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California Air Resources Board Issues Clean Truck Check Implementation Guidance

USA - August 29 2023 On August 23, 2023, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) published additional guidance for the implementation of Clean Truck Check requirements…

California air resources board revisits advanced clean fleets rule through formation of truck regulation Advisory Committee

USA - August 17 2023 In April 2023, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) passed its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule, which will require California medium- and…

U.S. EPA Memo Offers Direction on Lithium Battery Recycling—Essential to the Future Supply Chain for Electric Vehicle Batteries

USA - August 16 2023 Lithium-ion batteries are commonly used in a wide variety of applications, from medical devices to laptops — and now, increasingly, in electric…

Joint office of energy and transportation names electric vehicle working group members

USA - August 8 2023 On August 3, 2023, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation — created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to facilitate collaboration…

U.S. EPA Updates Environmental Justice Mapping Tool for a third time: EJSCREEN 2.2

USA - June 29 2023 On June 26, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) announced via e-mail to its EJ ListServ the third update to its…

U.S. wildlife agencies propose rules to reinstate longstanding Endangered Species Act regulations

USA - June 27 2023 On June 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a series of proposed rules pursuant to…

Spring 2023 agenda previews continued U.S. significant environmental regulatory action

USA - June 22 2023 On June 13, 2023, the Biden administration released the 2023 Spring Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda). The Agenda lists…

White House announces new ‘Ocean Justice Strategy’

USA - June 13 2023 On June 7, 2023, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking…

U.S. EPA finalizes rule limiting confidentiality designations under the Toxic Substances Control Act

USA - June 8 2023 On May 31, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule designed to tighten confidential business information (CBI)…

U.S. Department of Energy Releases Critical Materials Assessment for Public Comment

USA - June 6 2023 On May 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued for public comment its draft Critical Materials Assessment. In the draft assessment, DOE…