Environmental Law Matters
02.4.2019 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
EPA enforcement actions as reflected by the amount of assessed civil penalties have dropped substantially during the first two years of the Trump Administration. (Washington…
01.11.2019 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
On January 3, 2019, the U.S. Solicitor General filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife…
01.8.2019 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
On December 27, EPA proposed to revise the cost finding associated with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) along with the risk and technology…
12.13.2018 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
On December 3, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States took a rare step in specifying a deadline by which the U.S. Solicitor General…
12.11.2018 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
The federal government, through the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), released the Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II, on the Friday following Thanksgiving. (Associated…
11.1.2018 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
The November 6 election will include environmental ballot initiatives as well as issues dividing candidates and the results should provide an interesting aspect of the…
10.1.2018 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
A recently published report that studied all 417 U.S. National Parks indicates climate change is having a significant and unique impact on many of them.…
09.6.2018 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
The Trump Administration announced a long-awaited proposal to roll back the Obama-era Clean Power Plan late last month. (Chicago Tribune). The action had been promised…
08.3.2018 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
Irony abounds as the new Acting Administrator at EPA last Tuesday announced historic progress under the Clean Air Act even while the Administration works to…
07.3.2018 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management's Air Division recently issued a revised version of its long-standing guidance document "Emissions Test Protocol and Test Report Requirements."…