The EPA has extended the 2025 Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program deadline to March 10, 2027, while considering proposed changes that could significantly reduce or eliminate reporting requirements for certain industries. Companies should continue preparing for compliance as the program’s future remains uncertain.
An OCC no-further-action letter and a final order closing a spill site do not bind a district court hearing a private nuisance claim. But the court may weigh them as evidence and may rely on them in holding that a plaintiff has not shown (by clear and convincing evidence) the likelihood of success needed to justify a mandatory cleanup injunction.
Although EPA has proposed eliminating most GHGRP source categories and suspending reporting obligations for much of the oil and gas sector, those proposals have not been finalized. Accordingly, facilities currently subject to GHGRP reporting should continue to treat existing reporting obligations as fully enforceable unless and until EPA takes final regulatory action.
Despite two years of political and regulatory turbulence, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) Subparts OOOOb/c remain in effect and are the dominant framework for regulating methane and volatile organic compound (“VOC”) emissions in parts of the oil and gas sector.
The National Environmental Policy Act is continuing to undergo a period of structural recalibration. A combination of judicial decisions, executive policy direction and proposed legislation reflects a sustained effort to shorten permitting timelines for energy and infrastructure projects while preserving NEPA's core function as a procedural environmental review statute.
The Department of Justice has renamed its Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) the Energy and Natural Resources Division. The rename is not just a branding exercise. It aligns DOJ’s environmental and natural resources litigation shop with the Administration’s broader energy program.
Congratulations to the GableGotwals attorneys recently recognized in the 2026 Top Attorneys guide by 405 Magazine. This marks the Firm’s seventh consecutive year to appear in the review.
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