Federal Regulation

A review of the environmental cases decided by the Pennsylvania appellate courts last year follows.  Please forgive any omissions of cases or detail in this catalogue.  Many of these cases…
Continue Reading Environmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2021

When one cleans up contaminated property, often the cleanup calls for a neighbor to allow some action to address contamination migrating onto that neighbor’s property. A case from the Court…
Continue Reading Neighbors’ Tort Claims Even After a Cleanup

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

The incoming Biden Administration intends to take many major environmental policy actions aimed at climate change, enforcement, environmental justice, and several other issues, many of which entail reversing actions taken…
Continue Reading TRANSITION THOUGHTS: The Presidential Transition, NEPA, and Project Review