Corporate Environmental Lawyer

May 7, 2021

EPA Announces Plans to Require Additional Chemical Reporting under its Toxic Release Inventory

On Friday, April 30, 2021, The Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced significant steps the agency intends to take under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program to implement expanded reporting requirements for companies that store and utilize hazardous chemicals, including new obligations to report the storage, use and any releases of ethylene oxide, a… Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Contamination, Groundwater, Sustainability, Toxic Tort, TSCA, Water

Corporate Environmental Lawyer, EPA, EPCRA, ethylene oxide, Jenner & Block, Matthew G. Lawson, PFAS, PFBS, Toxics Release Inventory, TRI, TSCA
April 30, 2021

Jenner & Block to Host Webinar on EHS Issues Facing the Cannabis Industry

On May 4, Jenner & Block Partner Steven M. Siros and Associate Leah M. Song will present a CLE webinar on environmental, health, and safety (EHS) issues facing the cannabis industry. Continue reading

Air, Consumer Law and Environment, Sustainability

cannabis, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, environmental litigation, health and safety, Leah M. Song, Steven M. Siros
April 21, 2021

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). Regulating chemicals in order to minimize the threat to human and the environment is clearly also critical to achieving the aims and goals of Earth Day especially considering that the publication of… Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Emerging Contaminants, Sustainability, TSCA

1, 4-dioxane, asbestos, CERCLA, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Earth Day, EPA, MCL, methylene chloride, Michal Freedhoff, Perfluoroalkyl, PFAS, Polyfluoroalkyl, Safe Drinking Water Act, Silent Spring, Steven M. Siros, trichloroethylene, TSCA
April 19, 2021

Reflections on Earth Day, 2021

This week, as we celebrate Earth Day on April 22, Jenner & Block’s Environmental and Workplace Health and Safety Law Practice will be focusing, each day, on a different aspect of the environment and how this year will affect our planet. I thought I would begin our week-long focus on Earth Day with a more… Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Sustainability

“A Children’s Bible”, “The Overstory”, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Earth, Earth Day, EHS, fungi, Gabrielle Sigel, Jenner & Block, mycorrhizal network, pandemic, trees, Walt Kelly
April 8, 2021

Does Novel “Greenwashing” Enforcement Action Portend a New Trend?

Lawsuits over alleged misleading environmental marketing claims, or “greenwashing,” are nothing new. It has been nearly 30 years since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its first version of the “Green Guides,” which are intended to help marketers avoid the practice. Continue reading

Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Sustainability

100% organic, Chevron, clean diesel, Climate Change Resilience, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Earthworks, Fossil fuel, FTC, Global Witness, Green Guides, Greenpeace, Greenwashing, low carbon energy, PJ M. Novack, renewable energy, Todd C. Toral
April 5, 2021

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 climate change lawsuit is a significant victory for the oil and gas industry. Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Greenhouse Gas, Sustainability

Chevron, Clean Air Act, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, fossil fuels, gas, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, oil, Steven M. Siros
March 26, 2021

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 by Congress and signed by President Biden would rescind the Trump-era rollback of Obama-era regulations that (1) imposed methane-specific emission limits on “production and processing” segments of the oil and… Continue reading

Climate Change, Sustainability

Congressional Review Act, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, CRA, methane, New Source Performance Standards, oil and gas, Steven M. Siros
March 10, 2021

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Releases Updated Public Health Guidelines for Vaccinated Individuals, Including Recommendations for the Workplace

On Monday, March 8, 2021, the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) released its first set of public health recommendations for individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19, titled “Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People.” The CDC’s newly published guidelines are intended to replace the CDC’s existing public health guidance specifically for those… Continue reading

COVID-19

CDC, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, COVID-19, Matthew G. Lawson, Moderna, Pfizer, vaccine
February 24, 2021

Biden Administration Takes New Action to Ensure Increased Consideration of Climate Change Impacts by the Federal Government

On Friday, February 19, 2021, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) rescinded prior draft guidance issued under the Trump Administration in 2019 (the “2019 Draft CEQ Guidance”), which had restricted the need for federal agencies to consider and quantify climate change impacts under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Continue reading

Climate Change, NEPA, Sustainability

Air, CEQ, CERCLA, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, GHG, Hazmat, Health & Safety Developments, Matthew G. Lawson, NEPA, OSHA, RCRA, Sustainability, TSCA, Water
February 24, 2021

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. First, U.S. EPA announced that it was finalizing its regulatory determination under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Continue reading

Emerging Contaminants, Water

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, GHG, Hazmat, Health & Safety Developments, OSHA, PFOA, PFOS, RCRA, SDWA, Steven M. Siros, Sustainability, TSCA, UCMR5, Water