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Migratory Bird Rule Update - the Biden Administration Delays Effective Date and Requests Public Comment
USA - February 12 2021 Following up on our recent blog post regarding the uncertain future of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) rule published at the end of the Trump…
The Biden Administration’s Latest Actions to Address Climate Change
USA - February 1 2021 On January 27, 2021, President Biden issued two Executive Orders and a Presidential Memorandum on climate change. These actions are the…
New Migratory Bird Treaty Act Rule - Unlikely to Take Flight?
USA - January 27 2021 On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule in the Federal Register codifying the Trump Administration’s…
D.C. Circuit Vacates and Remands Trump Administration’s ACE Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule
USA - January 25 2021 On January 19, 2021, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a per curiam opinion vacated the Trump Administration’s…
Long-Awaited Update to EPA’s Lead & Copper Rule
USA - January 12 2021 On December 22, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first update since 1991 to the Lead and Copper Rule. This update…
EPA Issues First-Ever Airplane Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards
USA - January 7 2021 On December 28, 2020, the EPA finalized its first greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emission standards that apply to certain new commercial airplanes, including…
EPA Publishes PFAS Recommendations for Wastewater and Industrial Stormwater Permits, Including Adding Monitoring Requirements
USA - December 14 2020 On November 30, 2020, the EPA issued a memorandum detailing an interim National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting strategy…
Updated Equator Principles Include Additional ESG Due Diligence Requirements
Global - October 26 2020 On October 1, 2020, the fourth version of the Equator Principles (EP4) came into effect. The Equator Principles are global, cross-industry risk…
California Governor Signs Executive Order on Climate Change
USA - September 25 2020 On September 23, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-19-19, outlining a number of actions the state will take to combat…
D.C. Circuit Temporarily Freezes EPA’s Rollback of Methane Emissions Regulations
USA - September 24 2020 As we previously reported, on August 13, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed the rollback of Obama-era methane emissions…
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