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EPA Wants to Change the Scope of the Clean Water Act’s Rule 401 Certification Process. The Review Process Landscape Changes Dramatically.
January 21, 2026
How Much Wind Power Does China Actually Produce? The U.S. Department of Energy Contradicts President Trump’s Remarks.
January 16, 2026
Revolution Wind May Proceed With Its Offshore Wind Energy Project. The Trump Administration Loses Another Court Battle.
January 14, 2026
The Federal Wind Energy Dance. Round-and-Round It Goes and Where It Stops . . .
January 6, 2026
John L. Watson Discusses Fluctuating Renewables Environment in Law360
December 29, 2025
Wind Energy Reprieve.  President Trump’s Executive Memorandum Declared Unlawful and Vacated in its Entirety.
December 10, 2025
Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands and Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) to be Impacted by New Proposed Rule
November 18, 2025
Coal Development is Driven by Economics, Not Federal Agency Actions
October 17, 2025
John L. Watson’s Thought Leadership Cited in EHSLeaders Article
October 6, 2025
Falsification of Closure and Remediation Data – Not a Good Look for the Oil and Gas Sector
September 25, 2025
BLM Rescinds Conservation and Landscape Health Rule for Public Lands
September 24, 2025
More Than 420 Attorneys Honored in 2026 Best Lawyers in America
August 21, 2025
The Federal Renewable Energy Flip-Flop – a Dance for the Ages
August 19, 2025
John Watson Explores Ongoing Legal Battle over Vehicle Emission Standards in Law360
August 7, 2025
John Watson Provides Updates on Boulder Climate Change Lawsuit for Law Week Colorado
July 18, 2025
John Watson and Sadaf Deedar Talk Environmental Claim Characterization for Law360
June 27, 2025
Battle Over California’s Vehicle Air Emission Waivers Now in U.S. District Court
June 17, 2025
New Mexico’s Constitution Does Not Provide a Private Right of Action Under Its Pollution Control Clause to Stop Oil and Gas Development
June 12, 2025
The National Environmental Policy Act’s Scope Is Limited. U.S. Supreme Court Rules in the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition Appeal That Agency Review of Some “Separate Projects” Is Not Required.
May 30, 2025
U.S. Senate Disapproves California’s Clean Air Act Waivers – Effectively Teeing Up a Complex Battle in the Courts.
May 23, 2025
Colorado Supreme Court Rules That Boulder’s Tort-Based Climate Change Damages Lawsuit Will Proceed in State Court.
May 14, 2025
Funds for More EV Charging Stations? States Sue to Release Federal Money to Accomplish that Goal.
May 12, 2025
Tracking Climate Change Litigation – A Tough Job that the Sabin Center at Columbia Law School Does Best
May 8, 2025
Seventeen States and The District of Columbia Sue to Overturn the Trump Administration’s Plan to Block Wind Energy Development
May 7, 2025
U.S. House Passes Congressional Review Act Resolutions to Block California Air Emission Rules
May 6, 2025
Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS): In Light of Pending Litigation that Stays the 2023 Rule, and Before New Rules Are Issued, EPA Attempts to Clarify the Definition.
March 18, 2025
Tenth Circuit Clarifies Statute of Limitations for Environmental Cleanup Contribution Claims
March 5, 2025
John Watson Considers Future of the EPA Methane Rule for Law360
January 6, 2025
Held v. Montana. The Right to a Clean and Healthful Environment. Montana’s Supreme Court Holds State Statutes Unconstitutional.
December 23, 2024
Good Samaritan Law for Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Heads to President Biden for Signature
December 13, 2024
Methane and VOC Rules Survive Another Day. The U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Stay the Rules.
October 17, 2024
Reclamation of Abandoned Mines: Legislative Proposals to Incentivize Good Samaritans
August 23, 2024
Best Lawyers in America Recognizes Over 330 Spencer Fane Attorneys
August 15, 2024
John Watson Outlines Impact of Recent Colorado Toxic Tort Action Case for Law Week Colorado
August 8, 2024
Chevron’s Two-Step Deference to Agency Expertise Overturned. After 40 Years, the U.S. Supreme Court Refuses the Invitation to Dance
July 9, 2024
John Watson Analyzes a Recent Colorado Supreme Court Case in Law Week Colorado Authored Article
July 3, 2024
The Confidentiality of Communications with Attorneys, Clients, and Experts. The Colorado Supreme Court Dispels Misconceptions.
June 12, 2024
Climate Change in Colorado: Part 4 – Local Initiatives
June 7, 2024
Climate Change in Colorado: Part 3.2 – State Transit Legislation
May 31, 2024
John Watson Explains How Coal Leasing Moratorium Was Lifted on Federal Lands in World Coal
May 21, 2024
Climate Change in Colorado: Part 3 – State Initiatives
May 17, 2024
A Novel and Important Question – Personal Jurisdiction in Colorado: Nonresident Corporations Versus Individuals
May 14, 2024
Climate Change in Colorado: Part 2 – Federal Agency Initiatives
May 10, 2024
Climate Change in Colorado: Part 1 – The Biden Administration’s Template
May 3, 2024
Coal Leasing Moratorium on Federal Lands Lifted by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
February 23, 2024
John Watson Examines Public Trust Doctrine for Colorado Bar Association Webinar
December 21, 2023
John Watson Talks Held v. Montana Impact in Law Week Colorado
November 3, 2023
John Watson Examines Landmark Climate Change Court Decision in Law360
September 12, 2023
272 Spencer Fane Attorneys Honored by 2024 Best Lawyers
August 17, 2023
Montana’s Climate Change Lawsuit: the Right to a Clean and Healthful Environment
August 16, 2023
Climate Change Trial Concludes. Held v. Montana Now in the Hands of Judge Seeley
June 23, 2023
John Watson Outlines New EPA Proposal for Effluent Limitations for Power Engineering
June 14, 2023
John Watson Explains EPA Good Neighbor Rule for Law360
June 2, 2023
Climate Change, the Public Trust, and Constitutional Challenges in Montana: the First Trial Addressing the “Right” to a Clean and Healthful Environment Starts June 12
May 17, 2023
Power Plants Face New Greenhouse Gas Standards
May 16, 2023
Spencer Fane Sponsors SME Minnesota Conference
May 1, 2023
John Watson Outlines CEQ’s New Guidelines for NEPA Reviews in POWER Magazine
April 13, 2023
Net Zero Ever More Problematic: Global Coal-Fired Power Capacity Went Up in 2022 / China’s Increase Overpowers the Rest of the World
April 10, 2023
U.N. Report on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Multiple, Feasible, and Effective Options
March 22, 2023
Interstate Air Pollution Transport From Power Plants and Industrial Facilities. EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule Addresses Ground-Level Ozone
March 21, 2023
Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants: EPA’s Proposed Rules
March 10, 2023
Air Quality Lawsuit Filed in Colorado Targets Ozone and Oil and Gas Production
February 17, 2023
U.S. Council on Environmental Quality Issues Climate Change Guidance for NEPA Reviews of Clean Energy Projects
January 17, 2023
Waters of the United States (WOTUS) New Rule Effective February 28
January 13, 2023
John Watson Offers Advice on Companies Adapting to Climate Regulations in Law360
December 21, 2022
Climate Adaptation Plans – Will Words Be Translated to Actions? COP27, U.S., State, and Local Action Plans
November 16, 2022
EPA Releases 2022 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plans
October 10, 2022
John Watson Named to 2022 Who’s Who Legal Environmental & Climate Change List
October 5, 2022
Colorado’s Air Permitting Program Targeted From Multiple Fronts: Ozone Concerns Drive This Train
August 23, 2022
U.S. Senate Approves $369 Billion to Address Climate Change
August 8, 2022
Supreme Court Restricts EPA’s GHG Power Sector Authority. So, How Will EPA Deal with Climate Change, Now?
July 1, 2022
Back to the Past: NEPA Rule Changes Restore Provisions
May 4, 2022
Mary Bacon and John Browning Publish Articles in the Nevada Lawyer and Colorado Lawyer
April 5, 2022
Environmental Enforcement in Colorado
March 10, 2022
Challenge to Colorado Air Quality Rules Dismissed
March 3, 2022
John Watson Discusses Environmental Law Topics
February 9, 2022
Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS)
November 18, 2021
Glasgow – A Climate Change Summit Success?
November 15, 2021
China Still in the Climate Change Headlines
October 29, 2021
Anticipating the Glasgow Climate Change Conference
October 27, 2021
Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
October 12, 2021
NEPA “Core Values” Restored
October 7, 2021
Migratory Bird Protections Reinstated
September 30, 2021
Air Permitting in Colorado Flawed
September 29, 2021
John Watson Provides Insight Into Ozone Investigation in Colorado
July 22, 2021
Whistle Blowers Claim Colorado Air Pollution Control Division Violates the Law
May 17, 2021
Greater Sage Grouse Habitat – Bureau of Land Management Will Reevaluate Land Withdrawals
May 13, 2021
Wyoming Legislature Authorizes Suits Against Colorado and Other States
April 16, 2021
Waters of the U.S. – Tenth Circuit Overturns Preliminary Injunction in Colorado WOTUS Case
March 4, 2021
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