PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Tad Macfarlan is an experienced environmental and land use lawyer and a partner in the firm's global Environment, Land, and Natural Resources practice group. Tad's practice focuses on the environmental aspects of project development, transactional, litigation, and government enforcement matters (both civil and criminal).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

In her current role as vice president, government and community relations, she has oversight of all public policy matters and strategic government affairs. In addition to these responsibilities, she also directly manages the Heritage Program and the Community Greening Program, two of the largest program areas at the Conservancy.

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MGKF Law

MAY 10, 2023

On April 26, 2023, the United States Court of Federal Claims ordered the federal government to reimburse Shell U.S.A. Ultimately, the Court held that the plain reading of CERCLA includes interest as a “charge,” and the government was not immune from paying those costs. Shell U.S.A.,

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The Energy Law

JULY 16, 2008

The decade-long dispute finally ended in a compromise wherein the government agreed to pay DuPont $51M and ConocoPhillips $1M for past and future clean-up costs. The settlement comes one year after the Supreme Court decision in U.S. DuPont, et al v. 2:97-CV-00487-WJM-MF.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

PAEP presents these awards to Pennsylvanians who made unique and creative contributions to the field of environmental management in Pennsylvania with preference given to the fields of administration, law, regulation and community organization. The awards were presented at the PAEP annual conference in State College.

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MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2021

The court’s reasoning came down to an interpretation of CERCLA that the phrase “subject to” was intended to mean “governed or affected by” rather than “obedient to.” 2021); 42 U.S.C. § § 9603. ” Id.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law ’s latest paper, Permitting CO 2 Pipelines: Assessing the Landscape of Federal and State Regulations , assesses the legal framework for developing CO 2 pipelines to support DAC Hub projects. law surrounding CO 2 pipelines is characterized by glaring governance gaps.

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MGKF Law

JULY 14, 2024

25, 2024), that arranger liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) requires a potentially responsible party to have knowledge that the waste it discards is hazardous. Alban Tractor Company et al. , 23-1155 (4th Cir.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

We had posted some months ago that it was hugely significant that this Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard was in Limbo because that assessment is conducted in the vast majority of the 5.6 including for a real estate purchaser to avoid liability under CERCLA [the Superfund law]).

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 20, 2023

Commercial PACE is a financing mechanism that enables building owners to fund energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation projects, and the like, through private loans collected with government property tax assessment billings.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In a real world example of green bleaching, we were recently asked to assist a business in bleaching all references to ESG and other environmental matters from their website and their annual report. submitting greenhouse gas data to a government as required by a BEPS program).

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 24, 2021

May 24, 2021) , attempting to clarify which settlements with the United States or a state trigger a right to settling-party contribution under section 113(f)(3)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(3)(B). See, e.g., Trinity Industries, Inc. 3d 131 (3d Cir.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This government policy, though commendable for its environmental aspirations, has negative implications for both tenants and building owners alike. Under an updated schedule, the government has mandated that from January 1, 2025, forward, buildings that are rated below F or 420 kWh per m² will no longer be allowed to rent flats.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 10, 2016

In fact, eco-labels illustrate powerful tools of consumer-driven environmental protection and show that green-washing can be stopped through soft law approaches. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Environmental Choice. Unfortunately, the efforts by the Indian Government have not been successful.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the “Superfund” law.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Despite these experiences, lawmakers have done little to adopt new laws and policies directed at requiring greater protections against spills and contamination from the growing threat of extreme weather. Houston, post-Harvey, provides a good case study for examining options for better preparedness and response. Vermont. , News reports.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Furthermore, in July 2023, India passed a new law that has made it easier to clear forests, including for coal mines.

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

Thus, EPA’s analysis relies on several additional factors: Other federal financial responsibility requirements. State law requirements. EPA also found that regulated utilities pose low risk because they have reasonable opportunity to recover necessary and prudent costs through rate regulation — generally including environmental costs.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 10, 2021

However, under existing law, those formations likely could not be used for carbon storage. The INVEST in America Act (also known as the bipartisan infrastructure bill) that just passed the Senate could change that if it becomes law. portion of the Cascadia basin but, due to a quirk of federal law, that is not currently possible.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 16, 2022

This guidance from the FTC may seem counterintuitive, but it is consistent with that prescript and the longstanding position of the federal government that only the party owning the renewableness may make a claim to it. The Guides are administrative interpretations of the law. yes, this blog will continue).

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 12, 2023

Where in recent years climate change has sucked the air out of the room overtaking other devastating events that occur due to humanity’s impact on the environment, PFAS is now on the agenda of government, businesses, and consumers alike. It remains to be seen how efficacious government action will be (. This year began with the U.S.

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Breezometer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As Founder and Director of Clean Air in London, Simon pressured city and federal governments for nearly a decade and managed to get the U.K. government to provide the official figures on premature deaths caused by air pollution. And while progress has been made, the fight for clean air is not yet over.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This blog post was co-authored by Martha Kinsella, former senior counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. To keep such episodes from happening, states need to put in place laws and policies to safeguard the integrity of science used in policymaking.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

I named the Priority Pollutants a moment ago, which are 129 chemicals of interest under the Clean Water Act, RCRA, one of two federal laws governing hazardous wastes has several hundred “Appendix IX” groundwater monitoring compounds. I will organize my discussion by key laws. Each law has thousands of regulations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

Plus, a newly announced Initiative to Advance the Frontiers of Benefit-Costs Analysis and Strengthen Government Decision-Making seeks engagement from researchers to inform future changes. A companion document explains how OMB incorporated public input in these revisions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

Plus, a newly announced Initiative to Advance the Frontiers of Benefit-Costs Analysis and Strengthen Government Decision-Making seeks engagement from researchers to inform future changes. A companion document explains how OMB incorporated public input in these revisions.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Governments, corporations, and individuals alike embraced sustainable construction practices, energy efficient technologies, and renewable energy sources, as well as the broader green building pillars including fighting modern slavery. often poorly) winners and losers, hurting disadvantaged communities.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

While the Alberta Energy Regulator has the ability, and responsibility, to hold companies that break the law to account, it has repeatedly demonstrated an unwillingness to enforce its own laws when it comes to industry rulebreakers — leaving Albertans to bear the costs and clean up the mess.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A Brief History of Federal Superfund Legislation In 1980, Congress enacted The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), more commonly known as Superfund. 259, the Climate Superfund Act, marks a new era in the effort to hold the worlds largest polluters responsible for the mess they have made.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 9, 2022

Additionally, the government disputes over all electric building codes (. Additionally, the government disputes over all electric building codes (. There are few, if any laws or for that matter even rules in this space, but from our own proprietary ESG disclosure standard, we have specific guidelines for energy.

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Acoel

JANUARY 11, 2022

9, 2022) at SR-7. In my January 2021 column for the Legal Intelligencer ’s Pennsylvania Law Weekly I suggested the opposite, or maybe an inside-out version of the same thing: “[t]he governmental response to the viral pandemic is. Often in those circumstances the law substitutes process for standards. 59,298 (Jan. 9613(f)(2).

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Cooperation between conservation organizations and government , at a cost of nearly a half-billion dollars in private funds alone , has not only brought these birds back from the precipice but made them so plentiful that they roam residential streets from Boston to the Bay Area.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

Over the past few months, we have witnessed a massive dismantling of science and scientific processes in the federal government, and especially at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Government Accountability Offices (GAO) High-Risk Series. This is a mischaracterization of the challenges faced by IRIS.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. In June and July 2021, Maine enacted multiple laws that regulate PFAS both in products and in the environment. The House bill ( H.R. 21-191 (S.B. N: 2021 Me.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.” applied federal common law. and non-U.S.

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