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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Enforcement of Environmental Laws in the US on the Rise
November 1, 2011Posted on November 1, 2011 by Jarred Taylor In the US, criminal prosecution of environmental violations is on the rise. Environmental enforcement remains one of the few areas in which government...
WILL THE SUPREME COURT TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE WHETHER COMPELLED COSTS OF RESPONSE ARE RECOVERABLE UNDER CERCLA §113(F), §107(A) OR BOTH?
October 26, 2011Posted on October 26, 2011 by William Session In Morrison Enterprises, LLC v. Dravo Corporation, the Eighth Circuit held that a party who has incurred costs responding to a contaminant it did...
EPA’s Proposed New Air Standards Affecting the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
October 23, 2011Posted on October 23, 2011 by Donald Shandy On August 23, 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new air standards for the oil and natural gas industry (the Proposed Rule). ...
Native American Water Rights in Oklahoma-Chapter 3
October 18, 2011Posted on October 18, 2011 by Linda Martin March and September 2009 blog entries discussed issues involving Native American water rights in the Illinois River and its watershed. The issues arose...
Supreme Court Asked to Clarify Superfund Cost Recovery Options
October 14, 2011Posted on October 14, 2011 by Daniel Riesel This fall, the United States Supreme Court will decide whether to revisit a question it left open in United States v. Atlantic Research: Whether...
USEPA Dioxin Toxicity Reassessment Again Delayed
October 10, 2011Posted on October 10, 2011 by Michael Rodburg Dioxins, a class of chemicals whose most notorious denizen is 2,3,7,8-terachlorodibenzodioxin, a/k/a TCDD, have been of public concern since the 1970’s, but their...
The Tide Changes in Tri-state Water War
October 4, 2011Posted on October 4, 2011 by Richard Horder In June of this year, a three judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit made an important ruling in the decades-long battle between Alabama, Florida and...
Obama Administration Withdraws Proposal to Lower the Ozone NAAQS
October 3, 2011Posted on October 3, 2011 by Eva O’Brien On September 2, 2011, President Obama directed EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, to withdraw the agency’s proposal to lower the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard...
NOT IN MY BACK YARD! NEW YORK’S POWER PLANT SITING SOLUTION
September 22, 2011Posted on September 22, 2011 by Stephen Herrmann Recently Japan’s nuclear accident emphasized one important aspect of where to build power plants, and now the State of New York has adopted...
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...