Environmental, Energy & Resources

Environmental law can impact a variety of legal areas and can impact companies as they navigate sometimes complicated regulation landscapes. The National Law Review has legal experts in environmental law who examine developments in the field and break them down, providing thoughtful analysis for readers. 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the main regulatory body for many environmental issues facing companies in the United States.  The National Law Review covers staffing changes at the EPA, as well as the  Agency’s compliance requirements, greenhouse-gas emission limits, to hazardous waste disposal requirements at state and federal levels. Additionally, the EPA's Clean Power Plan and resulting litigation is also analyzed by the writers who write for the National Coverage of the Department of Energy, and how the DOE is moving forward on energy research as well as regulations involving the cultivation of current energy sources is also covered by the legal writers at the National Law Review. Visitors will also find information on biodiesel, biofuels, and continual research in creating more sustainable, cleaner energy sources. Readers can find the latest cases from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), new legislation, and up-to-date information about new levels or regulations when they become effective.

Along with regulations, readers can read about major legislation that impacts the environmental law landscape, both at the federal and state level.  Litigation involving the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, as well as state level legislation like the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

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Aug
10
2011
 White House Announces First Ever Oil Savings Standards for Heavy Duty Trucks, Buses/Saving $50 billion in fuel costs and over 500 million barrels of oil U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
14
2014
 White House Announces $2 Billion Goal for Energy Efficiency Performance Contracts Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
11
2016
 Whistleblower Protection Act Will Be a Critical Bulwark for Scientific Integrity in a Trump Administration Zuckerman Law
Apr
8
2024
 While You Were Sleeping – Development of the Hydrogen Hubs Keeps On Rolling Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
2
2017
 While Trump Cools Federal Efforts to Move Forward with Climate Change Some States Heat Up Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
17
2011
 While Touting Green Power, Democrats Arrange Duke Energy Backup Loan Center for Public Integrity
May
12
2014
 Which Way is the Wind Blowing? U.S. Supreme Court Upholds EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
30
2019
 Which State's Law Applies to Your Legacy Environmental Liability Claim? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
15
2022
 Which Issues Affecting the Insolvencies of Failed Energy Companies has the Court Clarified? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
12
2020
 Whether Asbestos-Containing Components Were Manufactured by Third Parties No Longer Matters in New Jersey Faegre Drinker
Jul
29
2021
 Where the Mining Industry Stands with MHSA—and What’s Ahead Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
15
2015
 Where Outdoor Work and Nature Collide: Yes, Animals and Insects Can Cause Work Injuries Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jul
12
2021
 When “Substantially Similar” Means “Fundamentally Identical”: Delaware Court Enforces Related Claim Provision to Deny D&O Coverage for Securities Class Action Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
18
2020
 When Water Rights Evaporate K&L Gates
Aug
15
2016
 When to Consider “Non-Scope Considerations” in Environmental Due Diligence Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
23
2010
 When the Fail-Safe Fails - Collective Risk Management Failings which Lead to the Gulf Oil Spill Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Dec
2
2015
 When Levee Breaks: Are Cracks Showing in Foundation of Western US Water Law? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
7
2022
 When it Rains, It Pours: Proposed Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rule Could Make Compliance Harder After a Catastrophe Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
10
2021
 When It Comes to The Waters of The United States, EPA Thinks the Eighth Time Will Be the Charm Mintz
Mar
31
2022
 When It Comes to the Reach of the Federal Clean Water Act, Is Rule Making a Way to Find Common Ground And, If So, Why Hasn't It Worked Yet? Mintz
Jan
4
2022
 When It Comes To PFAS, Perfect Can Be The Enemy Of Good Mintz
Feb
16
2022
 When It Comes to Coastal Resilience, Late Isn't Better than Never! Mintz
Jul
27
2021
 When It Comes to Climate Resilience, Let's Not Be Like the Kids In the House in Horror Movies Mintz
May
29
2018
 When is a Seat not a Seat? English High Court grants anti-suit injunction preventing the challenge of an arbitral award in Pakistan Bracewell LLP
Mar
15
2021
 When Is a Draft Not a Draft? SCOTUS Rejects Effects-Based Test for FOIA Exception Jones Walker LLP
Nov
7
2019
 When is a Deal a Deal? Texas Supreme Court Weighs in on Two Landmark Oil & Gas Cases Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
11
2023
 When Hand Sanitizer Goes Bad: Managing and Disposing Unused Ethanol K&L Gates
Oct
1
2019
 When Force Majeure is for Sure: The Business of Construction in Disaster-Prone Areas Jones Walker LLP
Apr
2
2012
 When Excessive Pollution Leads to Rapid Changes in Transportation Varnum LLP
May
22
2014
 When Disaster Strikes Re: Kentucky Spring Weather McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Sep
15
2010
 When Are We Going to Get This Transmission Thing Right? Installations of Wind Turbines in the Second Quarter of 2010 are Down by Nearly 70%. Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
6
2016
 When a “Pollutant by Any Other Name” Is Not a Pollutant Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
29
2022
 What’s Worth Understanding: The SEC Proposes a Mandatory Climate Disclosure Regime for Public Companies Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
8
2019
 What’s Up With Offshore Wind? Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Nov
15
2018
 What’s up on Prop 65 Three Months after New Regulations? Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
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