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  • October 15, 2026

    2nd Circ. Doubts NY's Power To Regulate Nuclear Discharge

    A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical of a New York law banning a decommissioned nuclear power plant's waste from being discharged into the Hudson River, asking pointed questions on Thursday on why those discharges are not part of the plant's operations.

  • October 15, 2026

    Louisiana Asks Justices To Undo Stay In Coastal Damage Suit

    Louisiana urged the U.S. Supreme Court to erase a Fifth Circuit stay of a remand order preventing one of its parishes from litigating coastal damage claims against an oil and gas company in state court, arguing the "comity essential to our federalism" was disrupted.

  • October 15, 2026

    Colo. Panel Upholds Agency's Emissions Monitoring Rule

    The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld a state agency's rule on emissions monitoring Thursday, wholly rejecting a challenge by environmental groups that contended the rule allows most polluters to escape certain monitoring requirements by paying a fee.

  • October 15, 2026

    FERC Makes Further Moves To Speed Up Gas Project Reviews

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday issued a pair of proposals aimed at speeding up its approval of gas infrastructure projects by narrowing the scope of the agency's environmental reviews.

  • October 15, 2026

    Calif. Asks DC Judge To Void EPA's 'Unlawful' Waiver Moves

    California has asked a D.C. federal judge to void the Trump administration and congressional Republicans' "manifestly unlawful" use of the Congressional Review Act to make Clean Air Act waivers for the Golden State subject to rescission by lawmakers.

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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
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  • 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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