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Date	Title	Organization
3 Feb	DOE Awards $118 Million to Accelerate Domestic Biofuel Production	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
2 Feb	Governor Shapiro Takes Action to Improve Permitting Efficiency Within Pennsylvania Agencies	K&L Gates
2 Feb	BOEM Publishes Proposed Renewable Energy Modernization Rule	Hunton Andrews Kurth
2 Feb	ESG and the Commercial Real Estate Industry: Financing Options and Tax Incentives for a Greener Future	ArentFox Schiff LLP
2 Feb	New California Bill Would Require Climate-Related Financial Risk Reports	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
1 Feb	Breathe Easy: U.S. EPA Seeks to Significantly Tighten Fine Particulate Matter Standards	Foley & Lardner LLP
1 Feb	PFAS Consumer Fraud Trend Continues	CMBG3 Law
1 Feb	Key Federal PFAS Regulatory Developments in 2022 and 2023	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
1 Feb	ECHA Provides Updated Guidance on Testing Nanomaterials	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
1 Feb	EPO and IEA Release Hydrogen Patent Report Showing Automotive Sector Plays a Key Role in Innovation	Foley & Lardner LLP
1 Feb	Adapting Trade to Mitigate Climate Change Gets Major International Support	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
1 Feb	FTC Extends Comment Period for Green Guides Update	Keller and Heckman LLP
1 Feb	FTC Extends Deadline for Comments on Green Guides to April 24, 2023	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
1 Feb	EPA Opens Registration for ECOTOX Knowledgebase Encore Training Being Held February 7	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
1 Feb	FTC Extends Deadline for Public Comment on Green Guides to April 24, 2023	Hunton Andrews Kurth
1 Feb	Europe: Asset Managers – Are You Ready for Climate-Related Reporting Under UK TCFD?	K&L Gates
31 Jan	Antitrust Risks of ESG Initiatives: Rhetoric vs. Reality	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
31 Jan	GSA Issues Request for Information on Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
31 Jan	Northern Long-Eared Bat “Uplisted” to Endangered Status	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
31 Jan	California Begins Formal Rulemaking on Changes to its Recycling and Disposal System	Keller and Heckman LLP
31 Jan	CEQ Issues Updated NEPA Guidance on GHG Emissions	Van Ness Feldman LLP
31 Jan	Washington District Court Reversal on MTCA Liability for Smokestack Emissions	Beveridge & Diamond PC
31 Jan	DOE Publishes New Strategy for Plastics Innovation	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
31 Jan	EPA Proposes to Bar Manufacturing and Processing of 300 PFAS Assumed to be Out of Commerce	Keller and Heckman LLP
31 Jan	EUON Publishes Nanopinion on Study of the EU Market for Nanomaterials	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
30 Jan	Illinois Enacts New Law to Standardize Local Permitting for Renewable Energy Facilities	ArentFox Schiff LLP
30 Jan	Inflation Reduction Act: EPA Invites Stakeholder Input on Grant/Technical Assistance Programs for Lower-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials, Standards	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
30 Jan	Update: Reclassification of Northern Long-eared Bat as Endangered Delayed by 60 Days	Pierce Atwood LLP
27 Jan	What Is Going On With Gas Stoves?	Foley & Lardner LLP
27 Jan	Another OIG Fly in EPA's Ointment	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
27 Jan	E2 Law Podcast: Episode 20 \| Empire Environmental – Review of New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program to Reduce Emissions and Achieve Climate Goals [PODCAST]	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
27 Jan	EPA Proposes SNUR for PFAS Designated as Inactive on the TSCA Inventory	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
27 Jan	Federal Reserve Announces Pilot Climate Scenario Analysis Exercise Details	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
27 Jan	Washington PFAS Soil Standards	CMBG3 Law
27 Jan	CFTC Chair Confirms CFTC's Planned Involvement in Policing the U.S. Carbon Markets	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
26 Jan	2023 Federal Forecast – Agriculture	ArentFox Schiff LLP
26 Jan	Pennsylvania Court Upholds Cross-Unit Drilling Under Act 85	Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
26 Jan	Do the Products You Sell Contain PFAS?	Hunton Andrews Kurth
26 Jan	Nigeria’s Energy Sector: Looking Back at 2022 and Looking Ahead in 2023	Bracewell LLP
25 Jan	Will New U.S. Strategy to Develop Statistics for Environmental-Economic Decisions Face Headwinds?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
25 Jan	EPA Requests Comment on NAMs to Screen for Endocrine Effects	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
25 Jan	The US Inflation Reduction Act – The EV World is Watching	ArentFox Schiff LLP
25 Jan	U.S. EPA Finalizes Step One of its “Clean Trucks Plan,” Tightening Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Highway Engines and Vehicles Starting with the 2027 Model Year	Foley & Lardner LLP
25 Jan	Trust Administration and Estate Planning in the Age of Climate Change	Goulston & Storrs
25 Jan	The ‘Clock Is Ticking’: Is Fashion Ready for Increased Demand for and Scrutiny of Sustainability?	Katten
25 Jan	LITIGATION MINUTE: New Year's (dispute) Resolutions a Look Ahead at Litigation Trends in 2023	K&L Gates
25 Jan	Brussels Regulatory Brief: January 2023	K&L Gates
25 Jan	This NIMBY Lawsuit Is Doomed but That Doesn't Mean that It Won't Cause Considerable Harm Before It Dies	Mintz
25 Jan	Washington’s Focus on the Electric Vehicle Supply Chain in 2023	ArentFox Schiff LLP
25 Jan	Section 301 Four-Year Review: A Black Box for the EV Supply Chain	ArentFox Schiff LLP
25 Jan	NREL Develops Systematic Framework to Compare Plastics Recycling Methods	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
25 Jan	Final(ly) Adoption by the US EPA of Revised Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries	Ward and Smith, P.A.
25 Jan	2023 Environmental, Health, and Safety Outlook for Manufacturers	Robinson & Cole LLP
24 Jan	Looking Ahead with Erin Chancellor [PODCAST]	Bracewell LLP
24 Jan	U.S. EPA Releases Cumulative Impacts Addendum to Guidance on Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice	K&L Gates
24 Jan	BETO Announces that Scientists from Multiple National Labs Are Finding New Ways to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Affordable Biofuels and Bioproducts	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
24 Jan	EPA Finalizes its Long-Awaited IRIS Handbook Updating a Number of Key Elements	Hunton Andrews Kurth
24 Jan	EPA Announces Reinvoicing 2023 Annual Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fee to Meet Statutory Direction	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
24 Jan	Department of Energy Seeks Public Input on Implementation of $760 Million Transmission Siting Grant Program	Bracewell LLP
24 Jan	EPA Announces Next Test Order Issued under National Testing Strategy for PFAS Used in Plastics, Chemical Manufacturing	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
23 Jan	Federal Law Allows Tax-Exempt Entities to Cash In on Energy Tax Credits	Miller Canfield
23 Jan	EPA Proposes To Add Climate Change, PFAS As New Compliance Initiatives To Advance Environmental Justice	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
23 Jan	New Legislation Modernizes New York Not-For-Profit Corporation Law	Proskauer Rose LLP
23 Jan	OECD Will Hold Webinar on Test Guideline No. 125: Nanomaterial Particle Size and Size Distribution of Nanomaterials	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
23 Jan	What Can the Agriculture Sector Expect from Rep. Andy Harris on Agriculture and BioTech Appropriations	ArentFox Schiff LLP
23 Jan	This is no way to run a railroad or make environmental law. EPA's most recent definition of Waters of the United States heads to court.	Mintz
23 Jan	PFAS-Containing Consumer Products Under Attack in California	ArentFox Schiff LLP
23 Jan	Petition Filed to Add Bisphenol A Epoxy Resin Copolymer to List of Chemical Substances Subject to Superfund Excise Tax	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
23 Jan	DOE Issues NOI for Carbon Utilization Procurement Grants	Hunton Andrews Kurth
21 Jan	EPA Announces Plans for Wastewater Regulations and Studies, Including Limits for PFAS, New Study for Nutrients	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
20 Jan	BOEM Proposes Regulations to Improve Offshore Wind Lease Auction Processes and Project Development Timelines	K&L Gates
20 Jan	Brazil Continues to Implement Social, Environmental, and Climate Change Regulatory Reforms	Beveridge & Diamond PC
20 Jan	FTC Requests Public Comment on Potential Updates to “Green Guides” for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims	Foley & Lardner LLP
20 Jan	TradeTalk China: January 14-20, 2023	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
20 Jan	French NGO Claims Certain Everyday Products Contain Unlabeled Nanomaterials	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
20 Jan	What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation in 2023 — A Conversation with Richard E. Engler, Ph.D.	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
19 Jan	EPA Finds TCE, as a Whole Chemical Substance, Poses an Unreasonable Risk to Human Health	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
19 Jan	BOEM Proposes New Regulations for Offshore Wind	Hunton Andrews Kurth
19 Jan	EPA and Army Corps Issue New “WOTUS” Rule While Supreme Court Considers Jurisdiction Over Adjacent Wetlands	Hunton Andrews Kurth
19 Jan	BOEM Proposes to Streamline Offshore Wind Projects	Beveridge & Diamond PC
19 Jan	Fourth Circuit Precludes NGO Challenge to Trump Administration NEPA Rules as Biden Administration Promulgates Replacements	ArentFox Schiff LLP
19 Jan	OSTP Releases Framework for Strengthening Federal Scientific Integrity Policies and Practices	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
19 Jan	Privacy Tip #354 – Scammers Use Weather Emergencies Against Victims	Robinson & Cole LLP
19 Jan	Like It's Going Out of Style: States Taking Action to Ban PFAS in Clothing	ArentFox Schiff LLP
19 Jan	Turbulence Ahead for the Clean Water Act: Agencies Redefine “Waters of the United States” as SCOTUS Prepares to Rule in Sackett v. EPA	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
18 Jan	Treasury Department and IRS Release Guidance With Respect to the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Credit	Bracewell LLP
18 Jan	US Executive Branch Update – January 18, 2023	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
18 Jan	TRENDING: EPA’s Proposed Enforcement & Compliance Initiatives Continue Heightened Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change, While Honing in on PFAS Contamination	Hunton Andrews Kurth
18 Jan	A Handful Of Hot Button ESG Issues To Watch In 2023	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
18 Jan	California Air Resources Board Adopts 2022 Scoping Plan	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
18 Jan	Massachusetts Court Clarifies Recently Enacted Bond Provision in Zoning and Comprehensive Permit Appeals	Beveridge & Diamond PC
18 Jan	New York Adopts New Environmental Justice Law That Requires Consideration of ‘Disproportionate Impacts’ on Disadvantaged Communities for Permit Issuance and Renewal	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
18 Jan	This Federal Court reminds us that most of the Executive Branch's environmental protection authority comes from Congress	Mintz
18 Jan	Massachusetts Land Court Indicates That Consistency is Key in Applying Zoning Requirements to Solar Projects	Beveridge & Diamond PC
18 Jan	Recent Federal Developments in Chemical Law January 2023	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
18 Jan	Pennsylvania PFAS Regulations Become Law	CMBG3 Law
18 Jan	BOEM Proposes to Modify its Offshore Renewable Energy Regulations	Bracewell LLP
17 Jan	EPA’s Proposal to Tighten the Fine Particulate NAAQS: What’s Proposed, Who’s Potentially Impacted	Robinson & Cole LLP
17 Jan	DOE Publishes Notice of Intent to Fund Clean Hydrogen Projects	Hunton Andrews Kurth
17 Jan	Environmental Justice Update: EPA Announces $100 Million in EJ Grants to Local Groups and Issues Guidance Outlining Potential Federal "Cumulative Impact" Claims	ArentFox Schiff LLP
17 Jan	Prop 65 Roundup - January 2023	ArentFox Schiff LLP
17 Jan	EPA’s Fall 2022 Unified Agenda Includes Proposed and Final TSCA and TRI Rules	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
17 Jan	AUSTRALIA: ASIC Starts 2023 With Focus On Greenwashing	K&L Gates
16 Jan	EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
15 Jan	EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine Superfund Site in Lake County, Calif.	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
13 Jan	Congress Passes and Funds Support for Nature-Based Greenhouse Gas Reductions	Beveridge & Diamond PC
13 Jan	EPA and Army Corps Stand Up to the Supreme Court and Revise “Waters” Definition (Again) in the Face of Court’s Looming Decision in Sackett	Robinson & Cole LLP
13 Jan	Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — January 2023	Mintz
13 Jan	Energy & Sustainability M&A Activity — January 2023	Mintz
12 Jan	Environmental Developments to Watch in California in 2023	Beveridge & Diamond PC
12 Jan	There and Back Again for WOTUS	Jones Walker LLP
12 Jan	EPA Adds Nine Chemicals and Removes One PFAS from Safer Chemical Ingredients List	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
12 Jan	MassDEP Releases Proposed Cumulative Impact Analysis Regulations for Air Permits	Beveridge & Diamond PC
12 Jan	Backwards, Forwards, Square, and Round. The Battle Over the Reach of the Federal Clean Water Act Continues.	Mintz
12 Jan	How Prepared Are You for the Surge in California’s Green Hydrogen Economy?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
12 Jan	Fifth Circuit Rules Just Energy Bankruptcy Court Erred in Exercising Jurisdiction to Redetermine ERCOT Pricing During Winter Storm Uri	Bracewell LLP
11 Jan	Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Over Waters of the U.S. Redefined Yet Again	Beveridge & Diamond PC
11 Jan	Is the Sterigenics Settlement The First of Many Ethylene Oxide Settlements or is it Aberrational?	CMBG3 Law
11 Jan	When Hand Sanitizer Goes Bad: Managing and Disposing Unused Ethanol	K&L Gates
11 Jan	White House Publishes Guidance on GHGs in Permitting	Pierce Atwood LLP
11 Jan	EPA Endorses New Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
11 Jan	Deadline for Filing Annual Pesticide Production Reports -- March 1, 2023	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
11 Jan	Retirement Plan Update: DOL Final Rule On ESG Investing And Exercising Shareholder Rights And SECURE 2.0 Act Impact Retirement Planning In 2023 And Beyond	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
10 Jan	New York Enacts Environmental Justice Permitting Law	Beveridge & Diamond PC
10 Jan	A Focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance With Attorney Gina Falaschi [VIDEO]	Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C.
10 Jan	Chair Powell States Federal Reserve is Not a "Climate Policymaker"	Mintz
10 Jan	New Year, New PFAS Ban In New York	CMBG3 Law
10 Jan	And Environmental Justice for All? Mass. High Court Clarifies Application of EJ Policy	Pierce Atwood LLP
10 Jan	EPA PFAS Drinking Water Standard Pushed To March 2023	CMBG3 Law
10 Jan	Foley Automotive Update 10 January 2023	Foley & Lardner LLP
10 Jan	A New Final (But Not the Final?) WOTUS Rule	K&L Gates
10 Jan	Environmental Justice Update: EPA Air Office Releases EJ Guidance for Air Permitting	ArentFox Schiff LLP
10 Jan	There once was a coastal resiliency project on Nantucket . . . A cautionary tale.	Mintz
10 Jan	BETO Announces New Notice of Intent for Improving Bioenergy Feedstocks and Optimizing Production of Biofuels and Biochemicals	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
10 Jan	Cannabis Growers and Processors Must Be Aware of Applicable Environmental Laws	Varnum LLP
10 Jan	Latest Climate Change Tort Lawsuit Brings Civil RICO Claims	Mintz
9 Jan	2023 EJ Update: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Releases Proposed Cumulative Impact Analysis Regulations for Air Permits	Beveridge & Diamond PC
9 Jan	New Climate Guidance Issued to Federal Agencies Conducting Environmental Impact Analyses	Bracewell LLP
9 Jan	The Mega Rule Part 3 Is Published With Keith Coyle [PODCAST]	Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C.
9 Jan	APHIS Announces Final Regulatory Status Review Guide	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
9 Jan	EPA Announces Release of New PFAS Analytic Tools, Will Hold Webinar on January 10	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
9 Jan	Pipeline Incidents From an Inspector’s Perspective With Chris Hoidal [PODCAST]	Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C.
9 Jan	PFAS TRI Reporting Expanded By EPA- January 2023	CMBG3 Law
9 Jan	WARNING: Get Your Prop 65 House in Order for the New Year	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
9 Jan	Deja Vu All Over Again – CEQ Restores Science To Federal Decision-Making	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
9 Jan	The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Votes to Allow WDNR to Develop PFAS Regulations for Groundwater	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
9 Jan	Federal Appeals Court Issues Decision Related to Calculation of Royalties on Natural Gas Liquids	Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C.
9 Jan	Nonprofit Organizations File Suit Claiming That Plastic Containers Treated with Fluorine Gas Leach PFAS in Violation of EPA Regulations	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
9 Jan	FDA Removes L. monocytogenes From Protocol for the Development and EPA Registration of Treatments for Preharvest Agricultural Water	Keller and Heckman LLP
8 Jan	The USPTO Joins WIPO GREEN	Foley & Lardner LLP