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The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment recently amended its regulations concerning requirements for consumer product warnings to qualify for “safe harbor” protection from enforcement actions brought under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as Proposition 65.

From the outset, key goals of the incoming Trump Administration have been: supporting fossil fuel development, ending incentives for renewable energy and energy transition, removing burdensome environmental regulations and policies, and stepping back action on climate change and environmental justice initiatives.

On February 19, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Interim Final Rule rescinding the Council on Environmental Quality’s regulations setting forth the requirements for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

To nobody’s surprise, it is already evident that President Trump’s second term will mark a significant shift in environmental regulation and policy from the Biden Administration.

New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality standards and pollution migrating from upwind states will impact growth and development in southeastern Wisconsin, beginning on January 16, 2025.

Over the past eight years, North Carolina has made strides to position itself as a leader in promoting clean energy. Starting in 2018...

After not accepting California Governor Newsom’s proposal to delay implementing California’s Climate Accountability laws by two years, the California legislature passed amendments on August 31, 2024, to California’s 2023 Climate Accountability laws via Senate Bill 219, which further support the implementation of reporting greenhouse gas disclosures and climate-related risk financial reporting.

A Maryland federal judge recently ruled that federal law preempts a proposed class action against United Airlines for allegedly...