MGKF Special Alert – 2025 Environmental and Energy Law Forecast

Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox examines the environmental and energy law issues to watch in our 2025 Federal Forecast, and provides key updates for PennsylvaniaNew Jersey and New York.

A -pdf of the complete Forecast can be found here.

Throughout the year, stay updated with MGKF’s Special Alerts. You can also follow our Litigation Blog, where we discuss a range of notable cases, covering Superfund and cost recovery, citizens’ suits, toxic torts, and environmental real estate matters. And as always, please feel free to reach out to any of our attorneys for more information.  

FEDERAL

Overview of Trump Administration Expectations

Michael Dillon, Esq. and Wesley S. Stevenson

Trump Announced Appointments to Key Environmental Positions

Shoshana (Suzanne Ilene) Schiller, Esq.

Republican-Controlled Congress Expected to Invoke Congressional Review Act to Invalidate Numerous Recent Environmental Regulations

Katherine L. Vaccaro, Esq.

Environmental Justice

Feds Attempted to Advance Environmental Justice Priorities in 2024, but Future Approach Will Undoubtedly Change

Todd D. Kantorczyk, Esq.

Litigation:

Environmental Litigation Trends 2025

Garrett D. Trego, Esq.

PFAS Litigation Expected to Continue to Grow and Evolve in 2025

Kate Campbell, Esq.

Supreme Court Decisions

Shoshana (Suzanne Ilene) Schiller, Esq. and Wesley S. Stevenson, Esq.

Air:

EPA Finalizes Toughest Emission Standards to Date for Large Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels

Katherine L. Vaccaro, Esq.

Proposed New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Combustion Turbines

Katherine L. Vaccaro, Esq. and Natalia P. Teekah, Esq.

Clean Air Act Risk Management Program Rule and Predictions for 2025

Kelly A. Hanna, Esq. and Technical Consultant Michael C. Nines, P.E., LEED AP

Hazardous Substances and Remediation

Rules Regarding Remediation of PFAS Under CERCLA And RCRA Advanced in 2024, but 2025 Fate Uncertain

Todd D. Kantorczyk, Esq. and Technical Consultant Will Hitchcock

Water:

EPA Proposes Significant Changes to List of Approved Methods for Analyzing Effluent under the Clean Water Act, Including PCB and PFAS Methods

Brenda H. Gotanda, Esq., and Michael C. Nines, P.E., LEED AP

EPA Invites Comment on Proposed 2026 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for Stormwater Associated with Industrial Activities that Includes Requirements for PFAS Monitoring

Brenda H. Gotanda, Esq. and Technical Consultants Michael C. Nines, P.E., LEED AP and Will Hitchcock

Water Quality Standards Handbook Updates

Michael Dillon, Esq. and Kelly A. Hanna, Esq.  

OSHA

Expect a Leaner and More Focused OSHA under Trump

Jill Hyman Kaplan, Esq. and Brandon P. Matsnev, Esq.

Oil and Gas:

Trump Administration Poised to Reverse Direction on Oil & Gas Industry Regulation

Todd D. Kantorczyk, Esq. and Kelly A. Hanna, Esq.

Marcellus Shale a New Potential Source of Domestically Produced Lithium

Diana A. Silva, Esq. and Technical Consultant Darryl D. Borrelli

Other Federal Issues:

2024 TSCA Review

Carol F. McCabe, Esq. and Reilly Wright, Esq.