Podcast - Panorama del sector energético en Colombia
Challenges for Infrastructure Projects in the Current Environment
Black Water Riverkeeper (“Riverkeeper”) and Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC (“WMC”) entered into a July 29th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Case No. 7:22-cv-01178-LSC. The CD...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Wedington Mine, LLC (“Wedington”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
Introduction - Le 7 juillet 2023, la Cour provinciale de la Colombie-Britannique (la « Cour ») a déterminé que le président et chef de la direction d’une société minière était coupable de plusieurs infractions...more
Introduction - On July 7, 2023, the British Columbia Provincial Court (Court) found the president and chief operating officer of a mining company guilty of several environmental offences arising from the discharge of waste...more
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (“Court”) addressed in an April 27th Order issues arising out of an environmental services agreement. See Thiele Kaolin Company v. Environmental Resources...more
Several environmental organizations sent the following document to Rosemont Copper Company (“Rosemont”) on April 14th: 60-Day Notice of Intent to Bring Citizen Suit for Rosemont Copper Company’s Violations of the Clean...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Fourth Circuit”) addressed in a March 30th Opinion the scope of the federal Clean Water Act Permit Shield. See Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, et al. v. Red...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc. (“SGAI”) entered into a March 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
Environmental Groups Accuse Multiple Mining Sites of Violating Federal Regulations - "Allegations of 'egregious' violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act could be...more
The case of Vedanta Resources plc and Konkola Copper Mines plc v Lungowe and others has received a lot of attention in recent years. In essence, 1,826 Zambian citizens are suing Konkola Copper Mines plc (a public company...more
A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more
On 8 December 2014, the agreement between the three Departments of Mineral Resources (DMR), Environmental (DEA) and Water Affairs, also known as the “One Environmental System” became a reality. In principle, this was aimed at...more
While speaking at a recent conference on natural resource damages, the Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department, Ryan Flynn, outlined New Mexico’s grievances against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)...more