In 2017, EPA finalized a rule that updated its HRS, used to determine when to add contaminated sites to the NPL, to allow ranking of sites based on subsurface intrusion, including both vapor and water seepage...

EPA's "exceptional events" rule allows air pollution caused by "exceptional events" to be discounted by States in determining their compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards ("NAAQS").

On June 22, 2018, the IRS released guidance to assist developers and owners of solar energy projects in determining the "beginning of construction"

At issue in Altamaha Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Rayonier Performance Fibers, LLC et al., 2018 WL 2947915, Case No. A18A0594 (Ga. App. June 13, 2018), was the definition of the phrase "interferes with legitimate water uses" in the narrative standard established by Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 391-3-6-.03 (5)(c).

In the first quarter of 2018, developers have installed 2.5 Gw of solar – up 13% from the previous year.

Claims and investigations based on corporate social responsibility ("CSR") disclosures are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. and internationally.

OSHA's new electronic reporting rule took effect on January 1, 2017.

On February 23, 2018, Scott Pruitt announced a new EPA policy which will treat forest biomass burned at power plants as carbon neutral in all future regulations.

Grupo Bimbo SAB ("GB"), the maker of Sara Lee Cakes and Thomas' English Muffins, has announced plans to buy wind credits to erase its carbon footprint created by its baking operations.

Atlanta-based Cherry Street Energy, LLC, a Client of SGR, in partnership with the City of Atlanta, launched the Solar Atlanta Program on Monday, April 23 – an initiative to provide cost-effective...

When the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California invalidated the Trump Administration's attempted one-year delay of the EPA rule limiting formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products...

In the wake of illnesses reported by refugees from Hurricane Katrina who were housed temporarily in manufactured housing, Congress in 2010, in the Formaldehyde Standards in Composite Wood Products Act...

The tariffs are projected to cut U.S. installations by 11% over the next five years...

The petition to ban the use of fluoride in drinking water now goes back to EPA for further action.

In a unanimous decision issued on January 22, 2018, the Supreme Court held that challenges to the WOTUS Rule must be reviewed first in federal district court, reversing the Sixth Circuit's ruling with instructions...