Environmental Law Advisor
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Daniel J. Deeb
Batteries play a fundamental role in energy storage, and currently nearly 99 million lead acid batteries are manufactured each year.
Francis X. Lyons, J. Michael Showalter
In a January 19, 2022, speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Michael S. Regan confirmed that “[f]or this EPA, environmental justice is not an add-on or an afterthought ― it is a central driving factor in all that we do.”
Sarah L. Lode, Joshua R. More, J. Michael Showalter
Property management companies (PMC) need to pay attention to a recent change in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement discretion concerning liability from renovations that could encounter lead-based paint.
J. Michael Showalter, Helenka B. Mietka
The Biden Administration has indicated that the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will include environmental justice issues among its priorities.
Joshua R. More
On January 11, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that, effective immediately, the Agency’s review of applications for new pesticide active ingredients (AI) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) will uniformly incorporate analysis und
J. Michael Showalter, Rachael A. Bryan
As our colleagues have noted, the U.S. Supreme Court’s two vaccine-mandate-related decisions impact employers and have significant public health implications.
Rachael A. Bryan, J. Michael Showalter
Demonstrating standing can be challenging for plaintiffs in environmental cases.
Andrew N. Sawula, David M. Loring
On January 5, EPA added 1-bromopropane (1-BP), which is also called n-propyl bromide, to the list of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) under the federal Clean Air Act. 1-BP is used as a substitute for other HAPs in dry cleaning and other industries.
Bina Joshi
On December 7, 2021, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) filed proposed amendments to Illinois’ groundwater quality standards with the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board).
Francis X. Lyons, Andrew N. Sawula
The top U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Environmental official has put corporate employees on notice that DOJ is increasing its focus on prosecuting individuals for environmental crimes, including the threat of jail time.
Amy Antoniolli, Evgeny Magidenko
On November 16, Illinois enacted the Reimagining Electric Vehicles Act (REV Act) which states that its purposes include “reduc[ing] carbon emissions, creat[ing] new good-paying jobs, and generat[ing] long-term economic investment in the Illinois business economy.”
David M. Loring
On November 2, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule involving three separate actions aimed at establishing a comprehensive and more stringent regulatory regime to reduce emissions from oil and gas operations across the United States (the Proposed Rules).
Bina Joshi
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently made several announcements regarding its goals for investigating, regulating, and remediating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), a group of chemicals used in a variety of consumer and industrial products since the early 1940s.
Jane E. Montgomery
“Climate change is an emerging threat to the financial stability of the United States.”
Robert A.H. Middleton, Daniel J. Deeb
Environmental justice remains a top concern for the Biden Administration.
Daniel J. Deeb
The scope of the federal government’s enforcement power under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) has been an ever-evolving source of litigation and confusion for industries across the country.
Emilie McGuire, Robert A.H. Middleton
On August 10, 2021, the Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that included many pieces of President Biden’s plan, but also contained numerous revisions, reflective of the compromises necessary to pass this ambitious legislation in the Senate.
J. Michael Showalter
Courts exist to adjudicate claimed harms. However, not every court can hear every claim.
Emilie McGuire, J. Michael Showalter
We often think that environmental regulation comes top-down from Congress and Washington bureaucrats.
Emilie McGuire, J. Michael Showalter
Of course elections matter, and executive branch changes may bring real and meaningful policy change.
James D. Cromley
On April 27, the Biden administration announced new proposed infrastructure initiatives that may enable developers to finally break ground on their “shovel-ready” transmission line projects, including over $8 billion in financing tools from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the administ
Amy Antoniolli, Jane E. Montgomery
On April 29, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker released proposed legislation, SB2896 and HB4074, to set statewide minimum, uniform standards for wind farms and ground-mounted solar energy systems, including setback requirements, height restrictions, and landscape buffer requirements, while maintaining
Robert A.H. Middleton
We have discussed infrastructure resilience, remediation, green technologies, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Today, we focus on a central theme woven into President Biden’s proposal: equity and environmental justice.
Robert A.H. Middleton
We have previously blogged about President Biden’s infrastructure plan released in late March. The sweeping $2 trillion plan provides a blueprint designed to strengthen America’s infrastructure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Robert A.H. Middleton
President Biden’s sweeping infrastructure proposal, the American Jobs Plan, takes a broad view of what constitutes infrastructure and tackles many of the issues President Biden highlighted in his campaign, including climate change, the state of the country’s traditional infrastructure.