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EPA Repeals Biden-era 2024 Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Standards, Prompting Immediate Legal Challenge

Administrator Zeldin’s Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) continues to reshape federal climate regulation for the power sector. See our past article, EPA Initiates Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rollback – A New Battle Begins, regarding EPA’s deregulation of fossil fuel-fired power plants in 2025. On September 14, 2026, EPA finalized a rule repealing most of the Biden Administration’s … Continue Reading

Consultation on Modernising the Environmental Permitting Regime for Industrial Activities

On 26 August 2025, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) launched a consultation to reform how industrial activities are regulated in England. DEFRA is also working alongside Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so similar changes are likely to take place in those administrations. The consultation excludes waste operations, mining waste operations, radioactive … Continue Reading
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