As part of the flurry of Chemical Management Plan reporting obligations initiated earlier this year, Environment Canada issued its Notice With Respect to Certain Priority Petroleum Substances on the Domestic Substance List under the Canadian Management Plan.
Environment Canada’s Chemical Management Plan continues its investigation into substances which have previously been listed on the expansion into substances previously listed on the CMP’s Domestic Substances List as approved for use in Canada.
On 30 June 2014, the Supreme Court issued a decision which requires the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources to revoke MEMR Regulation No. 17 of 2013 on Purchase of Power by PLN from Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed its April 14, 2014 decision in National Association of Manufacturers v. SEC upholding in part and invalidating in part the SEC’s conflict minerals disclosure rule.
The PACMA is a group of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental care projects, works and actions, to…
On May 19, 2015 the Italian Parliament approved the new “Provisions related to crimes against the environment”. The…
The federal government has enacted further restrictions in the use of mercury in products in Canada. The Products Containing Mercury Regulations set a November 7th, 2015 deadline for the prohibition on the manufacture or importation of many mercury-containing products. Many Consumer and Commercial Products Affected Specifically, the regulations target the…
For companies manufacturing, importing or otherwise using the lubricant additive BNST (Benzenamine, N-phenyl, Reaction Products with Styrene and 2,…
On December 10, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued its long-awaited revisions to the definition of…
In an effort to harmonize Turkish environmental protection standards with those of the European Union, on April 2, the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning adopted a new regulation on waste management that will take effect immediately and significantly affect companies that produce waste in Turkey. Based on the…