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
Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco but the City’s appeal of its NPDES permit is on its way to the United States Supreme Court
April 18, 2024Posted on April 18, 2024 by Jeff Porter DOJ and EPA have submitted their brief arguing that the Supreme Court should leave alone a split Ninth Circuit decision upholding a NPDES permit condition prohibiting the permittees, the City and County of San Francisco, from “causing or contributing” to any...
AT A GLANCE: SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Challenges
April 10, 2024Posted on April 10, 2024 by Bessie Daschbach On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its long-awaited climate disclosure rule. The rule, formally titled, “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors,” came nearly two years after the SEC’s initial proposal and after...
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The Continuing Saga of Cost Recovery and Contribution Claims Under CERCLA Sections 107 and 113
May 4, 2011Posted on May 4, 2011 by Jarred O. Taylor, II In his July 8, 2010 ACOEL blog entry, Fournier “Boots” Gale of this firm reported on the then-most recent court decision dealing...
When Environmental Regulators Try to Enforce Unwritten Policies
May 3, 2011Posted on May 3, 2011 by Jeff Thaler Anyone with substantial experience representing clients before regulatory agencies has likely encountered the frustrating situation where a staff person holds your client to...
Can We Comment Yet? EPA and Corps Issue Proposed New Rapanos Guidance
May 2, 2011Posted on May 2, 2011 by Robert Lawrence I previously posted that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers’ December 2010 draft guidance document describing how EPA and the Army Corps...
Connecticut DEP To Allow Public Participation In Industrial Storm Water Permitting
April 27, 2011Posted on April 27, 2011 by Gregory Sharp The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) has significantly changed the way storm water discharges from industrial facilities are regulated with the adoption...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Finally Wins Aggregation Battle Over Permit For Natural Gas Compressor Station
April 26, 2011Posted on April 26, 2011 by Donald Shandy On February 2, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an “Order Denying Petition for Objection to Permit” in In re Anadarko Petroleum...
Appleton II-The Saga Continues
April 22, 2011Posted on April 22, 2011 by William Session In 2009, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin rendered a widely reported and discussed decision in Appleton Papers Inc....
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In American Electric Power Case
April 21, 2011Posted on April 21, 2011 by Theodore Garrett On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in American Electric Power v. Connecticut, a case where the Second Circuit held that...
Rhode Island Statewide Planning for Renewable Energy Projects
April 20, 2011Posted on April 20, 2011 by Richard Sherman Rhode Island may be in the forefront of regulation on a statewide basis of the siting of renewable energy projects. The State just announced plans...
Aguinda v. Chevron Corporation – Environmental Justice or Sham?
April 15, 2011Posted on April 15, 2011 by Mark Walker There is probably no reason for you to have heard about this case – except that its possibly the largest judgment in the...
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