EPA agrees to update toxic air pollution rule for Institute chemical plant after citizen group lawsuit
In the waning days of the Biden administration, federal regulators have agreed to update toxic air emission rules that govern a chemical plant in Institute, one of West Virginia’s few majority Black ...
When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco’s PR playbook
This issue took on new life at the end of 2022, when researchers published a new study estimating that 12.7% of U.S. cases of childhood asthma – about one case in eight – were attributable to gas ...
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DC Circuit Questions Validity of Longstanding Council for Environmental Quality Regulations Implementing NEPA
In a departure from past jurisprudence, a recent DC Circuit decision questioned whether the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) had ...
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The Future of U.S. Environmental Regulation: What to Expect in 2025
While still a newly minted lawyer early in 1977, I had the good fortune to land a job with the then brand-new Rhode Island Department of ...
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Former EPA employees gear up to resist what they fear from the Trump administration
A group comprised of former EPA employees is gearing up again to resist what they fear from the Donald Trump administration.
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Cities, states say they’ll need more help to replace millions of lead pipes
The new rule, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October, requires cities and water ... some water system operators say the rule has created confusion over whether utilities or ...