With
Zachary Fayne,
Joel M. Gross,
Brett Marston,
Jonathan Martel
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently signaled that it intends to pursue more enforcement cases against aftermarket parts manufacturers for the diesel trucking industry.
With
Michael Gerrard,
Jeremy Karpatkin,
Gregory M. Louer,
Edward McTiernan
The White House's $1.5 trillion "Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America," released on Monday, February 12, 2018, contains a 16-page section devoted to "Infrastructure Permitting Improvement."
"I understand entirely that a new administration needs time to figure out what it wants to do, [but] it is now November 9," D.C. Circuit Judge Karen L. Henderson informed government attorneys last fall.
Directs federal agencies to develop environmental justice strategies to help address disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs...
"At a time when job growth must be a top priority," the president proclaimed, "it is critical that agencies take steps to ex¬pedite [environmental] permitting and review."
With
Michael Gerrard,
Edward McTiernan
The National Environmental Policy Act, 42 USC § 4321 et seq. (NEPA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on January 1, 1970.
While some of the Trump administration's regulatory changes may be effected im¬mediately through executive order, the most significant measures will need to grind their way through the adminis¬trative process...
Tribes and Native Villages are demonstrating reinvigorated environmental activism as they face new pressures on the natural resources many depend on for their economic and cultural livelihood.
Environmental partner Ethan Shenkman was recently interviewed for E&E TV's "OnPoint" series projecting how the EPA may address a proposed rule to rescind the Waters of the United States rule...
Environmental partner Ethan Shenkman was quoted in a recent RTO Insider article, "Trump Brings Uncertainty to ISO-NE, Regulators."
With
Michael Gerrard,
Erika Norman
After declining to recommit to the Paris climate change agreement at last week's G-7 summit, it came as little surprise that President Donald Trump announced that the United States "will withdraw...
I am pleased to debut this new column, which is about the private practice of environmental law — but with a twist.
With
Lynn Fischer Fox,
Edward McTiernan,
Kevin O'Neill,
Sandra Rizzo
On May 23, 2017, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) formally initiated a Section 201 "global safeguard" investigation on crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) solar cells and modules.
With
Brian Israel
The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been momentous for environmental policy.
With
Laura Cottingham,
Jonathan Martel
On March 28, 2017, President Donald Trump issued his long-awaited executive order, "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth," outlining his plan to reconsider and withdraw actions...
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