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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The ESA Goes Trekkie
August 15, 2023Posted on August 15, 2023 by Rick Horder I can hear the music in my ear, and the voice: “Space, the final frontier… “. Endangered and threatened species are...
Disasters and Environmental Laws – Have We Learned Our Lesson?
August 14, 2023Posted on August 14, 2023 by Steven Miano I recently had the opportunity to speak at a State University of New York (SUNY) conference for a group of exceptional...
Does EPA Have Authority to Include Narrative Criteria in NPDES Permits? Yes, For Now.
August 3, 2023Posted on August 3, 2023 by Seth Jaffe Earlier this week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed EPA’s NPDES permit issued to San Francisco’s Oceanside sewer system. San...
What’s All the Chatter About? Does the Supreme Court’s Harvard Opinion Really Endanger Environmental Justice Priorities?
July 26, 2023Posted on July 26, 2023 by Heidi Friedman As so many of my professional circles eagerly awaited the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (the...
WHO WILL STOP THE RAIN?
July 25, 2023Posted on July 25, 2023 by Ronald R. Janke The Ohio EPA has adopted and submitted to US EPA for approval the Maumee Watershed Nutrient Total Maximum Daily Load...
What Happens When the EPA Technical Staff Disagrees with the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee?
June 27, 2023Posted on Jun 27, 2023 by Seth Jaffe Earlier this month, the EPA Clean Air Science Advisory Committee provided EPA its review of EPA’s Policy Assessment for the Reconsideration...
Lessons from Someone Else’s Book About a Big Matter I Handled
June 23, 2023Posted on June 23, 2023 by David G. Mandelbaum I recently finished P. David Allen II’s and Susan Campbell’s new book Paper Valley: The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup...
New Mexico Eviscerates the Absolute Pollution Exclusion
June 14, 2023Posted on June 14, 2023 by Thomas M. Hnasko In my last blog, I discussed the seminal ruling in Chisholm’s-Village Plaza, LLC v. Travelers Insurance Co., et al.; No....
Everything Is Connected — For Better or For Worse
June 9, 2023Posted on June 9, 2023 by Seth Jaffe Greenwire (subscription required) reported yesterday that more than 150 wildfires in Quebec have blanketed large swaths of the United States with...
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...