Kenneth J. Warren

August 05, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Clean Water Act requires persons discharging pollutants to navigable waters to obtain a permit. But where a discharge does not convey pollutants directly to navigable waters, but rather follows an indirect path through groundwater, is a discharge permit required? The answer is, sometimes.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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June 10, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sustainable water management of river basins requires coordination of federal and state actions.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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April 08, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

On April 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit attempting to hold multinational oil companies liable for the harmful effects of global warming.

By  Kenneth J. Warren

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January 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Like a runner bursting out of the starting blocks, President Joe Biden has swiftly taken far-reaching steps to implement his agenda.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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December 10, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

President-Elect Joe Biden intends to undo most of the environmental actions of his predecessor, and also focus federal agencies on integrating greenhouse gas reductions, energy efficiency and protection of disadvantaged communities into their programs and activities.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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April 09, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

As stay-at-home requirements shutter factories and diminish motor vehicle traffic, the air is cleaner than it has been in decades. Similarly, greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate disruption have markedly diminished even in the absence of a national policy promoting that objective.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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October 10, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Oct. 3 directive is symbolically significant because it represents a commitment by a state producing large quantities of coal and natural gas to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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April 11, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Rather than engaging in a genuine policy debate concerning global warming or income inequality, some detractors seized upon a premature press release mentioning cow emissions, and, perhaps facetiously, sought to rally citizens to protect their claimed dietary rights.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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December 13, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

At an early stage of land development, fill is often transported to the construction site to bring an area to grade. The public becomes concerned when confronted with traffic and other disruptions from trucks carrying fill material such as soil, rock, stone and gravel, or certain construction and demolition debris such as brick, block and concrete.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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August 10, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On July 25, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published several proposed amendments to its regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act. Some of these changes, if adopted, would make it easier for public and private projects to proceed notwithstanding the risks they pose to endangered and threatened species.

By Kenneth J. Warren

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