The Need to Be Green: Focus on Environmental Sustainability Can Inure to Bottom Line for Cannabis Industry
A recent article published in Politico highlights some of the potential impacts of cannabis production on the environment. As the production of cannabis accelerates... Read more.
Great Lakes Cleanup Part of Infrastructure Package?
As part of the infrastructure package that was just approved on a bi-partisan basis by the Senate and now moves on to the House, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative... Read more.
EPA Issues Stop Sale Order for COVID-19 Disinfectant
On July 8, 2021, U.S. EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) for SurfaceWise2, one of only two “durable” disinfectants that had been previously... Read more.
Earth Day 2021: Heightened Chemical Regulation under the Biden Administration
A key platform of President Biden’s environmental agenda is a heightened focus on regulating chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). ... Read more.
Oil Industry Scores Big Win in Second Circuit Greenhouse Gas Litigation
Breaking from the pack and potentially creating a circuit split, the Second Circuit’s decision in City of New York v. Chevron, et al. dismissing New York’s City’s... Read more.
Unexplained PFAS Contamination at Petroleum Spill Site Mystifies Environmental Regulators
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is continuing to investigate an unexplained source of per-fluorinated compounds (PFAS) contamination... Read more.
California Federal District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Proposition 65 Acrylamide Case
By Steven M. Siros, Co-Chair, Environmental and Workplace Health & Safety Law Practice On the heels of a 2020 decision in National... Read more.
Congressional Review Act Resolution Introduced to Revoke EPA Methane Rule—Does this Open the CRA Floodgates?
On March 25, 2021, Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives introduced joint resolutions pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that if approved... Read more.
U.S. EPA Embraces Prior Administration’s PFAS Drinking Water Proposals
On February 22, 2021, U.S. EPA announced that it was moving forward with implementation of several regulatory proposals issued in the waning days of the Trump Administration.... Read more.
DOJ Rescinds Nine Trump Environmental Policies
On February 4, 2021, in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order 13,990 (Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle... Read more.