On the heels of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address, in which she endorsed a suite of progressive environmental policies including product stewardship laws governing the paper and
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Christopher L. Bell, a shareholder in the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was awarded the American Society for Quality’s (ASQ) Richard Freund-Donald Marquart Medal.
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Procuring zero-emission buses (ZEBs) involves complete system procurement and requires a fundamentally different approach to that taken in respect of new diesel or petrol buses. In this first of two
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When your neighbor’s property is contaminated, the environmental regulators may want access to your property to investigate whether the contamination has affected your property. You may have business reasons not
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On Dec. 20, 2021, the New York State Climate Action Council (Council) voted unanimously to approve the most recent draft of the scoping plan, a roadmap to achieve compliance with
Continue Reading New York State Environmental Regulator Issues Draft Plan to Achieve GHG Emissions-Reduction Goals
You are invited to listen to the latest episode of Greenberg Traurig’s E2 Law Podcast, “The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the NY Constitution.”
In the first episode
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On Oct. 6, 2021, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced Phase 1 of a proposed two-phase rollback of the most significant substantive changes included in the National
Continue Reading Turning Back the Clock: CEQ’s Recently Announced NEPA Amendments Aim to Restore Pre-Trump Administration Approach to Environmental Review
On Oct. 9, 2021, California Gov. Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1346, which will require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop regulations to prohibit engine exhaust
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Last week, an intermediate appellate court in Pennsylvania held that a jury properly awarded no compensation for a right to flood a lakefront property by an additional 5.5 feet in
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The UK has implemented ambitious legislation requiring that UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions be net zero by 2050. The introduction of electric vehicles (EVs), which are included in the category
Continue Reading Financing EV Infrastructure in the UK