Environmental Justice

Our team understands the uncertainties that the regulated sector and other stakeholders face from evolving environmental justice policies, and we closely monitor environmental justice-driven regulations and initiatives to provide our clients with creative, proactive, and relevant solutions necessary to meet the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. We provide compliance and regulatory counseling and representation on enforcement actions, investigations, negotiations, and disputes across several sectors, including:

• Manufacturing;
• Energy Production, including utilities, renewables, and oil and gas;
• Petrochemicals, Pesticides, and other Chemicals;
• Transportation;
• Government Contracting;
• Mining and Natural Resources;
• Technology; and
• Retail.

We expect the Biden administration to elevate environmental justice concerns and drive a rapidly evolving regulatory and compliance landscape. Our team stands ready to support a broad range of client needs, including:

• Tracking and monitoring legislative and executive regulatory environmental justice developments;
• Conducting environmental justice risk assessments, audits, and investigations;
• Enhancing communication with state and federal agencies regarding compliance with environmental justice policy, regulation, and laws;
• Developing environmental justice strategies, including in agency and citizen enforcement defense and in pursuing regulatory approvals for projects and operations; and
• Engaging environmental justice communities as stakeholders in the project development, planning, and approval process.