Chemical Safety Rule Delay Challenged in D.C. Circuit
Attorneys General for eleven states filed a challenge in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeking to vacate a recently…
Environmental Law Matters
Put Aside Global Warming and Consider Evidence That Air Pollution in the U.S. Harms Local Populations
Last Thursday, National Public Radio reported on a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which offers evidence that air pollution continues to…
Tennessee Urges EPA to Adopt the “Tennessee Plan” to Define WOTUS
The commissioners of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) recently responded to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's…
Withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord and the Potential Fallout
President Trump is expected to announce this afternoon his decision whether to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord. (Reuters) Several news sources…
A Hodgepodge of Action and Thought on Climate Change
While the Trump Administration has taken steps to dismantle or revise many of the Obama Administration's actions regarding climate change, there are conflicting opinions within…
Acknowledging Climate Change But Limiting the Role of Science?
The past week was not a good one for the cause of science as it relates to environmental issues and may foreshadow what might be…
Whither EPA
President Trump has proposed a dramatic cut in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, the new EPA Administrator has suggested rollbacks in regulations, and there…
What Might Be Ahead for Environmental Regulation in the Trump Administration?
By almost every account, the Trump Administration is likely to alter substantially the environmental regulatory landscape. Actions have already been taken to delay the implementation…
TDEC Solicits Comments on Antidegradation Guidance Document
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ("TDEC") is soliciting comments on its new Antidegradation Guidance Document. The document, dated July 19, 2016, was made…
New Flint Indictments Just in Time for the Holidays
On December 20, 2016, Michigan's Attorney General announced additional indictments in the Flint water crisis. The indictments against two former emergency managers and two former…