Addressing Rebuilding After Southern California Fires

United States Real Estate

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Holland & Knight

EPA Issues Draft Biosolids PFAS Risk Assessment

United States Environment

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Spencer Fane

Newly Issued Final Regulations For Clean Hydrogen: Key Takeaways

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

ESG And Supply Chains In 2024: Key Trends, Challenges, And Future Outlook

United States Environment

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Barnes & Thornburg

No Pa. Case Has Ever Adjudicated A Claim To Enforce An Environmental Covenant Imposed Under 'Act 2'—Does That Matter?

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Washington Ecology Issues Its New Industrial Stormwater General Permit, Effective January 1, 2025

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Washington Department Of Ecology To Update To Organic Materials Management Rules To Reduce Potential Feedstock Contamination

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Apportioning The Cost Of Household Hazardous Waste Management In Vermont

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

EPA Releases National Strategy To Prevent Plastic Pollution

United States Environment

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Exponent

NLRB Limits Employer's Ability To Make Unilateral Changes

United States Employment

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ArentFox Schiff

FDA And USDA Seek Comments On Standardizing Food Date Labeling

United States Healthcare

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Perkins Coie LLP

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May A Court Take Judicial Notice Of Gravity? (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

CCRs Dodge A Hazardous Waste Bullet: EPA Regulates Under RCRA Subtitle D

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Foley Hoag LLP

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