Environmental Evolutions

About Environmental Evolutions

Environmental Evolutions features hosts Linn Bumpers and Scott Novak along with lawyers and industry guests who explore emerging ideas and recent developments in environmental law and policy. Long time host Megan Berge has left Baker Botts for an in-house role. We congratulate her and look forward to her becoming a long time listener.

Publisher

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jan 2021

Latest episode

15 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 54 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Navigating EPA Rollbacks: Compliance and Litigation Risks Ahead

   Host Linn Bumpers and former EPA attorney Mark Talty discuss the risks and compliance challenges of the EPA's deregulatory push and policy reversals under a potential second Trump administration.

2. 

   30 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   EPA Enforcement in the Trump Era: What Companies Need to Know in 2026

   Linn Bumpers speaks with former EPA attorneys Matt Morrison and Matt Trawick about how the second Trump administration is reshaping federal environmental enforcement. They break down the shift toward deregulation, reduced civil and criminal actions, and increasing reliance on states and NGOs, while noting which core programs—like PFAS, RMP, and Clean Air Act cases—remain active. The discussion highlights the Compliance First memo, implications of staffing cuts, and what a more fragmented enforcement landscape means for companies navigating federal and state requirements.

3. 

   3 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   EPA Repeals the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding: What It Really Means

   Scott Novak and Allison Watkins Mallick offer a breakdown of EPA’s decision to rescind its 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding and how the agency is interpreting the Clean Air Act. The discussion covers implications for vehicle and power plant standards, expected litigation, and what long-term uncertainty means for companies navigating federal and state climate rules.

Inside a recent episode

Navigating EPA Rollbacks: Compliance and Litigation Risks Ahead

Published 15 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] If you want to program overhauled and you're not on the list of agency priorities, it likely isn't happening. So where possible, you want to identify a specific set of changes that would be most impactful to you in your industry and then bring those to the agency. A second point is that you may want to start working with career leadership because getting there by in on some of these more narrow issues can ultimately help you before going to political leadership. Because oftentimes the political leadership is just going to turn back and ask the career leadership, it's thoughts and it's feasibility of achieving the ask that you're making of the agency. […]

Who has been a guest on Environmental Evolutions

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Allison Watkins Mallick
• Tom Jackson
• Vicki Arroyo
• Shai Sahay
• Jeff Wood

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

18

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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