Apr 28, 2022 Political Criticism by Congressional Republicans of SEC Proposal on Mandatory Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart The SEC has received two comment letters from members of Congress--one from the House of Representatives and one from the...
Apr 26, 2022 EPA's Science Advisory Board may know a lot about hydrology but it may need a civics lesson! By Jeff Porter Inside EPA's water policy maven, Lara Beaven, is reporting on the EPA's Science Advisory Board's judgment that "EPA could benefit from...
Apr 25, 2022 The United States Chamber of Commerce likely delayed EPA's adoption of the 2021 ASTM standard for site assessments but that shouldn't matter to you By Jeff Porter Inside EPA reports that the United States Chamber of Commerce has objected to the inclusion of the forever chemicals known collectively...
Apr 22, 2022 Misery may love company but this NGO's attempt to prove two golf courses meet the "functional equivalence" test in the same case seems doomed. By Jeff Porter Some of you may recall that late last year an NGO filed a lawsuit against an operator of a wastewater treatment facility in the mountains...
Apr 21, 2022 Uncertainty abounds as EPA works to reach any of the destinations on its PFAS road map but States press on. By Jeff Porter Inside EPA reports today on the concerns of water suppliers needing to remove PFAS from drinking water.Among other things, PFAS removal...
Apr 21, 2022 Climate Risks Prompting Shifts By Real Estate Investors By Jacob H. Hupart The prospect of climate change, and the corresponding elevated risks to various forms of property and investments, are increasingly...
Apr 20, 2022 If you want a sneak preview of the SCOTUS majority opinion in Rapanos (take two) read the Chamber of Commerce's Brief By Jeff Porter Bloomberg has published the United States Chamber of Commerce's amicus brief in the Rapanos case. As many of you know, the Supreme Court...
Apr 18, 2022 No more biosolids in Maine? By Jeff Porter Bloomberg Environment reports that Maine Governor Janet Mills is about to sign legislation banning the land application of biosolids in...
Apr 14, 2022 The good news is that the Judge denied the NIMBY motion to halt the South Fork Wind Project By Jeff Porter But the less good news is that New York's first offshore wind project has to deal with endless NIMBY challenges at all after doing the...
Apr 14, 2022 SEC Chairman Gensler Defends Proposed Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart SEC Chairman Gensler delivered a set of prepared remarks at the Ceres Investor Briefing on April 12, 2022, in which he defended the SEC's...
Apr 12, 2022 I doubt the Supreme Court will adopt the Sacketts' test for determining Clean Water Act jurisdiction but the "significant nexus" test is in trouble By Jeff Porter Yesterday the Sacketts of Idaho shared with the United States Supreme Court, and the rest of us, their proposed definition of the...
Apr 11, 2022 SEC's Proposed Climate Disclosures Receive Support from Bank of America By Jacob H. Hupart According to Paul Donofrio, the head of sustainability at Bank of America, the SEC's proposal for climate disclosures is "constructive...
Apr 06, 2022 The Supreme Court surprised many observers with this Clean Water Act decision but it may not mean what some observers think it means. By Jeff Porter Today five Justices of the United States Supreme Court reversed a California Federal District Court Judge's decision vacating a Clean...
Apr 06, 2022 And What Is The United States Doing About Plastic Pollution? By Jeff Porter Today is the second day of the International Summit on Plastic Pollution (https://liu.edu/plastic-pollution-summit). Yesterday, I shared...
Apr 06, 2022 Senator Manchin Criticizes Proposed SEC Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has issued a public letter criticizing the SEC's recent proposal for mandatory climate disclosures. ...
Apr 05, 2022 One way to have less plastic pollution is to have less plastic. By Jeff Porter As the International Summit on Plastic Pollution gets underway, I'll be sharing some of the conclusions reached by a team of French and...