Arizona AG Kris Mayes sued Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. and Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC (collectively, “Reynolds”), maker of Hefty brand trash bags, alleging that Reynolds deceptively marketed bags as recyclable and suitable for recycling, in violation of state consumer protection law. According to the complaint, Reynolds misled consumers by “greenwashing” by identifying its “Blue,” “Clear,”…

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird led a group of 26 Republican AGs in filing two amici curiae briefs urging the dismissal of pending challenges to Environmental Protection Agency waivers allowing California to enforce its own vehicle emissions standards. One brief addresses California emissions regulations for cars, trucks, and SUVs, while the other concerns emissions from heavy-duty…

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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 17 Democratic AGs, the city of Chicago, New York City, and the California Air Resources Board, in filing comments opposing the EPA’s proposal to repeal the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule—which restricts emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants—and revert to the more lenient 2012 emission standards.

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Eighteen Democratic AGs have submitted formal comment letters to several federal agencies urging them to withdraw recently issued final rules that rescind regulations implementing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review procedures. The rules largely eliminate existing NEPA regulations and adopt discretionary frameworks in their place. In letters submitted to the ​​Department of Agriculture, Department of…

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New Jersey AG Matthew Platkin and the state’s Department of Environmental Protection announced a settlement valued at over $2 billion with E.I DuPont de Nemours and Co. (now known as EIDP) and various DuPont-related entities, resolving multiple lawsuits regarding alleged contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other pollutants at four industrial sites across…

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