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
When Regulatory Oversight Becomes Inverse Condemnation
September 21, 2023Posted on September 21, 2023 by Jeffrey Haynes The Michigan Court of Appeals issued a decision that may upend our usual notion that environmental regulation does not ordinarily give rise to an inverse condemnation claim. In Krieger v. Dep’t of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, the court denied the...
EPA Proposes the Use of AI to Identify Enforcement Targets
September 20, 2023Posted on September 20, 2023 by Stephen Gidiere As far as I know, this headline is false. But is it so hard to imagine? EPA actually maintains an “artificial intelligence inventory” that claims EPA has developed “a proof-of-concept to improve enforcement of environmental regulations through facility inspections by the...
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Bounty laws and citizen suits
May 24, 2023Posted on May 24, 2023 by Tracy Hester In a jurisprudential pile-up, the Fifth Circuit has become the arena for two simultaneous legal battles that may shape the law...
The Supreme Court Majority Prepares to Bury Chevron; Is There Anyone Left to Praise It?
May 5, 2023Posted on May 5, 2023, by Seth Jaffe Earlier this week, the Supreme Court accepted cert. in Lopez Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which presents a straightforward challenge to the...
Regulating the Impossible Dream: NRC Decision Streamlines Efforts to Commercialize Fusion
May 4, 2023Posted on May 4, 2023 by Adam Kahn On April 13, 2023, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal that will accelerate the...
54th Earth Day: A Wake Up Call to the Planet on the Important Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Addressing the Earth’s Most Pressing Environmental Challenges
May 1, 2023Posted on May 1, 2023 by Amy Edwards As we celebrate the 54th anniversary of Earth Day, it is hard to imagine where we will be 54 years from...
The Berkeley Ban Is Not the Only Answer
April 24, 2023Posted on April 24, 2023 by Kristen Boyles As Seth Jaffe posted last week, the 9th Circuit recently struck down the City of Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation electrification ordinance that prohibited...
Berkeley’s Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction is Preempted: What Will Happen to Other Local Bans?
April 19, 2023Posted on April 19, 2023 by Seth Jaffe On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the City of Berkeley ordinance entitled “Prohibition of Natural Gas Infrastructure...
Water, Water, Everywhere?
April 14, 2023Posted on April 14, 2023 by Scott Fulton One of my roles as ELI’s International Envoy is serving on the Steering Committee of the new Climate Crisis Commission established...
Tackling the Zombies
April 13, 2023Posted on April 13, 2023 by Ridge Hall What can a frustrated state legislator do when the agency implementing the Clean Water Act fails to renew expired permits or...
ARE PFAS COMPOUNDS EVERYWHERE?
April 11, 2023Posted on April 11, 2023 by David Flannery Even as my ACOEL colleagues address PFAS regulatory updates that have been occurring in recent months and will continue to unfold...
ACOEL PRESS RELEASES
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...
ACOEL FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES
2022-2023 OFFICERS AND ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS
December 13, 2022
December 13, 2022For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, D.C.): The ACOEL Foundation is proud to announce its 2022-2023 Officers and...