I recently wrote a column for The Legal Intelligencer’s Pennsylvania Law Weekly, reposted on this blog here, raising questions about whether the Pennsylvania courts have correctly identified the
Continue Reading Oil and Gas and Another Questionable Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment Decision
Last month, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decided another in a series of cases applying the Environmental Rights Amendment to municipal land use decisions involving the oil and gas industry. That
Continue Reading What Impact Review Does the Pennsylvania ERA Require?
Paul M. Seby, a shareholder in the Environmental and Energy & Natural Resources Practices, is quoted in an Aug. 24 Law360 article titled “Justices Must Restore Trump-Era GHG Rule,
Continue Reading Paul Seby Featured in Two Law360 Articles
On July 21, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court revisited the Environmental Rights Amendment, Article I, Section 27, of the Pennsylvania Constitution when Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth returned to the
Continue Reading Identifying the Natural Resources Subject to the Environmental Rights Amendment
Roughly 15 years ago, many Pennsylvania landowners entered into oil and gas leases in the expectation of receiving royalties for the extraction of shale gas and oil underlying their properties.
Continue Reading Is the Oil and Gas Lease Over? Court Ruling Offers Guidance
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
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
Four attorneys from the Energy & Natural Resources Practice at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, were recognized in the 2021 edition of the prestigious legal services directory Chambers
Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig’s Energy & Natural Resources Attorneys, Mexico Practice Recognized by 2021 Chambers Global
On Dec. 26, 2020, Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (SENER) published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF), a resolution that establishes the goods for which import and export activities are subject
Continue Reading Amendments to Regulations for Import/Export of Hydrocarbons and Hydrocarbon Products in Mexico
Last month, I wrote about the “Environmental Justice for All Act,” a bill that proposes a finding that vulnerable populations are disproportionately burdened by environmental hazards. New Jersey is
Continue Reading New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Legislation: The Focus on Major Source Permit Applications Might Impact Property Values