E2 Law Blog

Insights and Commentary on Global Environmental and Energy Issues

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws continue to proliferate in the United States, presenting significant operational challenges for consumer packaged goods companies. Earlier in 2024, Minnesota became the sixth state to enact a broad packaging EPR law, joining California, Colorado, Maine, Oregon, and Maryland in the emerging trend of states imposing responsibility for end-of-life management for

On Sept. 27, 2024, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 219, delaying implementation of California’s emissions and climate-related financial risk corporate disclosure laws. As we reported in a previous GT Alert, SB 219 amends some of the California Air Resources Board (CARB)’s requirements for implementing SB 253 and SB 261.

Mexico President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum will not grant new open-pit mining concessions during her administration, according to her “100 Steps for Transformation” (Plan), published in July. The Plan also states that existing concessions will be evaluated and may continue, provided that they have the public’s approval and do not impact the environment (step 8 of the

In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451, and Relentless, Inc. v. Dep’t of Commerce (U.S. June 28, 2024), overruling the 40-year-old practice of “Chevron deference” – judicial deference to administrative agency interpretation of statutes that the agency administers. Since then, commentators have characterized

The federal Superfund statute allows a private person to recover “necessary costs of response incurred” by that person consistently with the governing regulation, the national contingency plan. A recent appellate decision, to be sure unreported and therefore not binding, raises the interesting question of what a person must do to “incur” a cost. The person

Greenberg Traurig is pleased to announce that The Best Lawyers in America recognized more than half of the U.S. lawyers in the firm’s Environmental Practice in their 2025 edition. The annual edition recognized 50 environmental attorneys in 17 U.S. markets and for 28 practice areas. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review and captures

On July 30, 2024, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey Conservation Foundation, et al. v. FERC vacated FERC’s order approving Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco)’s Regional Energy Access Expansion Project. This project involves the construction and operation of approximately 36.1 miles of new natural gas pipeline facilities, including 22.3 miles of