7/11/2024 2:31:59 PM OSHA Releases Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Clirae Bourke +1 more... Show less On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the official text of its Heat Injury and Illness...
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...
10/20/2023 6:53:34 PM How to Prepare for California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention Law By Michele Gehrke Ben Patton Mary Balaster Sara Eddy A.J. Wissinger +2 more... Show less On September 30, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-553 into law. SB-553 is the nation’s first workplace violence...
7/11/2023 8:33:00 PM Federal Hydrogen Fuel Bills Summary By Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin Peter Trimarchi Eric Schmoll +1 more... Show less As economies pivot away from reliance on petroleum, the use of hydrogen is increasingly considered as a key component in a portfolio of...
7/1/2022 1:43:24 PM Supreme Court Rejects Obama-Era EPA Plan to Regulate Existing Power Plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act By Megan Haines Ben Patton Peter Trimarchi In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) rejected U.S. EPA’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan in West Virginia v. EPA on...
10/20/2021 9:17:47 AM UK plan for Waste Shipments updated By Adam Hedley Jennifer Travers The UK plan for shipments of waste (the Plan) has been amended, with the key update being to emphasise that interim disposal operations...
10/19/2021 12:00:24 PM UK plans carbon border adjustment mechanism By Adam Hedley Jennifer Travers Amber Davies Last month, the Environmental Audit Committee (‘EAC’) launched an inquiry into a potential future carbon border adjustment mechanism...
10/18/2021 1:45:15 PM EU proposal to amend the Radio Equipment Directive to require single mobile chargers By Adam Hedley Oliver Rieche On 23 September, the European Commission took a step towards consumers’ convenience and minimising the environmental footprint associated...
12/12/2020 12:02:02 AM Signs point to Federal OSHA issuing rule under new administration as states continue to modify COVID-19 rules and guidance By Ben Patton Mary Balaster As the transition in presidential administration draws closer and COVID-19 cases continue to increase in certain parts of the country, it...
9/25/2020 8:21:36 PM California going electric: Sale of new gasoline-powered cars banned in 2035 By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll California will ban the sale of new, gasoline-powered cars by 2035, an aggressive action by Governor Gavin Newsom to combat the causes of...
9/14/2020 11:03:34 AM Lithium added to the list of EU Critical Raw Materials, alongside other key materials for clean technologies By Jennifer Travers On 3 September 2020 the European Commission released an updated action plan on critical raw materials (CRMs). In doing so, it has added...
9/9/2020 4:07:49 PM As of 1 September 2020, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes has been revised By Lianjun Li Peter Glover Cheryl Yu Miao Li Arthur Lam Leah Lei +3 more... Show less In 1996, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes (“Current Solid Waste Law”) was...
9/3/2020 6:59:26 PM EPA administrator signs final power plant wastewater rule By Daniella Landers On August 31, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, signed the final rule (referred to as...
9/3/2020 4:49:33 PM New UKCA mark guidance brings welcomed clarity By Jake Williams The UK Government has published new guidance on the UKCA product-marking framework which replaces the current EU CE marking regime in...
8/5/2020 9:45:47 PM Proposition 65 – Potential warning requirement exemption for exposures to listed chemicals in cooked or heat processed foods By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll California is inviting public comments on a proposed regulation that would exclude the need to place warnings on many cooked, baked or...
8/3/2020 9:53:29 PM Consultation now open for proposed UK Carbon Emissions Tax By Jake Williams The UK Government has opened a consultation on a proposed UK carbon emissions tax with public submissions due by 29 September 2020. The...