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The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) on behalf of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network filed a Proposed Judicial Consent Decree (“CD”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more
The United Stated Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (“9th Circuit”) in an August 28th Memorandum addressed a post-trial Motion subject to a Clean Water Act criminal enforcement trial. See U.S. v. Louie Sanft, 2024 W.L....more
The Biden-Harris Administration recently issued a suite of new rules aimed at addressing water and air quality, reducing methane emissions, protecting environmental justice communities, and accelerating the nation’s...more
Two individuals filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”) challenging an Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Class II-D...more
There has been a recent push across the country placing “green amendments” at the forefront of the fight to combat climate change and promote environmental justice. Analogous to the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights,...more
Environmental and energy issues were in the headlines for much of 2023. We had several major US Supreme Court cases, Canadian wildfires that produced haze in many American cities throughout the summer, and continued attention...more
What Is Environmental Justice? The Environmental Justice Initiative seeks to ensure that all Americans—regardless of race, color, national origin, or income—receive fair treatment and have meaningful involvement with...more
Protect PT and Three Rivers Waterkeeper (collectively, “Three Rivers”) filed a document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board styled: Petition for Review by Protect...more
Though environmental justice (EJ) has been a cornerstone of the Biden Administration, it lacks federal enforcement laws. Executive orders and responses from federal agencies have shaped U.S. enforcement of EJ issues....more
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced its federal enforcement priorities for 2024 to 2027. U.S. EPA selects its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives every four years to prioritize resources...more
In Short - The Situation: The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ" or "Department") and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") recently announced the creation of a regional, cross-agency taskforce, targeting...more
In the United States, environmental and public health measures often correlate to variables like education, income, and a community’s racial makeup. In the five decades since Congress began to create comprehensive...more
Addressing environmental justice (EJ) issues has been a primary concern for the Biden Administration. Recent developments — one in Chicago and one in Louisiana — show different ways local and state regulators have reacted to...more
President Biden is pushing in 2023 to strengthen Environmental Justice (EJ) initiatives and policies from the top down. This includes ordering more action and results from relevant federal agencies and pushing for the use of...more
What buzzwords define the environmental space in the past two years? Both “ESG” and “environmental justice” (EJ) are strong contenders. This post outlines how these concepts relate and provides guidance as to how companies...more
The Environmental Protection Agency recently published a Cumulative Impacts Addendum (“Addendum”) to its Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice (“EJ Legal Tools”), issued in May 2022....more
The annual results of the agency’s enforcement and compliance efforts repeatedly discussed Environmental Justice (EJ), touting general trends and specific enforcement actions related to potential communities of concern. The...more
On 11 January 2023, EPA‘s Office of the General Counsel released the Cumulative Impacts Addendum (the Addendum). This 52-page document provides the first-ever collection of examples of environmental and other legal...more
When you find yourself digging the same hole and getting nowhere, quit digging. At least, that is what rational logic would dictate. On December 30, 2022, the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (collectively,...more
These days, environmental policy is often established indirectly. While “Schoolhouse Rock” may have taught some of us “How a Bill Becomes a Law,” its insights are less relevant in the current era where things like purportedly...more
This alert looks at developments in environmental law that were at the forefront in 2022; the trend is expected to continue into 2023 as the Biden administration continues to act on its regulatory initiatives in the energy...more
On January 11, 2023, EPA’s Office of the General Counsel released a Cumulative Impacts Addendum (“Addendum”) to its May 2022 publication Legal Tools To Advance Environmental Justice, continuing to signal its focus on...more
Following decades of regulatory actions and lawsuits concerning the definition of “waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act, on December 30, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army...more
The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published in the January 9th Federal Register a document titled: National Environmental Policy act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change...more
In September 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 issued a decision to use its Clean Water Act (CWA) Residual Designation Authority (RDA) to require National Pollution Discharge Elimination System...more