8/29/2024 4:33:51 PM Litigation Over RMP Rule Paused While EPA Evaluates Petition for Reconsideration By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Sara Eddy +1 more... Show less On July 30, 2024, The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit temporarily halted litigation over the U.S....
10/26/2023 4:06:23 PM OSHA’s proposed HazCom standard update imposes new burdens By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Dylan Weber A.J. Wissinger +1 more... Show less The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has recently submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget...
10/13/2022 6:20:29 PM California’s new carbon capture and storage laws By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll Sara Eddy California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed three bills addressing carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) and carbon...
8/23/2022 1:36:49 PM EPA Proposes Expansive Changes to EPA RMP Rule By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger As anticipated, on Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed Risk Management Program (RMP) Safer...
4/25/2022 5:41:26 PM Titanium dioxide (E171) banned as an additive in foods in the EU By Adam Hedley Natalia Debowska As of 7 February 2022, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63 (the “Titanium Dioxide Regulation”)[1], titanium dioxide (E171) has...
12/14/2021 5:24:33 PM California proposes further modifications to its “Short-Form” Proposition 65 warnings By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll As we reported this past year, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) seeks to significantly amend the...
11/16/2021 6:45:40 PM Post-COP26: A follow-up briefing on key business issues By Adam Hedley Jennifer Smokelin Prior to COP26, we published an article that identified several issues being discussed at COP26 that could be of critical importance to...
10/21/2021 2:16:56 PM U.S. EPA releases Roadmap to address PFAS contamination By Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin Mary Balaster Casey Snyder +1 more... Show less On October 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Strategic...
7/26/2021 9:03:55 PM Electrifying transportation network companies in CA: Updates to SB 1014’s Clean Miles Standard + Incentive Program By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll Musa A. Faidi As we reported, the California Legislature passed SB 1014 – the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program (the “Clean Miles Program”) –...
7/26/2021 8:10:27 PM ESG Watch: Carbon Tax vs. Clean Energy Standard By Jennifer Smokelin Megan Haines Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Ben Patton +2 more... Show less Many public companies are keeping a close watch on potential GHG regulations because the shape of these regulations can significantly...
7/22/2021 5:21:52 PM Recent developments with the UK ETS By Adam Hedley Michaela Hanzelova The past few weeks saw a number of developments in relation to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), which came into force on 1...
7/14/2021 5:07:53 PM Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board oks regulations targeting power sector greenhouse gas emissions By Megan Haines Jennifer Smokelin Randa Lewis On July 13, 2021, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board approved a rulemaking to establish a program to limit the CO2 emissions...
7/8/2021 9:49:10 PM Biden’s Transportation Plan By Jennifer Smokelin Randa Lewis Jacob Nikituk Using his Presidential platform, Joe Biden announced his Build Back Better Plan, “a national effort aimed at creating the jobs we need to...
6/2/2021 5:20:51 PM Texas keeps the gas taps flowing, but will others do the same as energy infrastructure takes center stage? By Ben Patton Daniella Landers Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger +1 more... Show less The regular session of the Texas Legislature came to a fraught end on May 31, 2021. The political spectacle in recent days capped off a...
5/6/2021 5:41:15 PM Upcoming hearing regarding new marijuana smoke and THC Proposition 65 warnings By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll As we reported earlier, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) seeks to amend the regulations under the...
5/4/2021 5:30:11 PM California Proposition 65 updates regarding cooked or heat processed foods By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) recently modified the text of its proposed Proposition 65...