A recent Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision could significantly affect the siting of standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) on exclusive farm use (EFU) land. In Remington BESS, LLC v. Marion County, LUBA reversed Marion County’s denial
D.C. Federal Court Rules in Favor of Coquille Trust Land Acquisition
Here are the new materials in Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):
What We Are Reading: Environmental & Energy Series
Week of August 31, 2026
Labor Day may mark the unofficial end of summer, but environmental and energy regulators, courts, and policymakers show no signs of slowing down. Last week’s developments focused on several familiar themes, including federal permitting reform,
Witness Testimony
The driver may be drunk, but it's the cop whose speech is slurred.
Oregon court throws out the charges: @theoregonian The Oregon Court of Appeals this week released the body camera footage judges reviewed that captured a Washington County sheriff’s deputy’s indecipherable Miranda warnings to a man stopped on suspicion of riding a
Kraninger Calls for Passage of Legislation Clarifying Section 525 of DIDMCA
Proposed legislation that would clarify the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDMCA) is important to the health of the dual banking system, Kathleen Kraninger, President and CEO of the Florida Bankers Association, told the House Financial
Oregon OSHA Proposes New Workplace Violence Prevention Rule for Healthcare Employees
OSHA has proposed a new rule, OAR 437-002-0150, to implement the workplace violence prevention requirements of Senate Bill 537, enacted in 2025. The proposal would create a dedicated OSHA standard for healthcare employers, placing Oregon alongside California, Washington, Minnesota, Virginia,
Four E. coli Cases Tied to Dungeness Valley Creamery Raw Milk. No Recall. No Headlines.
Washington named the Sequim dairy on a web page on July 2. Two months later, not one news outlet has written a word. It is the dairy’s fourth outbreak since 2009. Its milk has been pulled from shelves six times
Oregon's Extended Producer Responsibility Law Upheld Following Constitutional Challenges in <i>National Ass'n of Wholesale Distributers v. Feldon</I>
The first federal lawsuit addressing the constitutionality of a state extended producer responsibility (EPR) law has concluded in a decision upholding Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA). Following a five-day bench trial, the court rejected industry challenges alleging
New York to Consider Whether to Opt Out of Federal Interest Rate Exportation Under DIDMCA
On August 26, New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie introduced Senate Bill S10688, legislation that would enact an express “opt out” from key provisions of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDMCA), purporting to impose