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On Sunday, September 27, amid a flurry of other bills recently signed into law, Governor Newsom signed AB 1603, which requires the...
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On September 20, 2026, Governor Newsom signed California Senate Bill (SB) 501, which amends various portions of California’s extended...
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On September 18, 2026, Governor Newsom signed California Senate Bill (SB) 633, which amends the postconsumer recycled plastic...
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Two lawsuits—one filed by numerous state attorneys general claiming that the law is unconstitutional, the other filed by environmental...
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On September 16, 2026, in American Chemistry Council v. Kenney, the District of New Mexico issued a preliminary injunction enjoining...
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On September 3, 2026, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) instituted a rulemaking proceeding to consider updates to energy...
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By Donald Sobelman, Farella Braun + Martel and Mehran Ebrahimi, PE, GSI Environmental Inc. The California Statewide General Waste...
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On September 1, 2026, CARB released a voluntary 2026 Intake Platform and new guidance for 2026 reporting under SB 253. As a reminder, SB...
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On August 27, 2026, the Oregon District Court upheld Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act, which is Oregon's...
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On August 18, 2026, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied petitions challenging EPA’s April 2024 designation of perfluorooctanoic acid...
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On August 20, 2026, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that it had received no proposals to act as a...
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On August 13, 2026, CalRecycle held one of a series of Textile Stewardship Informal Regulatory Concepts Workshops to solicit feedback on...
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California’s enforcement of Senate Bill 54 faces competing legal challenges, with one lawsuit filed by several state attorneys general...
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In June 2026, FDA updated its website to include priority targets for future risk management actions, including those related to bottled...
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On July 2, 2026, the California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) adopted Decision 26-07-031 addressing the water utility...
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Don Sobelman, a partner in Farella's environmental law practice, and Mehran Ebrahimi, a senior associate engineer at GSI Environmental...