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June 13, 2025
Ga. Landowners Sue Carpet, Chemical Makers Over PFAS
Shaw Industries, Mohawk Industries, 3M Co. and several other major carpet manufacturers and chemical makers face a trio of new lawsuits accusing them of contaminating soil, dust and water across north Georgia with so-called forever chemicals.
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June 13, 2025
9th Circ. Allows ConocoPhillips Project To Proceed, For Now
The Ninth Circuit on Friday held that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management must reconsider a small part of its approval for the controversial ConocoPhillips Willow oil and gas project, though it stopped short of vacating existing approvals for the Arctic energy development and allowed the project to proceed.
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June 13, 2025
State Dept. Layoffs Still Violate Injunction, Judge Says
A California federal judge said Friday that planned staff reductions at the State Department would violate her injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order directing layoffs at federal agencies, saying she's not persuaded by the government's assertion that the department's reorganization was underway before the order.
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June 13, 2025
Feds Say Enviro Group Doesn't Belong In Texas Mussel Suit
The U.S. Department of the Interior told a Texas federal judge Friday an environmental group has no right to join a Texas suit challenging the classification of several Central Texas mussel species as endangered or threatened, saying no divergence of interests exists.
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June 13, 2025
SEC Scrubs Biden-Era Agenda To Give Atkins A 'Clean Slate'
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is backing away from promised Biden-era regulations on cybersecurity risk management, environmental disclosures and equity market reform, withdrawing over a dozen rule proposals as newly appointed Chair Paul Atkins seeks to rewrite the agency's agenda.
Areas of Coverage
- 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
Readership
- Environmental lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Environmental advocacy groups and lobbyists
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- 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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals