Blogs & Resources
ACOEL members contribute regularly to the ACOEL Blog, writing on topics of current interest in their respective fields. Recently-published blogs are featured below, or you can search the ACOEL blog archive using the search feature.
Current Blogs
Most States Rise to the Challenge and Submit Preliminary Climate Plans to EPA – Now for the Hard Part
April 30, 2024Posted on April 30, 2024 by Steven Chester In mid-April of this year, the Climate XChange, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing state climate policy, announced that it, along with RMI and the Evergreen Collaborative, had reviewed “6,795 pages of state climate plans.” These plans had been submitted to...
EPA Designates PFAS as Hazardous Substances; EPA Is More Confident Than I Am that the Sky Isn’t Falling
April 24, 2024Posted on April 24, 2024 by Seth Jaffe Last Friday, EPA formally designated perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) – including their salts and structural isomers! – as hazardous substances under CERCLA. I cannot really quarrel with the underlying decision to list PFOA and PFOS. Given the developing...
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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule
June 29, 2022Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M. Trisko* EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns....
Transforming your Closed Landfill in a “Power”ful way
June 21, 2022Posted on June 21, 2022 by Heidi B. (Goldstein) Friedman Less than two weeks ago, EPA released an updated version of their “RE-Powering Mapper” tool – How to Identify...
Austin: A Battle Among Progressives
June 17, 2022Posted on June 17, 2022 by Paul Seals The City of Austin has become a battleground for progressive initiatives. On June 9, the City Council approved a resolution directed...
The Absolute Pollution Exclusion is Not Quite Absolute
June 16, 2022Posted on June 16, 2022 by Thomas M. Hnasko In my last blog, I noted that there is no case law under CERCLA analyzing whether an insurer may rely...
Will Evidence of a Coming Apocalypse Change Human Behavior?
June 15, 2022Posted on June 15, 2022 by Seth Jaffe I’m not much for apocalyptic thinking. I don’t think it’s productive. I have to confess, though, that this story about the...
From Burning Rivers to Parts Per Trillion: 50 Years of CWA Regulation
June 8, 2022Posted on June 8, 2022 by Steve Miano Recently, I was asked to moderate a panel to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. It gave me...
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over
May 25, 2022Posted on May 25, 2022 by L. Mark Walker Twenty years ago I tried a jury trial which turned out to be a case study regarding the uncertainty of...
UN Special Rapporteur Targets ‘Sacrifice Zones’ Caused by the Ongoing Toxification of People and the Planet
May 19, 2022Posted on May 19, 2022 by Susan Kath In his latest report, the sixth in a series of thematic reports, Professor David Boyd, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human...
The Mixed Up World of Blending
May 17, 2022Posted on May 17, 2022 by Ed Tormey Recently I read a news release that the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals had issued a mandamus order against the...
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ACOEL ANNOUNCES NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS & REGENTS
October 17, 2023October 17, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to announce...
ACOEL Announces Newly-Elected Fellows for 2023
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