Environmental Justice: 2023 Year in Review and 2024 Look-Ahead -
As a concept, Environmental Justice, or EJ, has been around for more than 40 years. Beginning as a slogan at protests in Warren County, NC in 1982, EJ...more
12/21/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
CEQ ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
NEPA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Toxic Chemicals
On May 6, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published the results of an audit examining EPA’s response to updated cancer risk values for two chemicals: ethylene oxide...more
In what has become a near legal certainty following plant explosions, train wrecks with chemical spills, and other large-scale accidents, plaintiffs often file suit and seek to certify personal injury and property damage...more
8/6/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Drinking Water ,
Medical Monitoring ,
PFAS ,
Pipelines ,
Property Damage ,
Reversal ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Underground Storage Tanks
In a just-released air toxics rule for miscellaneous organic chemical manufacturing (“MON”) sources, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) retains its controversial risk value for ethylene oxide (“EtO”). In doing...more