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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ACOEL Member Awarded First Columbia University Climate Change Chair
December 14, 2009Posted on December 14, 2009 by Rachael Bunday LAW: Climate change, a ‘popular’ area of law, gets its first endowed professor (12/14/2009) Annie Jia, E&E reporter Columbia University has established what...
Be Careful What You Wish For
December 11, 2009Posted on December 11, 2009 by Lee A. DeHihns, III On December 7, 2009, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson stated that greenhouse gases (GHGs) “threaten the public health and welfare of the...
The Challenges and Rewards of Environmental Pro Bono Work
December 10, 2009Posted on December 10, 2009 by Christopher Davis I suspect most of us did not go into environmental law to see how much money we could make as lawyers, but because...
Natural Resource Damages – Why Not a Cooperative Restoration Approach?
December 7, 2009Posted on December 7, 2009 by Susan Cooke There’s lots of talk among environmental lawyers these days about how to litigate Natural Resource Damage (NRD) claims, but relatively little discussion of...
When Does The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 Trump the Clean Water Act?
December 3, 2009Posted on December 3, 2009 by Karen Aldridge Crawford United States v. Milner, Nos. 05-35802, -36126, 39 ELR 20232 (9th Cir. Oct. 9, 2009) In a suit brought by the United...
EPA ISSUES FINAL RULE ON CONSTRUCTION SITE WATER POLLUTION
December 2, 2009Posted on December 2, 2009 by John Crawford by John Crawford, Michael Caples and Gary Rikard On November 23, 2009, EPA finalized technology-based effluent guidelines that are likely to have a...
“Fast-Tracking” of Solar Development Not a Bypass of Environmental Review
November 20, 2009Posted on November 20, 2009 by Linda Bullen On June 29, 2009, Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar announced several initiatives to aid development of solar energy facilities on federal lands...
Kentucky Action on PM 2.5
November 19, 2009Posted on November 19, 2009 by Carolyn Brown As has been reported, EPA granted in part petitions to object to the merged PSD construction/Title V operating permit issued by the Kentucky Division for...
Environmental Review for Genetically Engineered Crops
November 11, 2009Posted on November 11, 2009 by Andrew Brown For some genetically engineered (GE) crops, the fields may be quiet, but the courtrooms have been busy. On October 22, Monsanto, Forage Genetics...
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...