The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Caleb J. Holmes | October 27, 2022
Act 2 requires the Environmental Quality Board (established to, among other things, formulate, adopt and promulgate rules and regulations) to establish uniform statewide health-based standards so that any voluntary cleanup conducted under the act eliminates any substantial present or probable risk to human health and the environment.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kenneth J. Warren | October 6, 2022
Climate change may provide the stimulus to integrate water rights and environmental protection into comprehensive watershed plans that balance the various demands for water to best serve the public interest.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Gina N. Falaschi and Christina M. Puhnaty | October 6, 2022
The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) will soon publish amendments to the Department of Environmental Protection's (PADEP) regulations in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 129 for all major stationary sources of nitrogen oxides (NOx) or volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions, commonly known as the RACT III rule.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum and Kaitlyn R. Maxwell | September 29, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to list two "forever chemicals"—perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)—as "hazardous substances" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund).
By Amanda Bronstad | September 16, 2022
In a ruling on Friday, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel found the defendant companies, including 3M, had "significantly greater knowledge" than the U.S. government about the risks of "forever chemicals" in their aqueous film-forming foam products.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Dave Poston and Megan Paquin | September 15, 2022
While the conversation on ESG continues to evolve, there remains little doubt that law firms and their clients stand to gain considerable competitive advantage from its tenets.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | September 13, 2022
Feedback to the SEC's proposed rules include concerns the logistics involved in obtaining greenhouse gas emissions data from up and down a company's supply chain aren't feasible.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | September 8, 2022
Tax credits and other incentives contained in the bill are driving cross-industry collaboration among real estate, transportation and energy lawyers to help clients plan for the long-term.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael Dillon and Jessica D. Hunt | September 8, 2022
For more than three decades, climate change has been a focal point for science, media and politics. While the contributions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to climate change are well understood, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been unable to widely regulate them.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Christine Schiffner | September 7, 2022
Plaintiffs and defense firms alike are bracing for a new wave of environmental litigation centering on "forever chemicals," after the EPA has signaled to set new regulatory standards classifying these substances as hazardous under CERCLA, commonly known as "Superfund."
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