Environmental Progress

MAY 28, 2020

Interview by Michael Shellenberger with Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program The death toll from natural disasters declined 90% in 40 years, and most energy experts believe we are unlikely to exceed 2.5-3 degrees warming. I was surprised you didn’t mention those facts in your speech. Do these trends give you hope for mitigation and adaptation?

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Vermont Law

MAY 25, 2020

By Kenny Bozarth. In its most recent review, the EPA concluded that Roundup is safe if used as directed. [1]. Further, the EPA found that there are no risks to children who play in residential areas treated with Roundup. [2]. The EPA states there is no evidence that glyphosate-based weed-killers cause cancer by considering a “significantly more extensive and relevant dataset than the International Agency on the Research for Cancer.”. [3].

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2020

The Department of Labor (the “DOL”), the Treasury Department (the “Treasury”), and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) have recently issued guidance extending certain deadlines and providing certain relief for retirement plans in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Discussed below are (1) EBSA Disaster Relief Notice 2020-01, (2) DOL “COVID-19 FAQs for Participants and Beneficiaries,” (3) IRS Notice 2020-23, and (4) IRS “Coronavirus-related relief for retirement plans and IRAs quest

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ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL BLOGS

MAY 25, 2020

    As mentioned before in this blog, EPA has issued an enforcement memorandum indicating the agency is disposed to show some flexibility tin enforcing environmental standards during the nationwide economic shutdown as a result of the Corona virus pandemic.  Predictably, the agency action has been met with litigation.     The liberal Attorneys General of nine States (New York, California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Vermo

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Environmental Crimes

MAY 26, 2020

On May 19, 2020, the White House unveiled Trump’s executive order (“EO”) that instructs federal agencies to consider the economic effects of the current pandemic in undertaking enforcement and regulatory compliance.  The EO means that the USEPA will, more than likely, revise its recent March 26 general guidance related to enforcement during the pandemic.

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