This US Supreme Court’s administrative and environmental decisions were somewhat predictable for much of the 2022-2023 term. And then they weren’t – the final weeks of the term especially featured some high-drama decisions....more
7/13/2023
/ 303 Creative LLC v Elenis ,
Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Department of Education v Brown ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Haaland v Brackeen ,
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
NEPA ,
Notice of Violation ,
Rapanos v US ,
Sackett v EPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Student Loans ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
In a recent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) letter issued to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), the Biden Administration deploys its plans to use...more
10/26/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
CERCLA ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Investigations ,
Louisiana ,
NAAQS ,
Regulatory Oversight
Environmental justice (EJ) issues continue to be at the forefront of the Biden Administration’s regulatory agenda, with promises to deploy non-environmental statutes - most notably, federal civil rights laws - to address...more
7/27/2022
/ CERCLA ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Funding ,
HUD ,
Title VI