Environment

September ’23 at-a-glance … environment

Two additional refrigerant substitutes have been listed as acceptable by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Significant New Alternative Policy […]


09.28.2023

July ’23 at-a-glance … environment

Chemical manufacturer 3M Co. will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over the contamination of U.S. public drinking […]


07.27.2023

Managing carbon to reduce costs

Increasingly, businesses are viewing carbon as a commodity and working to optimize its cost and management, much like any other […]


07.27.2023

How companies can incrementally improve ESG elements subject of publication series

As part of its continuing series, NAFEM’s legal team at Barnes & Thornburg published Optimizing the “E” in ESG, addressing […]


06.22.2023

June ’23 at-a-glance … environment

Due to their involvement handling per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-containing materials that continue to enter the waste stream, the Northeast Waste […]


06.22.2023

May ’23 at-a-glance … environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a SNAP 25 final rule primarily for equipment necessary to reach extremely low […]


05.25.2023

Improving ESG performance by focusing on governance

Employees, customers, shareholders, communities and other stakeholders have increasingly higher expectations for companies to demonstrate ESG (environmental, social and governance) […]


05.25.2023

April ’23 at-a-glance … environment

Maine issued draft notification requirements and sales prohibitions for new and component products containing per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). As […]


04.27.2023

March ’23 at-a-glance … environment

True to the plan outlined in its PFAS Strategic Roadmap, the EPA proposed the first national  standard to establish maximum […]


03.24.2023

March ’23 at-a-glance … environment

True to the plan outlined in its PFAS Strategic Roadmap, the EPA proposed the first national  standard to establish maximum […]


03.23.2023