By Maydeen Merino | May 9, 2023
Republican attorneys general say the environmental rules would exceed the agency's authority.
By Allison Dunn | May 9, 2023
"Improperly managed stormwater runoff poses significant risk to Massachusetts water quality and has the potential to harm our aquatic ecosystems as well as residents' health," Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said in the statement. "My office is committed to enforcing violations of clean water laws to protect the quality of the Commonwealth's water and the health of these surrounding communities."
By Alexander Lugo | May 9, 2023
Republican lawmakers like Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis have targeted the concept as they lean into culture war issues, but clients' demands for advice haven't ceased.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan | May 9, 2023
On March 3, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the strongest environmental justice (EJ) law in the United States. While federal guidelines and the laws…
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Linda A. Thompson | May 8, 2023
The executive body that sets rules for EU member countries is seeking to stiffen laws to deter environmental offenses. A separate movement calls for the addition of ecocide to the core crimes of international law heard at the International Criminal Court in the Hague—crimes that include genocide, war crimes, the crime of aggression and crimes against humanity.
By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press | May 8, 2023
Georgia conservation group One Hundred Miles moved to dismiss its lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers after the agency announced Friday that it would voluntarily conduct the study. The group sued in December, asking a U.S. District Court judge to order the Corps to produce such a report.
By Adolfo Pesquera | May 3, 2023
The refinery had experienced multiple, recurring instances of unauthorized emissions and permit violations caused by operator errors, equipment malfunctions, and poor maintenance practices, according to the commission.
By Mason Lawlor | May 2, 2023
Georgia plaintiffs attorney Jim Butler Jr. has added another $100 million verdict to his resume—this time in a case over damage to land he once co-owned with his former law partners.
By Marianna Wharry | May 2, 2023
The 2-1 majority disagreed with Murphy's contention and said the company "overreads" the limit of the law's congressional commitment to timber production in the O&C Act, and that it "improperly discount[ed]" the statute's delegation of authority to the Department of Interior and its secretary for managing land from the act for uses other than timber.
By Jimmy Hoover | May 1, 2023
Justices will examine whether courts should consider deferring to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutory authority.
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