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  • September 15, 2026

    AG Pushes Data Center Rates To Protect NC Customers

    The attorney general of North Carolina urged the state's Utilities Commission to create a new rate class for Duke Energy's data center customers, saying it would ensure they pay their fair share of energy use.

  • September 15, 2026

    Responding To State Packaging Law Uncertainty

    As states roll out new packaging and recycling mandates, companies face expanding compliance duties and a growing wave of constitutional challenges that offer key lessons for managing regulatory risk, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • September 15, 2026

    Judge Bars Oregon Steelhead Stocking In North Santiam River

    A federal judge has ordered Oregon to stop releasing non-native summer steelhead into the North Santiam River for recreational fishing until the National Marine Fisheries Service updates a flawed opinion on the harms the hatchery-raised fish may pose to native winter steelhead.

  • September 15, 2026

    EU States Resist Taxing Electricity No More Than Natural Gas

    Many European Union member states are opposed to a draft regulation that would require them to keep tax rates on electricity no higher than on natural gas and to adopt a tax framework supporting electricity more generally, according to comments obtained by Law360 on Tuesday.

  • September 15, 2026

    EU Lawmakers Back Carbon Tax For Finished Steel Goods

    The European Parliament voted Tuesday to approve a proposal to extend the carbon border tax to more than 450 finished goods, tightening rules for high-carbon imports into the European Union.

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  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • State and international environmental regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Clean Air Act
  • Clean Water Act
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
  • Coastal Zone Management Act
  • Endangered Species Act
  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
  • National Environmental Policy Act
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  • Safe Drinking Water Act
  • Toxic Substances Control Act
  • Emissions regulation
  • Climate change rules
  • Cap-and-trade programs
  • Alternative energy initiatives
  • Offshore drilling regulation
  • State and international legislation and regulation
  • Environmental lobbying
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Environmental enforcement actions
  • Criminal probes related to environmental issues
  • Pollution investigations and cleanups
  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Energy infrastructure projects
  • Renewable energy deals
  • LITIGATION
  • Pollution suits and toxic torts
  • Land- and water-use disputes
  • Environmental nuisance suits
  • Insurance coverage disputes
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of environmental practices

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  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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