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H2-OWOW! – A Reflective Conversation with John Goodin, Former Director of EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds – Reflections on Water Podcast
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West Virginia vs. EPA Part II: U.S. Supreme Court Applies the Major Questions Doctrine to limit EPA Regulatory Authority
#WorkforceWednesday: Employers Respond to Dobbs, Implications of the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, and Pay Increases for CA Health Care Workers - Employment Law This Week®
PFAS Regulatory Update: EPA Issues Updated Drinking Water Health Advisories
Despite the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) not requesting a budget in its FY 2026 Budget Request – instead stating that “[t]he President’s Budget proposes $0 for CSB’s FY 2026 budget with the...more
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued an August 11 report titled: Water Infrastructure Resilience: Agencies Could Better Assess Efforts to Assist Communities Vulnerable to Natural Disasters...more
The Association of State And Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) has issued a June 2025 document titled: ASTSWMO 2025 HAZARDOUS WASTE FUNDING FACT SHEET (“Fact Sheet”)....more
On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) circulated an internal memorandum, requiring 68 different DOI actions related to wind and solar project development to be submitted to the DOI Office of the...more
Key Takeaways - While the Trump administration has taken action to eliminate environmental justice (EJ) programs at the federal level, state programs with EJ laws and policies remain in place and apply to regulated...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) has published a document tilted: Transitioning Fund-Financed Site Remedies from EPA to the States: A Guide for Project Managers...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently terminated over $15 million in grants for research aimed to reduce potential exposure to “forever chemicals,”, i.e., per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), from food to...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) submitted testimony to the United States House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies....more
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted May 15th comments to the Untied States Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ( collectively, “EPA”) regarding potential revisions to...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 16th news release announcing $267 million in Brownfield grants. Pine Bluff, Arkansas was awarded $500,000.00 that will be targeted for the Downtown...more
Recently, Congress allocated approximately $17 million in EPA’s fiscal year 2025 budget to modernize outdated technical systems and accelerate chemical reviews which may help resolve ongoing concerns about the functionality...more
The Congressional Research Service (“CRS”) issued a March 31st report titled: Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure Program Funding Developments (“Report”). The Report updates a number of issues associated with...more
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) issued an FY 2025 Funding Chart Update (“Update”). The Update is stated to reflect the: …FY 2025 “Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025”...more
On the first day of his Presidency, among 26 other Executive Orders that day, Donald Trump issued his Unleashing American Energy Executive Order rescinding President Biden’s Executive Order 14096 of April 21, 2023...more
Congressional Republicans have asked the Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee Zeldin for a briefing on grants and funding awarded by the agency under the Biden Administration, signaling their...more
The Subcommittee on Environment of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce held a March 11th hearing entitled: Maximizing Opportunities for Redeveloping Brownfields Sites: Assessing the...more
The Trump administration continues to rollback policies on DEI and banking regulation while facing various lawsuits over its personnel, spending, and immigration actions....more
A recent shift in EPA funding approvals has raised questions about potential delays in environmental projects, disaster response and clean energy initiatives. According to an AP report, all EPA division directors and deputy...more
“At the heart of President Trump’s effort to expansively redefine the power of the presidency is a struggle for control of the government’s purse strings, underscoring the aphorism that money is power.” — Howard Schweitzer,...more
Changes in Washington mean changing priorities in federal expenditures. Such is the case with Congress’s approach to energy and environmental spending under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation...more
On February 26, 2027, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a report entitled Independent Audit of the EPA’s Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 (Restated) Toxic Substances...more
Pennsylvania officials are awaiting further guidance on federal funding cuts — impacting infrastructure, energy, transit, and more — with Governor Josh Shapiro’s office suing five federal agencies over $1.2 billion in...more
Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025: U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passes Bill - The United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (“Committee”) unanimously passed the Brownfields...more
As we warned in a January 29 client alert, President Trump’s Executive Orders and the subsequent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum ordering federal agencies to “temporarily pause” any and all funding...more
Responding to the petition of several state Attorneys General, U.S. District Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr. issued an Enforcement Order on Monday, February 10, clarifying the scope of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)...more