The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Environmental Resource Holdings to perform critical work supporting the cleanup of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site, including the lower 17 miles of the Passaic River in northern New Jersey, on Sept. 11. The Diamond Alkali site is

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking requesting additional public comment on the definition of Waters of the United States as they work toward a final rule, the EPA announced Sept. 11. The WOTUS definition determines which bodies of water

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service modified and released additional New World Screwworm infested zone designations in Texas as the invasive pest continues to spread northward from the U.S.-Mexico border region, USDA announced Sept. 11. The New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly whose larvae feed on the living tissue

The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance on Sept. 8 for the Section 45Z Clean Fuels Production Tax Credit, providing long-awaited clarity for crop and livestock farmers, ranchers and fuel producers seeking to access domestic biofuel markets. The guidance resolves a significant planning bottleneck that had prevented farmers and fuel producers

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on Sept. 4, seeking additional public comment on the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The WOTUS definition determines which bodies of water receive federal protection, affecting

The Bureau of Land Management extended the public comment period for a proposed 30-year right-of-way renewal for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System on Sept. 8, setting a new deadline of Sept. 17. The decision to grant additional time reflects the high stakes of one of the most consequential federal land-use decisions

The Environmental Protection Agency approved the first-ever Good Samaritan remediation permit on Sept. 9, authorizing Trout Unlimited to clean up contamination at the Bodie Mine site in Washington state. The permit breaks a decades-long policy logjam that prevented nonprofit organizations and conservation groups from voluntarily cleaning up abandoned mines without

The Pentagon announced on Sept. 10 that the Navy will deploy its first advanced nuclear microreactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane in Indiana, marking the first such installation at a domestic military facility. The deployment addresses a critical vulnerability in the Defense Department’s energy posture: dependence on the commercial electrical

The Bureau of Land Management launched two emergency operations to rescue wild horses in southeastern Oregon facing immediate threats from severe food and water shortages driven by drought on Sept. 2 and 3. The Riddle Mountain herd is the second Oregon wild horse population to face emergency conditions this season,

The Bureau of Land Management proposed a new rule to streamline oil and gas permitting in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a 23-million-acre area on the North Slope that contains significant proven and estimated energy reserves, on Sept. 4. The proposed rule aims to reduce regulatory burdens and accelerate infrastructure development

The Bureau of Land Management launched emergency gather operations in early September to rescue wild horses from two southeast Oregon herd management areas facing severe food and water shortages caused by the state’s devastating 2026 wildfire season. A second emergency operation targeting the Riddle Mountain herd was announced Sept. 3,

The Bureau of Land Management proposed new rules to accelerate oil and gas permitting across the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska on Sept. 4. The proposal advances the Trump administration’s energy dominance agenda and reverses Biden-era restrictions that limited development in the NPR-A, according to the BLM. The National Petroleum

The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a supplemental proposed rule seeking additional public comment on the definition of “waters of the United States” on Sept. 4. One of the most consequential and contested regulations in American environmental law, the supplemental notice accompanies a 2025

The Bureau of Land Management launched a second emergency gather operation on the Riddle Mountain Herd Management Area in southeast Oregon on Sept. 3, rescuing wild horses facing life-threatening food and water shortages due to severe drought conditions. The operation followed a rescue of a different herd in the same

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed to restore North Dakota’s state implementation plan for regional haze on Sept. 3, reversing a Biden administration decision that would have required stricter emissions controls on coal-fired power plants in the state. The EPA framed the reversal as an action that would “allow baseload power