Air Quality: PA DEP Releases Rulemaking Proposal for VOC Emissions
On June 14, 2022, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection held a meeting and released a Final Rulemaking regarding volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. It affects the following VOC sources, “storage vessels; natural gas-driven continuous bleed pneumatic controllers; natural gas-driven diaphragm pumps; reciprocating and centrifugal
Court Provides Reminder to Insureds (Even Additional Insureds) to Provide Early Notice to Insurers to Maximize Policy Benefits
On June 1, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reminded insureds of the importance of providing early notice to their insurers of claims that may trigger coverage.
In Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC v. HDI Glob. Ins. Co., CV 21-1904, 2022 WL 1773866, at *1 (E.D. La. June 1,
EPA Issues Near Zero Drinking Water Health Advisories for Certain PFAS
On June 15, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released drinking water health advisories [1] for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), resulting in the establishment of:
EPA Advances on Key PFAS Roadmap Deadlines
Original Kelley Drye Client Advisory posted on June 17, 2022.
In the last two weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has taken two major steps forward on its regulation of the “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), to advance implementation of its PFAS Roadmap, released in October 2021. Specifically, EPA (1) established drinking water
NEW VIRGINIA LAW IMPOSES STRICT REQUIREMENTS ON COMMERCIAL BREEDERS OF RESEARCH ANIMALS
By David Galpern, a summer associate at Fox Rothschild LLP, based in the firm’s Princeton office
A recently enacted Virginia law amending Va. Code § 3.2-6511.2 imposes strict requirements on commercial dog and cat breeders who sell animals “for experimental purposes,” like research. Senate Bill 87, and its counterpart House Bill 1350, was introduced in
SEC Proposes Two Rules as Cairns to Prevent Misleading ESG Claims
The SEC providing clear trail markers for its future federal public policy on ESG
CFTC Issues Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk
The agency will use the information to take further steps to address climate risks in the commodity derivatives markets.
By Jean-Philippe Brisson, Yvette Valdez, Douglas Yatter, Joshua Bledsoe, Michael Dreibelbis, Qingyi Pan, and Deric Behar
On June 2, 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Request for
Greenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development Dispute
In a much anticipated and closely watched case, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, led by Boston office attorneys John F. (Jay) Farraher, Jr., David C. Fixler, and John J. Griffin, Jr., with assistance from Courtney R. Foley, secured a victory on behalf of a solar developer in a case
Procedure or Substance and Natural or Built Under the ERA
This column seeks to sharpen up two large issues under the first sentence of Section 27 of the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, the one granting an environmental right. First, is that right substantive or procedural? Second, does the right apply to all environments, or just to “traditional environmental media?”
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Climate Litigation: private actors increasingly becoming the targets of claims
Climate-related litigation is increasingly being used as a tool to hold companies and governments to account over their contributions to climate change. According to the Grantham Institute’s 2021 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report (the “Report”), the number of climate-related cases has more than doubled since 2015: between 1986 and 2014, approximately 800