April 2012
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Business Roundtable Report Calls For Improved Permitting Process
The Business Roundtable (BRT) issued a report this month, Permitting Jobs and Business Improvement Streamlining the Federal Permitting Process, highlighting the adverse impacts to business of the often long, inconsistent and burdensome federal/state permitting process. The CEOs of Business Roundtable believe that it is time to simplify, streamline and accelerate America’s permitting process with the… Continue reading
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EPA Issues New NEPA Mapping Tool
EPA has issued a new online mapping tool, NEPAssist, to assist federal agencies in evaluating possible NEPA environmental review obligations. NEPAssist is one of five pilot projects selected by the White House Council on Environmental Quality to advance the NEPA process through innovation, public participation and transparency. Continue reading
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Happy Earth Day 2012
Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson started the environmental movement that would turn into what we celebrate now as Earth Day. On November 11, 1969, Senator Nelson announced that April 22, 1970 – a date chosen to fit best in college schedules between spring break and final exams – would be the day of what they named… Continue reading
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2012 Environmental Health Webinars Announced By NIEHS
The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Partnerships in Environmental Public Health (PEPH) has initiated an environmental health and education webinar series. The webinars will strive to promote interactions among PEPH grantees, and increase awareness of emerging issues and approaches in environmental public health. The PEPH umbrella unites researchers in basic and clinical research,… Continue reading
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Earth Day 2012 – Saturday, April 22nd – Mobilize The Earth
This Saturday, more than one billion people around the world will participate in Earth Day 2012 according to the Earth Day Network. The Earth Day 2012 campaign is designed to provide people with the opportunity to unite their voices in a call for a sustainable future and direct them toward quantifiable outcomes, using vehicles such… Continue reading
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U.S. EPA Promulgates New Air Rules For Hydraulic Fracking
Under newly promulgated U.S. EPA regulations, on or before January 1, 2015, natural gas fracking operations will be required to capture volatile organic compound (“VOC”) emissions through the use of reduced emissions completions equipment (otherwise known as “Green Completions”) from fracked wells. Continue reading
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Urban Waters Federal Partnership Launches First Pilot Program In Los Angeles
The Urban Waters Federal Partnership, made up of 11 federal agencies, recently announced a program in seven cities that will accelerate and coordinate on-the-ground projects that are critical to improving water quality and public health, restoring forest resources and fostering community stewardship in urban watersheds. Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department… Continue reading
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Steven Siros Will Be Speaking at ACI’s National Forum On Chemical Products Liability And Environmental Litigation
Steven Siros will be speaking at ACI’s National Forum on Chemical Products Liability and Environmental Litigation on April 26, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Siros will be discussing efforts to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act and what lessons can be learned from the European Union’s REACH regulations. Continue reading
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New MOU to Provide for Streamlined Review Of Wind Energy Projects In Great Lakes
On March 30, 2012, the White House announced that it had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with five states (Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania) intended to streamline environmental and other reviews for wind energy projects in the Great Lakes. Continue reading