6/29/2020 8:57:57 PM California requires trucks to go electric in effort to reduce pollution By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on June 25, 2020, unanimously approved the “Advanced Clean Trucks” rule, requiring automakers...
6/23/2020 2:42:26 PM TSCA Summer Watch List By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Grace Hearn In 2016, Congress enacted major reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). These improvements included items such as: (1) a...
6/18/2020 4:22:11 PM UK unveils post-Brexit Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) By Nicholas Rock Peter Zaman Adam Hedley Matthew Yeo Oliver Rieche +2 more... Show less The UK has published its plans for the UK ETS starting in 2021. In the UK, this will replace the EU ETS, which the UK is set to leave at...
6/17/2020 4:52:32 PM U.S. regulatory developments: EPA issues first in a series of rules restricting ethylene oxide emissions By Ben Patton Jennifer Smokelin A.J. Wissinger On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final action to reduce emissions of ethylene oxide (EO) from...
6/12/2020 2:36:42 PM Appeals court rejects AFL-CIO suit seeking to compel OSHA to issue COVID-19 emergency temporary standard By Daniella Landers Ben Patton Jennifer Smokelin Mary Balaster +1 more... Show less On May 18, the AFL-CIO filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to...
6/10/2020 4:25:28 PM Despite COVID-19 concerns, CARB continues to advance its regulation of air emissions for shipping industry; hearing set for late June By Eric Schmoll Todd Maiden The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will conduct a public Board hearing later this month as it continues its efforts to expand the...
6/4/2020 1:53:19 PM European Commission review of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation By Jake Williams Jennifer Travers The European Commission has recently launched a public consultation on the proposed review of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) (EU...
6/3/2020 5:02:04 PM ICYMI: Major May U.S. Supreme Court environmental decisions By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Grace Hearn This month’s notable U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) actions involve what the Court declined to review rather than any actual decisions....
6/3/2020 1:59:12 PM Union sues OSHA for failure to issue COVID-19 standard and the agency responds By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Grace Hearn On May 18, 2020, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (the AFL-CIO) filed a petition against the...