Litigation is increasingly being used as a means of advancing – or delaying – effective climate action.
As discussed in our recent legal update on the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment’s 2021 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report (the “2021 Report”), between 2015 and 2021, there was a marked
The EPA intends to increase its review of voluntary self-disclosures of violations submitted electronically under EPA’s Audit Policy. The EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report detailing the results of an evaluation of EPA’s process for screening self-reported environmental violations made through its eDisclosure system. The OIG’s report concluded that EPA
By Adam R. Young, A. Scott Hecker, James L. Curtis, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: NIOSH reports in its recent Science Blog that “falls are the leading cause of death among construction workers.”
NIOSH notes that each year roughly 300–400 construction workers fall to their deaths, most often while working at heights on
Over the last year, we have seen the emergence of a new carbon market based on the tokenisation of voluntary carbon credits. It represents a new, decentralised approach towards scaling up the carbon market, and it has seen very rapid growth since its inception.
The reasons for that growth are clear: it allows anyone with
National Agricultural Policy: Budget Includes $25 Million in HPAI Poultry Grower Assistance Grants and $220 Million in Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction and Sediment Reduction Program Funds
On July 8, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Act No. 1A of 2022, formerly known as Senate Bill 1100, titled the “General Appropriation
New Jersey has extended the deadline for businesses engaged in “soil and fill recycling services” to comply with key provisions of N.J.S.A. 13:1E-127, et seq., which was enacted on January 21, 2020 and is known as the ‘Dirty Dirt Law.’ The law requires businesses engaged in “soil and fill recycling services” to register as such
Hydraulic Fracturing : Conservation Group Files Lawsuit Against EPA Over Colorado Permit Requirements
On July 12, 2022, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, asking the court to review the EPA’s final action approving the state of Colorado’s permit program requirements. Ctr. for Biological Diversity
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring large business to report on their (indirect) Scope 3 emissions. This reporting obligation comes in addition to company reporting on the carbon impact of its own activities and the power it consumes.
Key takeaways
A company’s reporting obligation would depend on a number of specific factors, which
Environmental practitioners are well aware of the astonishing breadth and scope of the impacts resulting from the investigations into the ubiquitous presence of the so-called “forever chemicals”, including the significant efforts being expended at both the State and Federal level on regulating their use and establishing remedial standards.
But PRPs, landowners,
By Samantha L. Brooks, Karla Grossenbacher, and A. Scott Hecker
Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 12, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued updated guidance for employers on the interplay of workplace bias laws and COVID-19 workplace testing, vaccinations, and other return-to-work issues, including reasonable accommodations and access to employees’ confidential medical information. Employers