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
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...
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...
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Just What We Need: More Community Engagement in Superfund Sites
May 26, 2010Posted on May 26, 2010 by Seth Jaffe Last week, EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response announced release of its Community Engagement Implementation Plan. Who could be against community engagement? It’s as...
BNSF No Big Deal, says U. S. District Court
May 25, 2010Posted on May 25, 2010 by Rick Glick The U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has denied reconsideration of its pre-BNSF order finding defendants jointly and severally liable...
Fighting the Last War: The Relevance (and Irrelevance) of the Exxon Valdez Spill to the Deepwater Horizon Spill
May 24, 2010Posted on May 24, 2010 by Bradley Marten A number of us in the Pacific Northwest can remember the phone call that came in the spring of 1989 telling us to...
EPA REVISITS REGULATION OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS
May 12, 2010Posted on May 12, 2010 by Larry Ausherman Summary On May 4, 2010, EPA released its proposed rule to regulate disposal and management of coal combustion residuals (“CCRs”) from coal-fired power...
Interview: Obama Administration Environmental Initiatives & Priorities
May 10, 2010Posted on May 10, 2010 by Rachael Bunday On March 4th and March 9th, 2010, Angus Macbeth conducted interviews of Robert Sussman and Igancia Moreno regarding the Obama Administration Environmental Initiatives...
Energizing Brownfields
May 7, 2010Posted on May 7, 2010 by George von Stamwitz It has always amused me how many people are involved with Brownfields work as compared to how few projects have been completed....
“CLIMATEGATE” GOES TO COURT
May 6, 2010Posted on May 6, 2010 by Mark Walker By now, everyone is familiar with “Climategate”, the scandal surrounding the hacked e-mails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of...
Climate Change Work Group Phase Two – EPA Searches for Energy Efficiency and Innovation Using an Unlikely Tool
May 5, 2010Posted on May 5, 2010 by Robert Wyman EPA is stuck between a rock and a hard place in using the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Having made...
Groundwater Cleanups – What If Drinking Water Standards Cannot Be Met?
April 20, 2010Posted on April 20, 2010 by Charles Tisdale EPA began the CERCLA program in 1980 with the view that all sites could be remediated to stringent cleanup standards, including drinking water...
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...