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Why Congress Should Pass the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

Donald McEachin, who co-led the inception of this legislation starting in 2018 and was a fierce champion for environmental justice all his life. Robert Bullard, “environmental justice embraces the principle that all people and communities have a right to equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.”

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Gas Industry, Sen. Bartolotta Seek Legislation To Eliminate Environmental Hearing Board Appeals Of DEP Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities

PA Environment Daily

She contends the federal Natural Gas Act mandates the federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has “exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal which challenges any state agency’s action in either approving or denying a permit when the state agency acts on the basis of federal law.” 2018)) Sen. of Bordentown v. of Bordentown v.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

1, 2018; order denying remand and notice re tutorial Feb. 27, 2018; request for supplemental briefing Feb. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 1, 2018; ruling Feb. ExxonMobil Corp.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Clean Energy Law

Section 108(b) of CERCLA authorizes EPA [i] to develop regulations requiring owners or operators of certain “classes of facilities [to] establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility consistent with the degree and duration of risk associated with the production, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous substances.”

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Eight Important Updates About Recent PFAS Regulatory Developments

Arnold Porter

PFOA and PFOS Drinking Water Regulations Back On and Only the Beginning. In the final days of the Trump Administration, EPA issued final determinations to regulate PFOA and PFOS in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), a process the Agency started in 2018.

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Policy News: December 6, 2021

ESA

Frey is a former chair of the EPAs Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and he was a member of the CASAC Particulate Matter Review Panel that former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler dismissed in 2018. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Dec. Comments must be received on or before Dec.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

In 2018, the company announced plans to build a $10 billion complex named ‘The Sunshine Project,’ with 10 chemical manufacturing plants, in St. Mitchell | The Advocate | March 9, 2020 State regulators relied on nearly decade-old air pollution data to support their conclusion that Formosa Plastics' $9.4

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