PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been under scrutiny on both sides of the Capitol in recent months, and the Senate made significant headway in late June in reaching consensus
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Buckle Up for a Wild Ride: Environmental Policy in the Trump Administration
By Bernadette M. Rappold on
Posted in Articles, Environment, EPA, Federal, Federal Regulation, Legislation, Pennsylvania, Policy, Politics, Washington, D.C.
Millions of Americans are coming to grips with the broad social and political ramifications of Donald Trump’s stunning upset victory in last Tuesday’s presidential election. And while the president-elect’s policy…
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Navigating Legal Implications of Power Industry Regulations
By Michael Cooke on
I participated in a Power Magazine legal issues conference on December 7th in Las Vegas entitled, “Navigating Legal Implications of Power Industry Regulations.” My presentation focused on the “nuts…
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Industry and States Legally Challenge Federal Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations
By Laura E. Jones & Robert S. Thompson IV on
States and industry organizations are seeking to invalidate a recent hydraulic fracturing rule promulgated by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (the Rule).1 The Rule will go into effect on…
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Obama Administration Announces New Steps to Spur Private Investment in Infrastructure Projects
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Environmental Policy as Part of Integrated Overall Policy
By David Mandelbaum on
Environmental quality is important, but it is just one set of the objectives of public policy. Is it possible to think about the incentives set by environmental regulatory decisions and…
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US-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change
By David Mandelbaum on
from the GT Climate Change Group
You may have read in the press that President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping jointly announced an agreement on greenhouse gas emission reduction …
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2014 Voters Address State, Local Infrastructure Funding Proposals
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Written by Robert S. Brams, Alais L. M. Griffin‡, Jennifer R. McEwan˘, Jamey L. Tesler and David Veator.
On Nov. 4, 2014, voters across the…
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Miami-Dade County Extends Period for Public Comment Regarding Proposed Amendments to the Wellfield Protection Ordinance
By Kerri Barsh on
As we previously reported, on May 24, 2014, Miami-Dade County opened a period for receipt of public comments regarding its proposal to amend the County’s Potable Water Supply Wellfield…
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Koontz-Inspired State Legislation Would Expand Supreme Court’s Ruling in Permitting Context
By Kerri Barsh on
Companion bills (H.B. 1077 and S.B. 1310) have been filed in the Florida Senate and House that would prohibit local governments from imposing permit conditions or “development exactions” on a…
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