April 2011
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March 2011 Update: Climate Change
Gabrielle Sigel and William Kaplowitz, recently posted to Jenner & Block’s Climate Change Update Resource Center their March 2011 Update of Climate Change developments. Continue reading
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Keri Holleb Hotaling to Speak at CBA YLS Environmental Law Committee Meeting
By Keri L. Holleb Hotaling Keri Holleb Hotaling, a Partner in the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law Practice at Jenner & Block, will be speaking at the Environmental Law Committee Meeting of the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section on April 28, 2011 at 12:15 pm at the Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth… Continue reading
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United States Supreme Court Justices Appear Skeptical of Global Warming Nuisance Claims
By Steven M. Siros On April 19, 2011, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in American Electric Power et al. v. Connecticut et al., a case in which various states, municipalities, and several land trusts sued several power companies seeking an order requiring abatement of the companies' greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions under the theory that these emissions constituted a public… Continue reading
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TVA CAA Settlement Announced Today
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The settlement will require TVA to invest an estimated $3 to $5 billion on new and upgraded state-of-the-art pollution controls. TVA… Continue reading
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National Academy of Sciences Questions U.S. EPA’s Draft Formaldehyde Risk Assessment
A recent report released by the National Academy of Sciences (“NAS”) is critical of U.S. EPA’s draft risk assessment of formaldehyde. Continue reading
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Corporate Guide For Sustainable Development Released
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released on Friday, April 8th, its Guide to Corporate Ecosystems Valuation. The guide provides a framework for improving corporate decision-making through valuing ecosystem services. According to WBCSD, the guide is a first of its kind report focused on the needs of business in evaluating sustainability opportunities. Continue reading
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Year One Of Two-Year EPA Phaseout Of Paper And Optical Disc TSCA New Chemical Notice Reporting Complete
On April 6 of last year, EPA issued a final rule initiating a two-year phaseout of the use of paper and optical disc (e.g., CD) to submit TSCA Section 5 new chemical notices to EPA. Year one is now complete, meaning that companies may no longer submit new chemical notices (including premanufacture notices (PMNs)), or… Continue reading
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Petition Requests Analysis and Regulations Regarding Drilling In The Marcellus Shale
Yesterday, a group of environmental organizations, led by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, filed a joint petition requesting that certain federal agencies, with oversight from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), prepare a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) assessing the cumulative impacts of drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation in the… Continue reading
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Representative Waxman Makes End Run Around TSCA Regulations
On April 1, 2011, Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) sent letters to 15 chemical manufacturers asking them to submit to Congress information pertaining to certain chemical products that are classified as persistent, bioaccumulative or toxic (“PBT”). Continue reading
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Allison Torrence to Speak at Northwestern School of Law
Allison Torrence will be speaking at Northwestern School of Law on April 5th, 2011, at a panel discussion about Careers in Environmental & Animal Law. Continue reading