Feb.01.2021 |
Biden Administration Directs Agencies to Implement and Enforce Environmental Justice Measures |
Jan.29.2021 |
New OSHA Guidance on COVID-19 in the Workplace |
Jan.08.2021 |
Treasury and the IRS Release Final Regulations Regarding Section 45Q Carbon Capture and Sequestration Tax Credit |
Dec.04.2020 |
Climate Change at the Top of the Agenda: Five Things Financial Analysts Need to Watch in 2021 |
Nov.20.2020 |
New Potential Treaty on Marine Litter and Microplastics: What You Need to Know |
Nov.02.2020 |
Climate Change Will Be Front and Center in 2021, Regardless of the Nov. 3 Results |
Oct.02.2020 |
New Executive Order Supports Domestic Sources of Critical Minerals |
Aug.28.2020 |
Election 2020: The DNC and RNC Conventions Present Stark Contrast on Energy and Environmental Agendas |
Aug.14.2020 |
CERCLA Litigation Watch: First Subsurface Intrusion NPL Site Listing Challenge Fails in the D.C. Circuit |
Jul.17.2020 |
White House Updates Rules for Environmental Reviews of Federal Actions |
Jun.12.2020 |
Calls for Treaty on Marine Litter Continue During World Oceans Week |
Jun.02.2020 |
IRS Announces Proposed Regulations Under Section 45Q for Carbon Capture Credit |
May.26.2020 |
OSHA Increases Scrutiny of COVID-19 Record-Keeping |
May.06.2020 |
No, the Supreme Court’s Decision in Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian Will Probably Not Open Pandora’s Box, But… |
Apr.21.2020 |
California Court Provides Practical Guidance On Affixing The "Baseline" In A CEQA Case – And Weighs In On A Thorny Federal/California Air Quality Issue |
Apr.20.2020 |
OSHA Issues Memo Regarding Discretion in Enforcement When Considering an Employer’s Good Faith Efforts During COVID-19 |
Apr.16.2020 |
EPA Considers Updating Federal Procurement Guidelines for Recycled Content |
Apr.16.2020 |
OSHA Issues Enforcement Guidance |
Apr.13.2020 |
Environmental Cleanup During A Pandemic – Q&A Summary of EPA’s Guidance |
Mar.30.2020 |
COVID-19 Benchmarking Survey for Trade Associations Survey Results |
Mar.17.2020 |
DOJ Ends Use of SEPs in Resolving Violations of Environmental Law |
Mar.11.2020 |
OSHA Issues Guidance to Employers on Preventing Worker Exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19) |
Feb.21.2020 |
CSB’s New Accidental Release Reporting Requirement |
Feb.13.2020 |
PFAS Is Officially Subject to The "Toxic Release Inventory" – and Affected Facilities Should Get Their Ducks in a Row |
Feb.11.2020 |
Citizen Suit Alert: Environmental NGOs Set Their Sights on Plastics |
Jan.29.2020 |
OEHHA Clarifies Responsibilities and the Meaning of "Actual Knowledge" Under Prop 65 Regulations |
Jan.28.2020 |
Warning: You May Owe EPA New Risk Evaluation Fees and Reporting Under TSCA |
Jan.24.2020 |
Ninth Circuit Dismisses Kids’ Climate Change Lawsuit Against Federal Government |
Oct.17.2019 |
Potential Impact on EPA of Recent Executive Orders Addressing Agency Guidance |
Aug.27.2019 |
California Supreme Court Clarifies CEQA’s Applicability to Zoning Ordinances |
Jul.03.2019 |
NEPA Review and Climate Change – Proposed Guidance Aims to Define Federal Agency Duties and Discretion |
Jul.02.2019 |
Vermont Attorney General’s PFAS Lawsuits Continue Trend of State Government Product Lawsuits Against Industry |
Jun.25.2019 |
EPA Repeals Obama Administration's Power Plant CO2 Regulations and Issues Narrower Replacement Rule |
Jun.13.2019 |
Preemption or Pandora's Box: The Supreme Court Agrees to Review the CERCLA Federal/State Divide |
Jun.03.2019 |
EPA Finalizes E15 Expansion, Scaled-Back RIN Market Reforms under the Renewable Fuel Standard |
Mar.21.2019 |
Fuels Alert: EPA’s E15 and RIN Market Reform Proposed Rules out for Public Comment (Due April 29) |
Feb.28.2019 |
CERCLA Litigation Watch: First Subsurface Intrusion NPL Site Listing Challenged in D.C. Circuit |
Feb.07.2019 |
March 1, 2019! |
Jan.10.2019 |
Processing Notices of Arrival During the 2018-2019 Government Shutdown |
Jan.07.2019 |
OEHHA Changes Safe Harbor Warnings for Pesticides |
Sep.25.2018 |
EPA Implements Obama-Era Subsurface Intrusion Regulation with National Priorities List Additions |
Aug.21.2018 |
Recent New York State Case Could Encourage an Increase in Class-Action Suits Involving PFOA Contamination |
Aug.06.2018 |
Lucia’s Wake: Sixth Circuit Tosses Mine Safety Ruling By An Improperly Appointed Judge |
Jun.28.2018 |
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Lucia? |
Jun.14.2018 |
DOJ's & EPA's First Take on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) |
Jun.11.2018 |
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks – Chemical Regulation of 3D Printing |
Apr.11.2018 |
Tax Reform Impacts Governmental Environmental Enforcement |
Feb.26.2018 |
NPDES Permits for Indirect Discharges? |
Feb.06.2018 |
EPA Fines Increase. Again. |
Dec.20.2017 |
Out from Between a Rock and a Hard(rock) Place: EPA Declines to Pursue CERCLA Financial Assurance Rule for the Hardrock Mining Industry |
Oct.24.2017 |
EPA Announces New Policy Regarding "Sue and Settle" |
Oct.12.2017 |
Judicial Branch Continues to Scrutinize the Executive Branch's Deregulatory Agenda |
Sep.22.2017 |
Trump Administration Takes Action to Reduce Project Permit Delays |
Aug.28.2017 |
D.C. Circuit Eases Recycling Restrictions |
Aug.22.2017 |
Final TSCA Inventory Reset Rule Now Effective; Clock is Ticking for Companies to Report |
Jul.06.2017 |
PODCAST: Court Limits EPA’s Ability to Delay Clean Air Act Regulation Without Rulemaking — C&M's Trump: The First Year Series |
Jun.28.2017 |
EPA Releases the Final TSCA Inventory Reset Rule |
May.23.2017 |
Citizen Suit Watch: No End in Sight for Clean Water Act Litigation Involving Discharges to Groundwater |
May.10.2017 |
UPDATE: EPA Intends to Postpone Effective Date of Nano Rule |
Apr.18.2017 |
Implementing the Energy Independence Executive Order |
Mar.31.2017 |
President Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order: What Does It Do, and What Comes Next? |
Mar.30.2017 |
Supreme Court Decision Raises Questions about Acting Officers |
Mar.08.2017 |
What’s Next for Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: Implications and Options That Flow from the Clean Water Rule Executive Order and EPA-Corps Notice |
Mar.01.2017 |
Ryan Zinke Confirmed as Secretary of the Interior After Setting Forth Policy Views Supporting U.S. Resource and Energy Development |
Feb.17.2017 |
Scott Pruitt Confirmed as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency |
Jan.12.2017 |
EPA Issues New Reporting Rule for Nanoscale Materials |
Jan.10.2017 |
NIOSH Issues Revised Chemical Carcinogen Policy |
Jan.03.2017 |
10th Circuit Decision Holds That the SEC’s Method for Appointing Administrative Law Judges Violates the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution |
Nov.30.2016 |
EPA Announces the First Ten Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under the "New TSCA" |
Nov.17.2016 |
PODCAST: Environmental Regulation Under the Trump Administration — C&M’s First 100 Days Series |
Oct.28.2016 |
Are Climate Change-Related Risks Becoming a Material Concern For Public Companies? |
Sep.19.2016 |
Seventh Circuit Endorses DOE’s Reliance on "Social Cost of Carbon" to Support Appliance Efficiency Rule |
Sep.13.2016 |
CBP Proposes to Amend TSCA Certification Requirements |
Aug.05.2016 |
Obama Administration Finalizes CEQ Guidance to Federal Agencies on Consideration of Climate Change Impacts |
Jul.27.2016 |
EPA Makes Greenhouse Gas "Endangerment Finding" for the Aviation Sector |
Jul.22.2016 |
New Legislation Dramatically Alters Chemical Regulation in the U.S. |
Jun.23.2016 |
EPA Seeks Comments on Clean Energy Incentive Program |
Jun.20.2016 |
Eighth Circuit Invalidates Minnesota’s Climate Change Law |
Jun.09.2016 |
In Victory for Regulated Community, U.S. Supreme Court Allows Review of Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determinations |
May.18.2016 |
The Full D.C. Circuit Will Hear Challenges to EPA’s Clean Power Plan |
May.12.2016 |
OSHA Finalizes Workplace Recordkeeping and Reporting Rule |
May.02.2016 |
New Government Investigations Regarding Hazardous Air Pollutants Could Result In Enforcement Actions and Class Action Lawsuits |
Apr.21.2016 |
SEC and G20 Financial Stability Board Seeking Comment on Climate Risk Disclosure Requirements |
Apr.18.2016 |
VIDEO: Clean Power Plan |
Mar.30.2016 |
OSHA Publishes Long-Anticipated Revision to Silica Standards |
Mar.09.2016 |
Oregon Enacts Groundbreaking Law to Eliminate Coal and Boost Renewables |
Feb.11.2016 |
The Supreme Court Stays EPA's Clean Power Plan |
Feb.01.2016 |
DoD Directive Mobilizes Agency Action on Climate Change |
Dec.23.2015 |
DOJ and DOL Announce Plan to Prosecute More Workplace Safety Violations |
Dec.16.2015 |
Highlights of OEHHA's New Draft Warning Regulation – A Win for California Businesses? |
Dec.15.2015 |
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Practical Guide |
Dec.03.2015 |
Four Takeaways for In-House Counsel from the Dec. 1 Amendments to the Federal Rules |
Nov.18.2015 |
OSHA Releases Draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines |
Nov.11.2015 |
Another Federal Circuit Rejects Clean Air Act Preemption Arguments and Allows State Common Law Tort Suit to Proceed |
Nov.10.2015 |
The Widening Circles of the Exxon Mobil Climate Disclosure Investigation and Its Implications for Energy Companies |
Oct.19.2015 |
EPA's Coal Ash Rule Effective Today |
Oct.09.2015 |
Sixth Circuit Stays WOTUS Rule Nationwide |
Oct.02.2015 |
EPA Tightens Ozone Standard, Receives Criticism From All Sides |
Aug.28.2015 |
North Dakota Court Issues Eleventh Hour Halt to Besieged WOTUS Rule |
Aug.04.2015 |
EPA Issues Historic Carbon Regulations for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants |
Jul.29.2015 |
D.C. Circuit Again Invalidates EPA’s 'Good Neighbor' Air Pollutant Transport Rule |
Jul.15.2015 |
Fish and Wildlife Service To Consider New Incidental Take Authorization Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
Jun.29.2015 |
Breathing New Life Into Vapor Intrusion Concerns: EPA Issues Long-Awaited Final Guidelines |
Jun.29.2015 |
The Supreme Court Holds Unlawful EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards |
Jun.23.2015 |
VIDEO: Alternative Fees in Law |
Jun.22.2015 |
EPA Ordered To Prepare Timeline For CERCLA Financial Responsibility Rulemaking |
Jun.19.2015 |
EPA Unveils Significant Changes to Its Audit Policy Procedures |
Jun.11.2015 |
Obama Administration Takes First Step Toward Regulating Carbon Pollution from the Aviation Sector |
Jun.05.2015 |
OSHA Issues HazCom Interim Guidance in Conjunction with Compliance Deadline |
Summer 2015 |
Diesel After DEMS: Regulatory Developments on the Horizon for Mining |
Summer 2015 |
Managing Cybersecurity: What the Mining Industry Should Know and Do |
May.06.2015 |
IRS Clarifies Qualifying Income for MLPs |
Apr.17.2015 |
EPA's Coal Ash Rule: New Risks and 10 Key Points for Corporate Counsel |
Apr.07.2015 |
The Supreme Court Grapples with EPA's Mercury Rule |
Apr.02.2015 |
Par Petroleum/Mid Pac: Adrift in a Vertical Merger, A Case Study on Foreclosure on an Island |
Mar.27.2015 |
EPA Proposes New Regulations for Nanoscale Materials in Commerce |
Mar.18.2015 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: District Court Rejects Wildlife-Related Challenges to a Section 404 Permit in Wind Farm Dispute |
Mar.16.2015 |
EPA Unveils New "Safer Choice" Product Labels |
Mar.09.2015 |
Insights From GlobalChem 2015 |
Mar.09.2015 |
OSM Announces Plans To Regulate Gases Released During Surface Mine Blasting |
Feb.24.2015 |
OSHA Issues HazCom Enforcement Guidance to Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors |
Feb.19.2015 |
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Issues Practical Guidance on the Biocidal Products Regulation |
Feb.18.2015 |
EPA's Proposed Budget – Five Key Signals for Industry on EPA's Priorities |
Feb.04.2015 |
EPA's Proposed WOTUS Rule – What Industry Needs to Know (VIDEO) |
Jan.29.2015 |
MSHA Jurisdiction Extends Over Coal Blending Facilities, According to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals |
Jan.28.2015 |
Got Chemicals? The State of Play on Chemical Security Regulations |
Jan.23.2015 |
Your Energy Tax Credit May Not Be Safe |
Jan.20.2015 |
Foam and Polyurethane Manufacturers and Importers Take Note: EPA Proposes SNUR for Seven TDIs |
Jan.13.2015 |
Prop 65 Reform Update – New OEHHA Draft Changes Target Chemicals |
Dec.23.2014 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Prevailing Defendants Forego $6.4 Million Attorney’s Fees Award In Broad Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Settlement |
Dec.18.2014 |
New York Issues Statewide Fracking Ban |
Fall 2014 |
MSHA Regulatory Update |
Fall 2014 |
FAA and Drones: Mining the Regulatory Gap |
Fall 2014 |
Coal Industry Awaits Oral Argument and Decision on Merits of MSHA's Final Rule for Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust |
Dec.05.2014 |
Supreme Court Decision Unlikely to Provide Regulatory Relief in Perez v. MBA |
Nov.26.2014 |
EPA Proposes New Standards for Ozone, Including Both Primary and Secondary Standards |
Nov.21.2014 |
EU Sets in Place Obligations to Stimulate the Development of Alternative Fuel Strategy |
Nov.14.2014 |
U.S. Announces Agreement with China, $3 Billion Pledge to Help Mobilize Climate Finance |
Nov.12.2014 |
Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program Deadlines Are Here |
Oct.14.2014 |
OSHA Requests Stakeholder Input on Revamping Rules Governing Workplace Exposure to Chemicals |
Aug.20.2014 |
CEQ Resists Mandatory NEPA Regulations and Final Guidance on Climate Impacts, But Courts May Not Wait |
Aug.18.2014 |
DHS Seeks Comments on Changes to Its CFATS Rule |
Aug.04.2014 |
EPA Signals Changes to Its Risk Management Plan Rule |
Jul.08.2014 |
EPA Redefines the Scope of Qualifying Cellulosic Biofuel Pathways in the Renewable Fuel Standard Program |
Jul.01.2014 |
Federal District Court Finds Clean Water Act Violations Based on Elevated Levels of 'Conductivity' |
Jun.30.2014 |
New York's Highest Court Upholds Local Zoning Control of Fracking |
Jun.25.2014 |
U.S. Supreme Court Trims Back EPA Efforts to 'Tailor' Greenhouse Gas Permitting Requirements under the Clean Air Act |
Summer 2014 |
Mine Safety Disclosures to the SEC: A Recent Study Under the U.S. Securities Laws |
Summer 2014 |
Credit Risks and Bankruptcy Exposure: The Importance of Implementing Mitigation Strategies and Understanding Your Rights in Bankruptcy |
Summer 2014 |
EEOC Continues to Adopt Novel and Aggressive Enforcement Positions in Litigation and Compliance Investigations |
Summer 2014 |
Mixed Signals from MSHA on the Status of Staffing Agencies Under the Mine Act |
Jun.02.2014 |
EPA Proposes Rule to Regulate Carbon Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants |
May.16.2014 |
Critical Habitat – Three Service Proposals Out For Public Comment |
May.01.2014 |
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Holds that Mine Operators Can Be Cited for Violations Discovered During Pre-Op Examinations |
Apr.28.2014 |
BLM Poised To Announce Rulemaking On Capturing Methane from Federal Leases |
Apr.24.2014 |
Environmental Justice Alert: EPA Achieves Multi-Million Dollar Clean Air Settlement in Environmental Justice Showcase Community |
Mar.14.2014 |
FERC Directs Mandatory Physical Security Standards |
Mar.07.2014 |
EO 13650 Working Group Urges Coordination With Local Emergency Responders |
Feb.21.2014 |
Ninth Circuit Sends Warning on 10(b)(5) Consequences of Corporate Environmental Communication |
Feb.19.2014 |
EPA Releases Revised Guidance on SDWA Permitting for Hydraulic Fracturing with Diesel |
Winter 2014 |
The MSHA Regulatory Agenda—an Active Year Ahead in 2014 |
Winter 2014 |
SMCRA: It's Back in the News and That's Not Good News For Coal |
Winter 2014 |
Recent Developments in Whistleblower Retaliation Cases Under the Mine Act |
Winter 2014 |
How Mining Companies Can Mitigate Risks and Protect their Investments, Part I: International Investment Agreements |
Winter 2014 |
Yours, Mine, or Ours? Mitigating the Risks of Resource Nationalism |
Jan.08.2014 |
Stakeholder Input Sought on Options to Improve Chemical Facility Risk Management |
Dec.26.2013 |
Court Upholds Rights of Municipalities in Long Awaited Fracking Decision |
Dec.24.2013 |
Chemical Facility Safety Working Group Issues 90-Day Progress Report |
Dec.23.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Buyer Beware: Purchasing Property That Has Once Been Mined Could Cost You A Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
Dec.19.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Novel Clean Water Act Citizen Suit on Notice Grounds |
Dec.11.2013 |
OSHA Considering Significant Changes to Its Process Safety Management Standard |
Nov.19.2013 |
OSHA Introduces Voluntary Workplace Chemical Exposure Standards |
Nov.14.2013 |
House of Representatives Holds First Substantive Hearing on TSCA Reform Legislation |
Nov.06.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects Suit Demanding Greenhouse Gas Regulations Based on Lack of Standing (But Rehearing May Be Next) |
Oct.30.2013 |
Due Process Challenge to Presidential Order Prohibiting Energy Transaction Dismissed |
Sep.30.2013 |
Third Circuit Affirms Final Declaratory Relief to Energy Resource Producers in Marcellus Shale Region, Vacating Harmful U.S. Forest Service/Sierra Club Settlement |
Sep.27.2013 |
Ninth Circuit Upholds California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
Sep.23.2013 |
Clean Air Act Does Not Preempt Property Owners' State Law Tort Claims, Says Third Circuit in Case of First Impression |
Sep.23.2013 |
House Subcommittee Hearing on TSCA Highlights Weaknesses in Current Chemicals Law |
Sep.04.2013 |
Endangered Species Act Rulemakings on the Horizon |
Aug.27.2013 |
OSHA Releases Proposed Rules on Respirable Crystalline Silica |
Aug.16.2013 |
Seventh Circuit Holds That CERCLA Does Not Preclude Section 107(a) Cost-Recovery Claims for Costs Incurred Pursuant to Administrative Orders on Consent |
Aug.01.2013 |
D.C. District Court Affirms the SEC's Approach to Regulating Conflict Minerals |
Jul.29.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Third Circuit Allows Defendants to Employ Rule 68 Offers Of Judgment To Resolve Attorneys' Fee Disputes |
Jul.24.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: District Court Allows RCRA Endangerment Suit to Proceed Against Farms That Apply Manure to Fields |
Jun.12.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects 'Sue and Settle' Consent Decree |
Apr.26.2013 |
Citizen Suit Watch – Stormwater Report: Supreme Court Holds That Stormwater Discharges From Logging Roads Do Not Require Clean Water Act Permits; Federal District Court Rejects a Similar Stormwater Citizen Suit Against A Utility |
Mar.28.2013 |
EPA Announces New List of Chemicals Targeted for Risk Assessment Under TSCA, Including 20 Flame Retardants |
Mar.05.2013 |
"Big Brown" Citizen Suit Survives Motion to Dismiss |
Feb.08.2013 |
California Revises Green Chemistry Regulations--Again |
Jan.25.2013 |
Commission ALJ Holds Production Operator Liable for Part 50 Reporting Violation Even Though the Temporary Employment Agency Had Reported the Injury |
Jan.24.2013 |
Federal Court Dismisses Surface Coal Mining Citizen Suit |
Jan.09.2013 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal District Court Grants Victory to Farmer and Poultry Integrator After Bench Trial in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
Dec.14.2012 |
EPA Reverses Course and Promises to Withdraw TSCA Section 8(d) Cadmium Rule |
Dec.13.2012 |
New EPA Regulations on Cadmium Target Manufacturers and Importers of Consumer Products; Retail Distributors to be Targeted Next |
Oct.19.2012 |
Two Recent Court Decisions Herald Positive Developments for Mine Operators in § 105(c) Whistleblower Cases |
Oct.12.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal District Court Opens the Door to Clean Water Act Regulation of Agricultural Tile Drainage Systems |
Sep.24.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal Court Rejects Citizen Suit Against EPA for Alleged Role in RINs Fraud |
Sep.19.2012 |
District Court Imposes Migratory Bird Treaty Act Criminal Liability For "Takes" of Migratory Birds By Unprotected Oil Field Equipment |
Sep.13.2012 |
SEC Releases Final Conflict Minerals Rules with Broad Implications for Certain Reporting Companies |
Sep.07.2012 |
Federal District Court Grants Final Declaratory Relief to Energy Resource Producers in Marcellus Shale Region, Vacating Harmful U.S. Forest Service/Sierra Club Settlement |
Jul.31.2012 |
Federal Court Rejects EPA Attempts to Regulate Eastern U.S. Coal Mining and Sets Aside EPA Final Guidance |
Jul.26.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Rejects RCRA Citizen Suit Over Diesel Emissions at Railyards |
Jun.26.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Sixth Circuit Holds That Citizen Plaintiffs Cannot Sue State Officials For Failing To Enforce Federal Clean Air Act Regulations |
Jun.25.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Ninth Circuit Decision Requiring Clean Water Act Permits for Forest Roads |
Jun.22.2012 |
OSHA Issues Hazard Alert For Worker Exposures During Hydraulic Fracturing at Oil and Gas Drilling Sites |
Jun.05.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Fifth Circuit Precludes Clean Water Act Citizen Suits To Enforce Section 404 Permit Conditions |
May.11.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Citizen Suit Based on Pre-Existing Consent Decree |
May.04.2012 |
OSHA Changes to MSDS and Chemical Labeling: May 11 Public Meeting on the New GHS Standards |
Mar.29.2012 |
Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Jurisdictional Challenges To EPA Compliance Orders - Applicability Beyond the Clean Water Act Is Unclear |
Mar.27.2012 |
Citizen Suit Watch: Federal Court Demands EPA Review of Nonpoint Source Regulations As Part of Water Quality Standard Review |
Feb.21.2012 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Supreme Court of Illinois Rejects Attack on Mining Permit Reclamation Plan |
Jan.19.2012 |
Federal Court Rejects Expansive Interpretation of Criminal Liability Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
Nov.09.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Tenth Circuit Rejects Article III Standing For Local District Attorney in Multi-Party Clean Water Act Citizen Suit |
Oct.31.2011 |
Update on the Polar Bear-Endangered Species Act Multidistrict Litigation |
Oct.25.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Third Circuit Reverses Lower Court's Dismissal of Citizen Suit on Abstention Grounds |
Oct.21.2011 |
Crowell & Moring Files Amicus Brief In Support of Cert Petitions Seeking Review of the Ninth Circuit's Ruling on Clean Water Act Permitting for Forest Roads |
Oct.11.2011 |
Federal Court Rejects EPA Overreaching Into Clean Water Act Section 404 Permitting in Victory for Crowell & Moring Client National Mining Association |
Sep.28.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Invalidates Arizona Legislation That Eliminated Funding Mechanism For A Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan |
Sep.28.2011 |
BOEMRE Proposes Additional SEMS Program Requirements |
Sep.26.2011 |
Third Circuit Affirms Injunctive Relief to Resource Producers in Marcellus Shale Region of Pennsylvania, Blocking Harmful NEPA Settlement That Imposed U.S. Forest Service Drilling Ban in 500,000-acre Allegheny National Forest |
Aug.08.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Second Circuit Demands Listing of Specific Contaminants to Satisfy Notice Requirements for RCRA Citizen Suits |
Jul.15.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Tenth Circuit Adopts Broad View of Issue Preclusion and Parens Patriae in Affirming Dismissal of Clean Air Act Citizen Suit |
Jul.14.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Dismisses a Master Complaint in the Deepwater Horizon Multi-District Litigation |
Jul.01.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: District Court to Enjoin Use of Pesticide Pending Completion of Endangered Species Act Consultation |
Jun.24.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Ninth Circuit Rejects CERCLA Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Pursuit of UAO Penalties |
Jun.02.2011 |
State of New York Files Suit Against Federal Agencies Seeking Environmental Review of Natural Gas Development in the Delaware River Basin |
May.31.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Ninth Circuit Asserts Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Challenge To Longstanding Regulation And Reaffirms Clean Water Act Permitting Requirements For Forest Roads |
May.16.2011 |
CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: State Enforcement Does Not Bar RCRA Citizen Suit, As Seventh Circuit Narrowly Construes Federal Abstention |
Aug.17.2010 |
Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act Imposes New SEC Reporting Requirements on Publicly Traded Mine Operators |
Jun.21.2010 |
Supreme Court Determines No Presumption for Injunctive Relief in Environmental Cases |
Feb.03.2010 |
Commission Approves Climate Disclosure Guidance |
Sep.18.2009 |
EPA Announces Plans To Reconsider Ozone Air Quality Standards |
Jun.22.2009 |
Supreme Court Reverses the Ninth Circuit and Restores Order to Clean Water Act Permitting, Rejecting Reallocation of Permitting Authority Over Discharges of "Fill Material" from Corps of Engineers to EPA |
May.04.2009 |
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Significant Reversal in Key CERCLA Case, Narrowing Scope of "Arranger" Liability and Upholding Apportionment Principles |
Apr.28.2009 |
EPA Amends Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Rules for 2008 Chemical Data |
Apr.17.2009 |
EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding |
Mar.11.2009 |
EPA Releases Proposed Rule for Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting |
Aug.13.2008 |
Public Comment Solicited on Proposed Modifications to Endangered Species Act Consultation Process |
Aug.08.2008 |
EPA Proposes Significant Expansion of Audit Policy to Encourage Environmental Clean Up at Newly Acquired Facilities |
Jan.16.2008 |
Controversy Over Sage-Grouse Threatens Multiple Use Development Across 11 Western States |
Dec.04.2007 |
DC Circuit Upholds EPA Consent Agreements With America’s Farms |
Oct.25.2007 |
Eleventh Circuit Holds Justice Kennedy's "Significant Nexus" Test To Be Governing Rule Of Rapanos |
Jun.25.2007 |
The Supreme Court Limits The Scope Of The Endangered Species Act In Defenders of Wildlife |
Jan.25.2007 |
Senate Energy Committee Kicks Off Climate Change Debate |
Jan.19.2007 |
Getting Hotter |