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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Clean Water Advocates and Industrial Sector Battle Over Connecticut’s Industrial Stormwater Permit
March 23, 2009Posted on March 23, 2009 by Gregory Sharp The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) has proposed to revise and renew its General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater Associated with...
Another RICE Crop: EPA Proposes Additional Rules for Stationary Reciprocating
March 13, 2009Posted on March 13, 2009 by Earl Phillips On February 25, 2009, EPA proposed a new set of rules and rule revisions applicable to a broad universe of existing stationary reciprocating...
New Requirements for Siting and Permitting in Connecticut
March 13, 2009Posted on March 13, 2009 by Earl Phillips As of January 1, 2009, a party seeking to develop or expand certain facilities in Connecticut that require approval by the state Siting...
EPA CAFO RULE – RIGHTING ITS COURSE??
March 12, 2009Posted on March 12, 2009 by Brian Rosenthal Has the EPA gone far enough to overcome the successful Waterkeeper Alliancechallenge to its CAFO Rule? In 2005, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held...
Native American Water Rights in Oklahoma
March 9, 2009Posted on March 9, 2009 by Linda C. Martin The ownership of the Illinois River and its watershed in Oklahoma is currently at issue in Federal Court in the Northern District...
Priscilla Summers v. Earth Island Institute Supreme Court Decision
March 4, 2009Posted on March 4, 2009 by Theodore Garrett In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that environmentalists’ lacked standing to challenge a Forest Service regulation limiting public involvement in timber...
Another Loss For the Bush EPA; The D.C. Court of Appeals Remands the Fine Particulate Standard
February 27, 2009Posted on February 27, 2009 by Seth Jaffe The batting average of the Bush administration EPA in appeals of its regulatory proposals may now have dropped below the proverbial Mendoza line....
PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN WATER AND BROWNFIELDS INVESTMENT OF STIMULUS FUNDS
February 27, 2009Posted on February 27, 2009 by Joseph Manko Among the priorities under the $787.5 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is repairing, rebuilding, and constructing the nation’s water infrastructure. Approximately...
Section 115 of the Clean Air Act – A Useful Tool for Climate Change?
February 25, 2009Posted on February 25, 2009 by Angus Macbeth We are not going to have Congressional action on a regime for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the time EPA will feel compelled...
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ACOEL ANNOUNCES NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS & REGENTS
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ACOEL Announces Newly-Elected Fellows for 2023
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