By Lewis Goldshore | July 31, 2017
A look at two significant environmental law cases, decided in the last term of the N.J. Supreme Court, and three cases of interest on the court's docket for the 2017-2018 term.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 28, 2017
A federal appeals court has reversed dismissal of two class actions brought over the Flint water crisis, garnering a rare victory for plaintiffs lawyers representing the city's residents.
By Jim Turner | July 27, 2017
Federal assistance may be on the way for the state's latest Everglades restoration effort.
By therecorder | The Recorder | July 27, 2017
Cal.Sup.Ct.; S222472 The California Supreme Court reversed a court of appeal decision. The court held that the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination…
By Kathleen M. Kline | July 27, 2017
A decision rendered last month by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reinterpreted the commonwealth's obligations under Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, known as the Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA). The Supreme Court sided with the appellant, Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation (PEDF), in PEDF v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 10 MAP 2015, and held that the commonwealth had violated the fiduciary duty imposed on it by the ERA.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | July 27, 2017
An unfortunate kerfuffle has risen between those wanting to preserve prime agricultural land — some of it lying fallow in Connecticut's moribund farming economy — and another constituency also on the green side of things seeking more renewable energy through photovoltaics.
By Charlotte A. Biblow | July 26, 2017
State Environmental Regulation columnist Charlotte A. Biblow writes that about 70 percent of the dry cleaners located in the state still use perc as their solvent of choice, despite a 1997 regulation encouraging them to switch to alternate solvents. A new proposal would impose significant financial and management costs on dry cleaners, and have significant implications for their suppliers, workers, landlords and neighbors.
By Rebecca Cohen | July 25, 2017
Baker Botts has recruited environmental partner Christopher Carr in San Francisco from Morrison & Foerster, where he was chair of the latter's environment and energy group and co-chair of the firm's unmanned aerial systems and drone group.
By Terry R. Bossert | July 25, 2017
On June 20, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a significant and potentially far-reaching opinion in Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation (PEDF) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2017 Pa. LEXIS 1393, No. 10 MAP 2015 (June 20, 2017).
By Andrew S. Levine and Catherine M. Ward | July 25, 2017
The Trump administration's proposed budget cut of approximately 25 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement budget ($129 million) is consistent with candidate Trump's platform targeting the EPA for failing to appropriately favor crucial business interests against what he perceives as environmentalists hell-bent on the dismantlement of the U.S. industrial base.
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