About two months ago, a New York Appeals Court reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the claims brought by two public service organizations in the matter of Clean Air Coalition of Western New York v. New York State Public...more
The Sierra Club filed a May 13th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (“SRP”). ...more
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair, along with two Subcommittee Chairs, sent a November 13th letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Regan...more
A New York Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) issued a decision (Ruling on Issues and Party Status [“Decisions”]) upholding the State of New York Department of Conservation (“NYDEC”) decision to deny a Clean Air Act Title V...more
On the heels of oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court, we provide an update to a prior ELM post whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s has the ability to regulate carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired...more
The Sierra Club filed an objection to a Clean Air Act Title V Revised Operating Permit before the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) through a document styled: PETITION FOR OBJECTION...more
The regime for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) allows for Development Consent Orders (DCOs) to be granted for a set period of time (often 5 years), but only recently has it become clear that time limits...more
The Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project (collectively “EIP”) filed a July 14th Notice of Appeal (“Appeal”) of an air permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to Robinson Power...more
On September 9, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“First Circuit”) affirmed the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (“District Court”) dismissal of a lawsuit alleging...more
The UAE Gets Green Light to Operate the Arab World’s First Nuclear Power Plant - "The project, which national officials describe as a strategic and economic imperative for the UAE, is more than a decade in the making and...more
FBI Eyes How Pennsylvania Approved Pipeline - "The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion-dollar pipeline project to carry...more
Trump Signs Orders to Speed Up Oil and Gas Pipeline Construction - "President Trump signed two executive orders that he says will speed up construction of pipelines and other projects to enhance the production and...more