Are Stricter U.S. EPA Pesticide Registration Reviews on the Table for 2016?
In 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit vacated U.S. EPA’s registration of the insecticide sulfoxaflor, finding that U.S. EPA lacked adequate... Read more.
U.S. EPA Releases 2015 Enforcement Statistics
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced its 2015 enforcement statistics, noting that for fiscal year 2015, U.S. EPA initiated enforcement actions... Read more.
COP21 Commences in Paris
World leaders and delegates from over 150 nations have converged in Paris, France for the United Nations Climate Change Conference... Read more.
Study Purports to Find Carbon Nanotubes in Children’s Lungs
A recent study conducted by the University of Paris-Saclay identified the presence of carbon nanotubes in the children’s lungs in France.... Read more.
Seventh Circuit Opens the Door for End Run on General Causation in Toxic Tort Cases
A recent decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals may significantly lower the causation bar for plaintiffs in toxic tort cases...the Seventh Circuit was... Read more.
U.S. EPA Ordered to Pay Attorneys’ Fee Sanction In Clean Water Act Lawsuit
On August 30, 2015, a federal district court judge in Texas granted a developer’s motion for summary judgment against the United States and ordered the Government... Read more.
Colorado Gold Mine Release Triggers Litigation Threat Against U.S. EPA
On August 5, 2015, contractors working for the U.S. EPA at the Gold King Mine triggered the release of more than 3,000,000 gallons of highly contaminated water... Read more.
CO2 Levels Cross Symbolic Threshhold
According to recently released data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the monthly average carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere... Read more.
Revised TSCA Reform Bill Approved by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
At long last, with a 15-5 bipartisan vote, a Senate bill that would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) cleared the Senate's Environment and Public Works... Read more.
EPA TSCA Penalty Struck Down
On March 13, 2015, the Environmental Appeals Board ("EAB") struck down a landmark $2,751,800 penalty that had been imposed on Elementis Chromium for its alleged... Read more.