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Environmental and energy laws intersect routinely with businesses, in many different niches and industries. From companies developing solar energy systems to a small business selling all-natural, organic foods, these industries collide with legislation and court precedents, and companies must be aware of the regulations impacting their businesses. Visitors to the National Law Review will come across industry news, agency news, and local legislation as well as litigation as it relates to the areas of energy and environmental law.

EPA and other Governmental Environmental Agencies and Legislation

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), the Clean Air and Water Acts, Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment, and Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA), are agencies that the National Law Review covers.  Additionally, the implications of the Endangered Species Act and implications of the changes to this long-standing legislation are analyzed by the legal experts at the National Law Review.

Alternative Energy Production

Additionally, biobased energy production and alternative energy production, including regulations, tax credits, and upcoming legislation are also extensively covered by the National Law Review.  Industry developments, legal developments in the energy sector, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and renewable energy reform and legislation, are among the topics visitors can read about online. Developments in coal, geothermal, solar, wind, hydroelectric, and natural gas both in the US and internationally are also updated on the website.

Environmental Litigation in Federal and State Courts

Many environmental issues and regulations find their way to the courtroom, as different agencies and environmental groups fight for their various interests.  Litigation covering the Clean Water Act and how it is enforced, as well as litigation on CERCLA and Superfund site clean-up costs and environmental litigation brought by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Climate Change and the Environment

Climate change has been a major factor in environmental legal issues, as the impacts of climate change are felt and there is increasing public pressure for companies and governments to pay attention to its devastating effects. The National Law Review provides coverage of corporate responses to climate changecreative litigation for the benefit of children, and the responses to climate change and coverage of world agreements, like the Paris Agreement,  and President Trump’s controversial withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

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Recent Energy, EPA, Climate & Environmental Law News

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Nov
25
2014
FERC Approves Fourth Settlement for 2011 Southwest Blackout Against Western Area Power Administration ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
25
2014
EPA Delays Finalization of 2014 Renewable Fuel Standards Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
25
2014
Horizontal Well Completion Permit by Rule Proposed by Ohio EPA, Open for Interested Party Comment Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov
25
2014
Do We Have Coverage for This? Sometimes It’s Worth Getting a Second Opinion Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
25
2014
USEPA Finalizes Amendments to GHG Reporting Regulations for the Oil and Gas Sector and Proposes Additional Subpart W Revisions for Comment ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
25
2014
Energy and Environment Law Update: Week of 11/24/2014 Mintz
Nov
24
2014
FERC Issues Proposed Policy Statement Regarding Cost Recovery For Pipeline Modernization ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
24
2014
Ninth Circuit Rejects Use of Preemptive Litigation to Validate Federal Approvals Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
22
2014
Utah District Court Strikes Down Regulation of Species Under the Endangered Species Act Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov
22
2014
Recent Regulations Prompt Revamped Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Pipeline Cost-Recovery Policy Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
21
2014
FERC Policy Proposal – More Modernization Trackers? Bracewell LLP
Nov
21
2014
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Grants Petition for Rehearing of Decision on Conflicts Minerals Rule Katten
Nov
21
2014
The Impacts of the 2014 Elections on Colorado’s Energy Industry Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov
21
2014
Pennsylvania General Permits For Natural Gas Facilities Air Emissions Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov
21
2014
FERC Orders ISOs (Independent System Operators) to Address Fuel Assurance Issues 149 FERC ¶ 61,145 (2014) Bracewell LLP
Nov
20
2014
Public Comment Period on Proposed Listing of Northern Long-Eared Bat Reopened Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov
20
2014
D.C. Circuit to Reconsider Conflict Minerals Ruling; Initiatives Proceed in the European Union and China Beveridge & Diamond PC
Nov
20
2014
Africa: Realizing the Potential to Become the Breadbasket of the World Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
20
2014
Comparing Externalities from EU Energy Sources Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
19
2014
Halliburton’s Acquisition of Baker Hughes Likely to Receive Close Antitrust Scrutiny from Department of Justice Mintz
Nov
19
2014
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Needs Court Order to Seize Control of Private Property Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Nov
19
2014
Utah Federal Court Finds Endangered Species Act Cannot Regulate Species on Private Lands Within a Single State Beveridge & Diamond PC
Nov
18
2014
FERC Approves Integration of Western Area Power Administration, Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Heartland Consumers Power District into SPP ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
18
2014
Energy & Environment Law Update - November 17, 2014 Mintz
Nov
18
2014
Maryland Proposes Contamination Reporting Rules Triggered by Concentration (not Quantity): Routine Transactional Due Diligence Could Pose a Problem Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
17
2014
Environmental Regulation and Investor State Dispute Settlement Clauses Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
16
2014
Chad and China’s CNPC Reach Settlement on Alleged Environmental Damages Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
14
2014
Supreme Court Denies Petition Challenging Staged Review of Completed CERCLA Remediation ArentFox Schiff LLP
 

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