June 2012
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Rio+20 Summit Insights – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Leaders around the world are questioning whether or not any real progress was made at the Rio+20 Summit last week. Critics charge that the Rio+20 Outcome Document entitled The Future We Want lacks specific commitments, credible action plans or funding to advance sustainability efforts. Others question the need for an international summit taking into account… Continue reading
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Federal Appellate Court Gives U.S. EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Victory
On June 26, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency a significant victory in its attempts to regulate greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA, No. 09-1322, U.S. Ct. App. D.C. Cir. (6/26/12). Several States,… Continue reading
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Rio+20 Day One Developments And Early Reactions
At the opening press conference for the Rio+20 summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced two key developments Continue reading
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New Client Alert: Why Rio+20 Summit Is Important To U.S. Business
On June 19th, Jenner & Block’s Environmental and Workplace Health and Safety Law Practice Group published a client alert about the importance of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development for U.S. business. In that alert, Partner E. Lynn Grayson addresses the summit’s history, key issues to be addressed this week, anticipated outcomes and what… Continue reading
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Rio+20 UN Conference On Sustainable Development – Make A Voluntary Commitment
Rio+20 is a three day summit taking place this week (June 20-22) in Rio de Janeiro organized by the UN to address critical environmental concerns. More than 130 world leaders will attend the UN Conference on Sustainable Development addressing global environmental, social and economic challenges. Continue reading
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Environmental Groups Oppose Spent Lead Bullets And Shot
Numerous environmental groups recently filed suit against U.S. EPA for failure to act on a March petition aimed at the elimination of lead from bullets and shot advocates charge are harming wildlife. (Trumpeter Swan Society v. EPA, D.D.C., docket number not available, 6/07/12). Continue reading
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D.C. Circuit Vacates U.S. EPA Interim Final NOx Rule
On June 12, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down a U.S. EPA interim final rule that provided for the payment of nonconformance penalties (“NCPs”) in lieu of meeting NOx limits for heavy-duty diesel engines. In 2001, U.S. EPA enacted a rule requiring a 95 percent reduction in NOx emissions… Continue reading
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New Textbook Update Addresses Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
Bob Graham co-authored the leading environmental law textbook in use at many U.S. law schools titled Environmental Law and Policy – Nature, Law and Society. The Fourth Edition of this textbook was launched in 2010 and includes two Teacher’s Manuals as well as annual professor’s updates. Continue reading
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CLE: Recent Developments in Commercial General Liability Coverage for Environmental Exposures
On Thursday, June 7, 2012, Partners Keri Holleb Hotaling and David Kroeger will be speaking on Recent Developments in Commercial General Liability Coverage for Environmental Exposures. Continue reading
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U.S. EPA Ordered To Issue Proposed Particulate Rules By June 7th
On May 31, 2012, a federal district court ordered U.S. EPA to issue its proposed rule for review of the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter by June 7, 2012. The court determined that U.S. EPA had not provided a reasonable explanation as to why the rulemaking had been delayed. According to U.S.… Continue reading