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Companies Face Increased Criminal Enforcement Risk From Aging Infrastructure-Related Disasters

Utilities and energy companies can implement strategies to mitigate risks from more frequent environmental disasters and infrastructure failures. In the early morning of June 11, 2023, a tanker truck carrying gasoline up...more

EPA Updates Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries (AAI)

EPA adopts final rule, effective February 13, 2023, establishing ASTM E1527-21 as the standard for satisfying AAI requirements and phasing out ASTM E1527-13. On December 15, 2022, the US Environmental Protection Agency...more

California Legislature to Consider Aggressive Climate Targets

Governor Newsom introduces five ambitious proposals that could alter California’s climate policy for years to come. On August 12, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom submitted five climate proposals (the Climate...more

Environmental Compliance and COVID-19 – 5 Questions for Companies to Consider

Companies should stay abreast of fast-moving changes to federal, state, and local regulatory stay-at-home orders and compliance guidance. While the most important consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are undoubtedly the...more

U.S. Supreme Court Allows to Stand Ruling That Sources of Air Pollutants are Subject to State Common Law Tort Claims

On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not review a decision by the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit allowing state common law tort claims against sources of air pollutants. This spells uncertainty...more

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