The Sierra Club and Conservation Law Foundation (collectively “Sierra Club”) submitted a June 16th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board...more
The Sierra Club and 20 other environmental organizations (collectively, “Sierra Club”) submitted a September 23rd Petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Citizen Petition for...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in an August 3rd Opinion a Petition for Review challenging certain conditions of a coal-fired, steam-electric power plant...more
The United States Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) issued a Decision on December 29th addressing a preemption issue related to the Clean Water Act. See Association of American Railroads – Petition for Declaratory Order,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a September 30th Opinion a challenge to a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)...more
The Sierra Club and other organizations filed a November 1st Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging a Clean Water Act...more
In the evolving Sierra Club v. Virginia Electric & Power Company case, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has just reversed a Virginia-based federal district court on the key issue of whether a coal ash...more
The Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club and Friends of the Chicago River (collectively “Sierra Club”) sent a June 14th Clean Water Act Notice of Intent to Sue Trump International Hotel & Tower (“Trump International”) for...more
In a continuation of an ongoing battle, seven environmental groups (Cahaba Riverkeeper, Choctawatchee Riverkeeper, Friends of Hurricane Creek, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Friends of the Locust Fork River, Alabama Rivers...more
It’s a bad day when you find out that your facility has been leaking wastewater, wastes, petroleum product or chemicals. But if the leak went into the soil and the groundwater first, rather than a nearby creek, are you liable...more