This Week! 2025 Agricultural Law Symposium—September 18, 2025. In-person at Penn State Dickinson Law, University Park, Pa., 6 CLE credits available!
Next Week: Webinar—Sept. 26, 2025, Understanding the Basics of U.S. Grain Dealer Statutes
Agricultural Labor: Federal Court Permanently Enjoins 2023 H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Calculation Rule, DOL to Publish New Rule 
On August
A Turning Point for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation: EPA Seeks to Repeal its Endangerment Finding
On Aug. 1, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated a major climate policy shift by proposing to rescind its 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been the basis of many regulatory efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from both mobile and stationary sources.
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of September 15, 2025
Pipelines: FERC Reissues Transco’s Permit to Construct Northeast Supply Enhancement Project 
On August 28, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company’s (Transco) petition to construct and operate a pipeline system expansion in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In 2019, FERC issued Transco a certificate of public convenience and necessity,
EPA’s Rule Agenda Includes Multiple PFAS Initiatives
On September 4, 2025, EPA released its Unified Agenda which includes plans for a number of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulatory actions. The PFAS regulatory agenda is consistent with Administrator Zeldin’s April 2025 announcement regarding combatting PFAS contamination but includes more details. (See our prior post regarding the announcement.) The PFAS regulatory agenda includes
Revolution Wind Blasts Back
Following the Trump administration’s abrupt cancelation of the Revolution Wind project at the end of August, Revolution Wind LLC, a joint venture between Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to prevent enforcement of the stop work order. Revolution Wind contends that the order was motivated
The Release Report #1: The Connecticut Transfer Act Is Sunsetting on March 1, 2026 — Are You Ready?
Connecticut’s environmental remediation laws are about to change significantly on March 1, 2026. This blog series, and the companion Release Report video series, will highlight key features of the new release-based cleanup regulations (referred to as “RBCRs”) so interested parties can get ready.
Background
At present, much of the environmental remediation in Connecticut is driven
U.S. Fifth Circuit Declines to Reach the Merits of Challenges to a Limited Application of the Jones Act in the Offshore Wind Sector
In February of 2020, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company wrote to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) requesting guidance on whether the Jones Act would work to protect their interests with regard to ongoing offshore wind construction efforts being undertaken off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. Specifically, they wanted to know whether the
Coming Soon! The Release Report: Inside Connecticut’s Release-Based Cleanup Regulations
A new video podcast series is coming to Environmental Law +! The Release Report: Inside Connecticut’s Release-Based Cleanup Regulations will highlight the transformative changes set to unfold with the replacement of the nearly 40-year-old Transfer Act.
Join me, Emilee Mooney Scott, an Environmental partner and member of the Working Group convened under Public Act 20-09,
U.S. Fifth Circuit Finds Federal Officer Jurisdiction in Maritime Personal Injury Case
On April 13, 2021, the SEACOR Power, a 234-foot lift boat, encountered a powerful thunderstorm after departing Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The localized severe weather event produced heavy rain, 2- to 4-foot seas, and winds in excess of 80 knots. As the crew of the SEACOR Power attempted to lower the vessel’s legs to the sea floor
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of September 8, 2025
State Regulation: PA DEP Accepting Bids to Plug Orphaned Wells 
On Saturday, August 23, 2025, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection published a notice about plugging abandoned wells. Currently, there are seven orphaned wells identified, located in Smith, North Strabane, North Franklin and Canton Townships and Washington County. The wells are anticipated to be between