On Jan. 5, Mr. Mohammed Chamin – a Member of the European Parliament and the “rapporteur” on the proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public health and Food Safety (ENVI) – announced that a draft report on the CBAM proposal had been sent to shadow rapporteurs for discussion. This
A review of the environmental cases decided by the Pennsylvania appellate courts last year follows. Please forgive any omissions of cases or detail in this catalogue. Many of these cases are not officially reported so not formally precedential. Click here to read the full article. Reprinted with permission from The Legal Intelligencer.
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In the first episode of the 2022 Evolving Environmental Law miniseries, Shareholders Steven C. Russo and David G. Mandelbaum discuss the recently enacted Environmental Rights Amendment to the New
On Oct. 6, 2021, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced Phase 1 of a proposed two-phase rollback of the most significant substantive changes included in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rule-making finalized by former President Donald Trump’s administration in 2020. Those 2020 changes were the first overhaul of the NEPA regulations
On Oct. 9, 2021, California Gov. Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1346, which will require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and emissions from small off-road engines (SORE), such as lawn mowers, portable generators, and the profusion of other equipment utilizing small gasoline engines for power,
Last week, an intermediate appellate court in Pennsylvania held that a jury properly awarded no compensation for a right to flood a lakefront property by an additional 5.5 feet in a heavy storm. The home on the property sat on a pad at the original elevation, so if all 5.5 feet of flooding were to
The UK has implemented ambitious legislation requiring that UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions be net zero by 2050. The introduction of electric vehicles (EVs), which are included in the category of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs), is a key aspect of the UK Government’s strategy in reducing transport related GHG emissions.
CERCLA Section 113(f) authorizes contribution claims among parties jointly and severally liable for the same response actions or costs. Section 113(f)(1) goes on to provide that “in resolving contribution claims, the court may allocate response costs among liable parties using such equitable factors as the court determines are appropriate.”
The Greenberg Traurig Warsaw office has established an Environmental Protection Practice to provide clients with high-quality legal advice related to all aspects of environmental law.
Greenberg Traurig, in collaboration with German engineering firm DEEP.KBB and Dutch consulting firm Rebel Group, will host the next installment of their Hydrogen webinar series on Nov. 17 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. CEST. The topic will focus on the government’s role in hydrogen development.
Speakers include: