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The Legal Intelligencer

Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy Prioritizes Community Engagement, Compliance

This article provides an overview of the areas and projects subject to the EJ Policy, the enhanced public participation and prioritized compliance and enforcement efforts that will be applied to projects subject to the policy, and describes what the regulated community can expect and do to incorporate the policy into project planning and operations.
6 minute read

Law.com

Cool Your (Data) Jets! Reducing Your Organization's Carbon Footprint with a Data Retention Policy

Despite great strides toward better-for-the-world operating procedures, companies might be surprised to learn that they're likely overlooking one area of their business that heavily contributes to its overall carbon footprint — data storage. That's right: storing your company's data generates emissions. And with the continuous increase in data volumes, the impact will likely only grow.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

EPA Narrows 'Waters of the US' Definition to Align With Supreme Court Decision

"This is going to result in the narrowest Clean Water Act jurisdiction in at least 30 years," said environmental law attorney Jeffrey Porter.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Navigating Climate and ESG Amid Regulatory Uncertainty

"We are all witnessing this summer, yet again, record breaking land and ocean temperatures and pervasive wildfire smoke. It's undeniable that climate change is affecting how we live today and how businesses operate. How both the government and the private sector respond is critically important," says Covington & Burling's Jayni F. Hein.
8 minute read

Law.com

Noted Negotiator Joe Rice Joins PFAS Leadership Team to 'Get These Settlements Finalized'

Rice's appointment, approved on Aug. 22, comes after lawyers reached more than $13.5 billion in settlements with 3M and DuPont that resolves lawsuits over the forever chemical PFAS in public drinking water supplies.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

EPA Deletes Emergency Affirmative Defense Provisions From Its Clean Air Act Title V Permitting Program Rules

The emergency affirmative defense provision under 40 C.F.R. Parts 70 and 71 originated from rulemaking promulgated by the EPA in 1992. This rulemaking was intended to implement the 1990 amendments to the CAA which established Title V, including requirements for operating permitting programs as applicable to among other things, "major sources."
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

ESG: Increasing Reach Into Supply Chains

Regulatory and market demands will likely continue to push ESG deep into supply chains. The result is every business along those chains could be made to take up ESG efforts, regardless of a given business's order of magnitude.
6 minute read

Law.com

As Lawsuits Mount Over Maui Wildfires, Hawaiian Electric Hints at Defenses

In an Aug. 18 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Hawaiian Electric drew distinctions between laws in California versus Hawaii and explained why it didn't shut off power during the wildfires.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Wildlife Group Sues Army Corps of Engineers Over Okefenokee Development Case

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Lateral Hires Highlight Big Law Focus on Boosting Energy Practices

"The introduction of the IRA, and all of these credits available, has really ramped up the need for lawyers who practice in this space," Pillsbury's Nora Burke said.
3 minute read

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