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SEC ends legal defense of climate-related disclosure requirements for public companies

EPA realigns enforcement policies to match new administration

EPA delays deadline to report 2024 greenhouse gas emissions

California guidance for worker protection during post-wildfire cleanups

Coming to North America? EU proposes to narrow Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requirements

Canada addresses PFAS “forever chemicals”

Department of Labor reports fewer occupational injuries, illnesses, and deaths last year

EPA announces 31 reconsiderations and revisions toward Trump administration priorities

New Hampshire becomes latest state to require employers to allow guns at work

Trump administration reworking the Environmental Protection Agency

How President Trump and the Republican-led Congress make environmental regulatory changes?

Environment and Climate Change Canada publishes Phase 1 reporting guidelines for Federal Plastics Registry

Trump's first day executive orders and memoranda reversing Biden environmental initiatives

Federal Agencies Adjust Civil Penalty Levels for Inflation

States Enact “Climate Superfund” Laws

British Columbia enhances first aid requirements

EPA further limits uses of carbon tetrachloride and perchloroethylene

EPA adopts management requirements for equipment containing HFCs

EPA issues National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

New Jersey proposes to require reporting when site assessments find contamination

Maryland creates heat stress rules for indoor and outdoor work

Regulating underground storage tanks

California enacts first US extended producer responsibility law for apparel and textiles

Managing radon infiltration

EPA guidance on indoor ventilation protections against viruses

California revises greenhouse gas emission and financial risk reporting laws

EPA issues Herbicide Strategy to protect endangered species from pesticides

Agencies provide hurricane preparation and response guidance

OSHA safety requirements for powered hand tools

EPA reinstates “Once in Always in” policy for major sources of hazardous air pollutant emissions

Environmental issues in the party platforms for the 2024 US election

New York adopts workplace violence requirements for retailers

OSHA issues bird flu safety fact sheet

OSHA proposes workplace heat protection standard

Canada moves against greenwashing

EPA issues updated Climate Change Indicators report

EPA proposes TSCA review of five potential high hazardous substances

California adds heat protection rules for indoor workplaces

Federal Court confirms Superfund liability for arrangers that didn’t know their materials were hazardous

OSHA provides flood preparation guidance

OSHA requirements for employers’ emergency response activities

EPA designates two perfluoro “forever chemicals” as Superfund hazardous substances

US Government issues policy and principles for voluntary carbon markets

OSHA updates its Hazard Communication Standard

EPA announces final phase-outs of commerce in remaining asbestos-containing products

EPA issues Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy

EPA updates and expands mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting requirements

EPA requires worst case release planning by onshore facilities

OSHA revises inspection walk-around provisions

Biden Administration proposes limited increases in OSHA budget

Biden Administration again requests significant EPA budget increases

SEC adopts climate-related disclosure requirements for public companies

New Jersey will require electric vehicle battery recycling

EPA revises Accidental Release Prevention Rules

Keeping safe in winter weather

Saskatchewan extending workplace violence prevention requirements to all employers

EPA tightens national air standard for fine particulates

Canada: Federal Court rejects listing of Plastic Manufactured Items as “Toxic Substances” under Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Huge Clean Air Act settlement against truck emission cheater

OSHA issues new Process Safety Management Standard enforcement guidance

Federal Agencies Adjusting Civil Penalty Levels for Inflation

Nearly time for hazardous waste biennial reports

OSHA proposing Emergency Response Standard

OSHA encourages switch from hard hats to safety helmets

OSHA requires workplace noise controls

OSHA reminds employers about duty to keep young workers safe

California adopts general requirements for workplace violence prevention

California enacts two new climate-related reporting laws

WorkSafeBC reminds employer to prevent slips, trips and falls

Deadlocked Supreme Court of Canada allows restriction of owner-employer contracting out OHS responsibilities to contractors

California begins to regulate carbon offset claims

EPA tightens Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for PFAS “Forever chemicals”

EPA proposes management requirements for equipment containing HFCs

New EPA website compiles agency cancer prevention efforts

Pollution Prevention Plan requirements under Canadian Environmental Protection Act

EPA’s Climate Smart Brownfields Manual

EPA and Corps of Engineers redefine “Waters of the United States” in response to Supreme Court

EPA announces enforcement priorities for 2024-2027

OSHA proposes to clarify inspection procedures

EPA proposes non-detect lead contamination standards after residential abatement

EPA to reconsider management of containers that held hazardous waste

Mexico adopts workplace safety rules covering teleworkers

Washington revises heat protection rules

OSHA revises Injury and Illness reporting requirements for some large employers

EPA adds Diisononyl Phthalate Category to Toxics Release Inventory chemical list

Canada identifies possible provisions for a Federal Plastics Registry

EPA clarifies management requirements for waste lithium-ion batteries

EPA proposes to update and expand mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting requirements

Canada ratifies international workplace violence prevention treaty and prepares to meet requirements

OSHA advisory panel addresses workplace violence prevention in health care

OSHA launches National Emphasis Program to address falls

Supreme Court narrows “Waters of the United States”

Federal Agencies Adjust Civil Penalty Levels for Inflation

EPA publishes Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

OSHA Medical Services and First Aid requirements

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requirements are coming

European Union Non-Financial Reporting Directive requirements

Biden Administration again requests significant OSHA budget increases

Protecting young workers

Biden Administration again requests significant EPA budget increases

Washington conducts first sales under its new state greenhouse gas cap-and-invest program

OSHA considering changes to Voluntary Prevention Programs

OSHA applies General Duty Clause to protect warehouse employees

Time for annual Injury and Illness summaries

NIOSH offers Best Practice guidance for employers that host “temp” workers’

OSHA reminds employers about carbon monoxide hazards

EPA and Corps of Engineers finalize re-definition of “Waters of the United States"

US tightens federal standards for heavy-duty vehicles

California adopts nonemergency COVID vaccination and testing rules

BC Supreme Court finds that Covid-19 closures did not "frustrate" employment contract

EPA expands Toxics Release Inventory chemical list, and proposes lower reporting thresholds for PFAS chemicals

FTC considering changes to environmental advertising “Green Guides”

EPA progress reducing Clean Water Act significant non-compliance

OSHA provides seasonal flu guidance

Proposal to Require Climate Risks and Resilience Plans from Significant Federal Suppliers

OSHA provides guidance on workplace stress

EPA releases data from latest mandatory greenhouse gas emission reports

Employee’s “Silent Acquiescence” to Employer’s Change in Terms of Employment May Undo Actionable Constructive Discharge

OSHA revises log-in and account requirements for electronic Injury and Illness reporting

Ebola virus: What to do when an employee is about to travel to Uganda or another affected country

EPA-UPS settlement provides reminder to get hazardous waste compliance details right

US Senate ratifies Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs

California issues guidance on protecting workers against workplace monkeypox

EPA proposes to expand regulation of two perfluoro “forever chemicals”

OSHA revises and expands its Severe Violator Enforcement Program

OSHA regulates ionizing radiation

Chemical Safety Board issues compliance guidance chemical incident reporting rule

EPA proposes Re-Re-Revisions to Accidental Release Prevention Rules

OSHA reconsidering two states’ delegated authority

OSHA reaffirms efforts to protect “temp” workers

Canadian securities administrators propose climate-related disclosure requirements for public companies

OSHA regulates non-ionizing radiation

California phasing out non-recyclable single-use plastics

OSHA requires accident prevention signs and tags

OSHA identifies 10 most frequently cited violations

Washington enforcing summertime heat and wildfire protection rules

Circuit Court sends Roundup pesticide review back to EPA for another try

Canada bans single-use plastics

California again considering requirements for workplace violence prevention

Federal Distributing Corporations Report Expanding Board Diversity

Department of Justice Reviving Use of Supplemental Environmental Project Agreements

California continues temporary requirements for COVID vaccination and testing

EPA to decide whether discarded PVC is hazardous waste

OSHA launches National Emphasis Program to address workplace heat hazards

New legislation imposes additional legal obligations for Ontario workplaces

Biden Administration reverses Trump Administration revisions to Federal Environmental Impact Assessment rules

EPA proposes new bans on asbestos-containing products

EPA proposes to require worst case release planning by onshore facilities

Biden Administration again proposes to expand EPA’s budget significantly

OSHA proposes to revise Injury and Illness reporting requirements

SEC proposes climate-related disclosure requirements for public companies

Ontario Court of Appeal Punishes Directors For Breaching Fiduciary Duties

California adopts Statewide Microplastics Strategy

California Injury and Illness Prevention Program requirements

OSHA laboratory standard

After more than 50 years, OSHA proposes newer and more flexible standards for forklifts

Mandatory GHG EPA Reports Due April 1, 2022

Latest National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens adds 8 substances

Regulatory Registers: Your Guide to Navigating Diverse EHS Environments

California continues temporary requirements for COVID vaccination and testing

OSHA Voluntary Protection programs

US tightens federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles

After more than 30 years EPA defines a new Hazardous Air Pollutant

“Bad Faith” Termination Yields Bad Consequences for the Employer

EPA and Corps of Engineers propose another re-definition of “Waters of the United States”

OSHA compiles guides to Holiday Worker Safety

EPA proposes to revise PCB rules to facilitate cleanups

Parts of Ontario employer vaccine policy found unreasonable in arbitration

EPA publishes National Recycling Strategy

OSHA emergency temporary standard for COVID vaccination and testing – issued but stayed by litigation

OSHA begins work-related heat illness rulemaking

US Government rolls out comprehensive approach to PFAS “forever chemicals”

EPA marks the 35th anniversary of Toxics Release Inventory and proposes to list additional chemicals

SEC emphasizes need for clear disclosure of climate change-related impacts on public companies

Biden Administration Proposes to reverse most Trump Administration revisions to Federal Environmental Impact Assessment rules

OSHA begins nationwide effort to prevent work-related heat illness

EPA finalizing HFC phase-down rules

US Federal insurance Office seeking information on climate-related financial risks

OSHA narrows procedural protections for employees exercising their rights

WorkSafeBC – COVID-19 safety plans shift to communicable disease prevention

Ontario Reviews When Directors May Be Liable Across Common Employers

Maine enacts first US extended producer responsibility law for packaging

OSHA recommends masks for fully vaccinated workers in high COVID-19 transmission areas

Proliferating product stewardship programs facilitate recycling

COVID-19 Impacts to Your SPPC Plans: Are Your Plans Up-to-Date?

After 50 years, OSHA is reviewing its Mechanical Power Presses Standard

National Contingency Plan now requires monitoring of chemical dispersants

Biden Administration proposes to expand EPA’s budget significantly

OSHA issues COVID protection standard for healthcare employers

South Coast Air Quality Management District to regulate warehouses’ indirect emissions

OSHA revises COVID-19 guidance to reflect vaccinations

Preventing Work-related Heat Illness

Supreme Court reminder in Superfund case: settling a case under one environmental law may not affect potential liability under others

OSHA proposes to correct and clarify handrail and stair rail requirements

After 15 years of controversy, Circuit Court gives EPA 60 days to rule on Chlorpyrifos pesticide

Department of Justice recalibrating enforcement policies

Avoiding false and misleading environmental advertising

Another Encouragement for Canadian Directors to Consider Non-shareholder Interests

US joins the world in HFC phasedown

EPA Revises Multi-Sector General Permit For Industrial Stormwater Discharges

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