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New York Passes Climate Superfund Legislation

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On December 26, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act (“CCSA” or the “Act”) into law. The law requires certain fossil fuel producers and refiners with sufficient connections to New York...more

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Environmental Enforcement Update: What to Expect In the Second Trump Administration

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We anticipate President Trump’s upcoming term will usher in significant shifts in U.S. environmental enforcement priorities and practices. Beveridge & Diamond has helped clients navigate every change in administration since...more

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Biden and EPA Continue to Push Environmental Justice Using Cumulative Impacts

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President Biden is pushing in 2023 to strengthen Environmental Justice (EJ) initiatives and policies from the top down. This includes ordering more action and results from relevant federal agencies and pushing for the use of...more

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Advancing Environmental Justice: EPA Releases New Roadmap to Address Cumulative Impacts

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The Environmental Protection Agency recently published a Cumulative Impacts Addendum (“Addendum”) to its Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice (“EJ Legal Tools”), issued in May 2022....more

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Ten Environmental and Energy Issues to Watch in 2023

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What will happen in the environmental and energy space in 2023? The last year saw transformative changes in the environmental and energy space in the form of historic spending through the federal Inflation Reduction Act, a...more

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EPA’s Environmental Justice Continues to Expand its Reach with the Issuance of Draft Action Plan for EPA’s Office of Land and...

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On January 5, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Draft Environmental Justice Action Plan (Draft EJ Action Plan), which identifies Environmental Justice (EJ) measures that have been or...more

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Major Boost Coming in Federal Brownfield and Superfund Spending and Focus

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Following the enactment of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) and its signing into law by President Joseph R. Biden this month, significantly expanded federal funding and emphasis is expected in...more

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US EPA Issues Draft Strategic Plan

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Emphasis on Environmental Justice and Climate Change - The EPA's draft Strategic Plan provides the key to understanding the agency's priority goals and initiatives, including Climate Change and Environmental Justice...more

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Environmental Justice Emerges as EPA and Virginia Priority

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Recent guidance issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) evidences EPA’s intention to better incorporate Environmental Justice (“EJ”) considerations into program administration and enforcement. ...more

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Addressing Environmental Justice through EPA’s Enforcement Tools

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The Biden Administration has made environmental justice and equity a key pillar of its environmental policy, directing EPA to incorporate this concept at all levels of its decision-making process. EPA’s Administrator Michael...more

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Guam v. U.S. - A Case of Environmental Injustice?

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President Biden has made environmental justice a cornerstone of his administration. While all government departments and agencies have a role to play, the U.S. EPA has taken on the environmental justice mantle as reflected in...more

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Environmental Justice Rises to the Forefront of EPA Policy

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EPA and OMB issue directives and propose an initial budget for the Biden Administration’s EJ initiatives - With the Biden Administration’s appointees now in place, environmental justice (EJ) is moving to the forefront of...more

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A New Agenda: Significant Changes in U.S. Environmental Policy Are Expected in 2021

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Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration on January 20, 2021 as the forty-sixth President of the United States could usher in a sweeping period of environmental regulatory changes vastly eclipsing those of his immediate predecessor...more

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