Environmental Pulse

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, the EPA plans to regulate some indirect pollutant discharges like direct discharges. On November 27, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a request for public comments on how EPA should implement the U.S. Supreme Court’s […]

EPA’s tracker provides federal guidelines and updates for carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) projects but no guarantee of a timely Class VI permit approval. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recently published a new tracker (available at this link) that details the EPA’s progress in reviewing Class VI permit applications.  […]

In RRVSG Assoc. v. Regan, the court temporarily reinstated the right of agricultural producers to use Chlorpyrifos, a key ingredient in chemical pesticides. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently decided RRVSG  Assoc.  v. Regan, File No. 22- 422 (8th Cir. Nov. 2, 2023), a case challenging […]

State and federal regulators have enacted new climate-disclosure mandates, and investors, consumers, and activists have demanded accountability for climate goals. Companies everywhere need to account for these legal risks. While some businesses have announced voluntary goals to protect the environment (see our analysis of market opportunities here), many companies must […]

After a federal judge preliminarily approved the proposed class-action settlements, public-water suppliers risk releasing their claims if they do not act. A federal judge preliminarily approved a proposed multibillion-dollar class-action settlement between public-water suppliers and DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (“DuPont”) and 3M Company (“3M”). As our previous article summarized, the […]