Business Better Podcast Episode: An Update on Environmental Justice Under the Biden Administration
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In a recent development, North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein announced his intention to appeal a Wake County Superior Court decision regarding allocation of environmental grant funds from Smithfield Foods. The...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long conducted inspections to assess the efficacy of companies’ environmental compliance programs. However, under the EPA’s Climate Enforcement and Compliance...more
Supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) provide one means of addressing environmental violations in alignment with the Biden Administration’s comprehensive environmental justice (EJ) strategy. SEPs were explicitly endorsed...more
The Biden Administration’s embrace of a “whole of government” approach to address environmental justice (EJ) issues occasioned litigation across the country. One of the hottest series of disputes has been the tag-team...more
There have been numerous policy changes at the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and U.S. EPA during President Biden’s first term. Along with an increased attention to enforcement generally, the policies governing resolution...more
Compliance with the PM2.5 Standard: EPA proposed lowering the PM 2.5 standard earlier this year. State agency representatives confirmed that areas in each Region 7 state could struggle to comply with the reduced standard,...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
As has been its tradition for nearly 25 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it is seeking public comment on its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (“NECIs”) for fiscal years...more
Future federal environmental settlements are likely to include more creative remedies to address the impacts of violations on communities, thanks to recent policy changes at the US Department of Justice (DOJ)....more
Abstract - Determining the amount of restoration needed to compensate the public for injury to natural resources is central to estimating natural resource damages (NRDs). Formal restoration scaling methods have not...more
In recent days, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has made a series of announcements aimed at addressing environmental justice concerns and enforcement practices. The actions taken by DOJ include the establishment of the...more
The grip of the "all of government" approach to sustainability continues to tighten. Via a May 5, 2022 memorandum from the Associate Attorney General of the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S....more
On May 5, 2022, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its new environmental justice (EJ) strategy, which has been a priority to the Biden Administration. While the strategy is comprehensive and involves many federal...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released its long-awaited Environmental justice (EJ) enforcement strategy today, a priority for the Biden Administration. The enforcement strategy will “advance environmental justice through...more
On March 22, 2022, U.S. EPA released a new web tool designed to ensure that information regarding environmental violations and enforcement actions is more readily available to the public. The new tool, called ECHO Notify,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) transmitted a January 13th letter to the Southern Environmental Law Center stating it was accepting for investigation an administrative complaint filed against the...more
THE MATTERS DESCRIBED IN THIS VIDEO ARE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MATTERS HANDLED BY THE FIRM. MATTER RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH MATTER. NOT ALL MATTER RESULTS ARE PROVIDED. MATTER RESULTS DO NOT...more
In Plaquemines Parish et al. v. Chevron et al., the U. S. Fifth Circuit has ruled on whether 42 suits brought by six parishes and the Louisiana Attorney General against a number of oil companies belongs in federal court or...more