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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The 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
December 9, 2011Posted on December 9, 2011 by Mark Walker On August 18, 2011, the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations filed a lawsuit, in federal court in Oklahoma City claiming that they, rather than the State...
NUMERICAL EFFLUENT LIMITS IN STORM WATER DISCHARGE PERMITS
December 7, 2011Posted on December 7, 2011 by Kevin Beaton In recent years, the states and EPA have placed greater emphasis on regulating storm water discharges from various industrial and municipal sources under...
Rapanos, Guidelines and Deference: Wetlands Beware
December 6, 2011Posted on December 6, 2011 by Charles F. Becker The Supreme Court’s last determination of what wetlands are subject to the Clean Water Act and hence may not be filled without...
Finding Consensus Amid Chaos:The Third Circuit Weighs in on the Interpretation of Rapanos
December 1, 2011Posted on December 1, 2011 by Jose Allen In United States v. Donovan, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 22026 (3rd Cir., Oct. 31, 2011), the Third Circuit became the latest Circuit Court of...
Wisconsin DNR’s New Phosphorus Rules – The Curious Story of the Delay That Never Happens
November 30, 2011Posted on November 30, 2011 by Linda Bochert On November 3, 2011, the Wisconsin Legislature completed its final regular session of the year without enacting a delay in the phosphorus rules...
SIZING UP TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTY IN NEW MEXICO
November 28, 2011Posted on November 28, 2011 by Larry Ausherman New Mexico is a land of vast expanses, mountains, mesas, and rich cultural heritages. Cultural and historic properties are protected by New Mexico...
U.S. EPA PROPOSES REVISIONS TO CLEAN AIR ACT REGULATIONS IMPACTING THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
November 21, 2011Posted on November 21, 2011 by Chester Babst On August 23, 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a package of four proposed rules governing air emissions from the...
Settle or Try the Case?
November 14, 2011Posted on November 14, 2011 by John Barkett Every Superfund allocation action involves a “settle or try” decision at some point. Occasionally, I find an allocation decision where the outcome did...
What Happened to Global Warming and the Green Economy
November 4, 2011Posted on November 4, 2011 by Charles Tisdale The October 16 New York Times asked the question: Where Did Global Warming Go? Congress is considering legislation to reduce the authority of EPA. Some...
ACOEL PRESS RELEASES
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
July 27, 2023July 27, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to welcome...