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July 03, 2025
139 EPA Workers Put On Leave For Letter Critical Of Trump
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Thursday that it had placed 139 employees on administrative leave after they signed onto a letter criticizing the Trump administration's policies as undermining the agency's "mission of protecting human health and the environment."
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July 03, 2025
Gov't Must Still Face Claim In Calif. Shipyard Cleanup Suit
A California federal judge on Thursday granted the U.S. government's bid to trim some claims from a suit challenging aspects of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site cleanup in San Francisco, but not all of them.
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July 03, 2025
Judge Trims Cities' Challenge To Md. Offshore Wind Project
A Maryland federal judge has largely left intact a lawsuit brought by Ocean City, Maryland, and Fenwick Island, Delaware, challenging the federal government's approval of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project, rejecting the developer's argument that all of their claims are barred from judicial review.
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July 03, 2025
Youths Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Federal Equal Protection Case
A group of youths is asking the Ninth Circuit to revive its lawsuit alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and Budget are violating the youngsters' constitutional rights by not properly protecting them from climate change.
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July 03, 2025
Biggest Environmental Law Decisions Of 2025: Midyear Report
The first half of 2025 saw the U.S. Supreme Court impose limitations on water permit requirements, as well as key decisions in lower courts in climate change and environmental justice cases. Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest environmental law rulings of 2025.
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