The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has been trying for some time to require counties that operate municipal separate storm sewers (MS4s) to require “restoration” of impervious surfaces in
Continue Reading Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: An Update
April 2021 saw two major developments in climate change legislation in the EU and in Germany. These developments confirm that the goal of fulfilling the Paris Agreement and achieving climate
Continue Reading Major Developments in EU and German Climate Change Legislation
On April 29, 2021, Administrator Michael Regan announced that EPA plans to add Natural Gas Processing (NGP) facilities to the list of industries subject to Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting
Continue Reading EPA Will Finalize Rule Imposing Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Requirements on Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Tune in to the latest episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Legal Environmental Insights podcast for analysis from GT Shareholders Bernadette Rappold and Christopher Torres on some of the most significant environmental
Continue Reading Legal Environmental Insights Podcast: Episode 11 | What the Largest Litigation Cases and Law Decisions of 2020 Mean to the Practitioner
Last week, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued an unreported opinion in an eminent domain case of potential interest in anticipation of an infusion of federal funding for infrastructure development. Montgomery
Continue Reading NEPA and State Law Condemnation in Pennsylvania
On April 22 – Earth Day – President Biden announced that the United States would commit to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to 50% of the country’s 2005
Continue Reading The Biden Earth Day Climate Announcement: Not Just Clean Air Act Regulation
Because we were reminded this last year how interconnected it all is, and hopefully, we learned a few things about how to keep it beautiful, bountiful, and healthy.
Read the
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Jordan W. Cowman and Robert J. Downing, shareholders of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will participate in the virtual Columbia Business School: Guyana – Suriname Conference Series
Continue Reading Jordan Cowman and Robert Downing to Speak at Columbia Business School: Guyana – Suriname Conference Series
Experts in the environmental field often say that they base their opinions on “multiple lines of evidence.” Is that good enough?
Some time ago at a ballgame (the reader may
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Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Bernadette Rappold and her guest, Travis Kline, Geosyntec’s Senior Principal Toxicologist, discuss the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or FIFRA. Listen as they offer tips and
Continue Reading Legal Environmental Insights: Episode 10 | Bringing New Disinfectants to Market: A Primer on FIFRA Dos and Don’ts