by Brigit Rollins | Apr 14, 2026 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service
On March 30, 2026, a federal court in California issued a ruling to overturn several Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) regulations adopted by the Trump administration in 2019 and the Biden administration in 2024. The plaintiffs in Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. U.S....
by Brigit Rollins | Mar 24, 2026 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service
The Department of Interior has announced that on March 31, 2026, the Endangered Species Committee (“the Committee”) will meet to discuss waiving Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) requirements for oil and gas production activities off the shores of Alabama, Florida,...
by Brigit Rollins | Mar 10, 2026 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides, The Deal with Dicamba
On February 6, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it had re-registered three dicamba-based herbicides for direct, over-the-top use on dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. The decision came exactly two years after a federal court in...
by Brigit Rollins | Feb 17, 2026 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
The 2026 legislative session is currently in process for most states and legislative trends have begun to emerge. One of those trends, familiar from the 2025 and 2024 legislative sessions, focuses on state regulation of pesticide labels. At least six states have...
by Brigit Rollins | Feb 10, 2026 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Air Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
In late January 2026, the Trump administration announced that it will no longer criminally prosecute manufacturers, distributors and users of so-called “defeat devices” which are used to disable air emissions control systems in diesel-powered vehicles. An example...
