LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Jeffrey Hurwitz
Revised ambient air quality standard could require more stringent control of fine particulate matter emissions.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Michael Steinberg
D.C. Circuit awards attorneys' fees to intervenors whose issues were not addressed in and whose participation had no effect on the litigation.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
On May 13, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule (Tailoring Rule) that addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) permitting requirements for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. EPA's Tailoring Rule-the fourth action in ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Litigation Practice
On December 7, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) announced that six greenhouse gases taken in combination endanger both public health and welfare. The Agency also found that the combined emissions of these gre... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
On September 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal describing how it intends to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act's (CAA) Title V and Prevention of Significant Deterio... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
On September 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated two lawsuits filed by eight states, New York City, and three environmental groups that allege that the carbon dioxide emissions from six electric pow... more
Presentation | Webinar
John McAleese, III, Ronald Tenpas, Jonathan Snare
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
On September 22, the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) Rule. EPA had proposed this rule on March 10 of this year and solicited comments fro... more
Presentation | Webinar
Floyd Norton, IV, Ronald Tenpas, Levi McAllister, Michael Griffen
Since early 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have been separately drafting legislation that, if enacted, would fundamentally alter the way that the United States generates, transmits, and consumes energ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Litigation Practice
On June 26, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), major legislation addressing energy and climate change policy. Known commonly as the Waxman-Markey bill, the 1,300-... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Litigation Practice
On March 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule for the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs). This rule was authorized by the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which directed... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Christopher McAuliffe
On July 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a regulatory program adopted under the Clean Air Act that had been the basis for significant investments in air pollution control technology and... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell recently signed into law the Clean Indoor Air Act (Act) prohibiting smoking in most public areas, including workspaces, across the state. Pennsylvania now joins 32 other states in enactin... more
Presentation | Speech
Jeffrey Hurwitz