Earlier this week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed EPA’s NPDES permit issued to San Francisco’s Oceanside sewer system. San Francisco had challenged the permit on the ground that EPA does not have authority to impose narrative prohibitions related
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Proposed NEPA Rules Address Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Efficiency of Environmental Reviews
By Aaron Lang
On July 28, 2023, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations governing how federal agencies review the environmental effects of major federal projects. The proposed rules follow amendments to NEPA itself…
The EJ Movement Wants to Tighten the NAAQS. Will It Happen?
By Seth Jaffe
The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council recently weighed in on EPA’s decision whether to lower the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM2.5 and ozone.
Specifically, with respect to PM2.5, WHEJAC recommended that the annual primary standard be lowered…
Maryland Hemp Businesses Allege That New Cannabis Licensing Regime Violates Maryland’s Declaration of Rights
Adult-use cannabis is now legal and available in Maryland, but as so often happens, a group of businesses have filed a lawsuit because they do not like the way legalization has been implemented. Led by the Maryland Hemp Coalition, a…
Can We Afford to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change? Can We Afford Not To?
By Seth Jaffe
I’ve posted previously about the importance of extreme heat among the impacts of climate change. Much of the popular literature focuses, rightly, on the public health impacts. Without at all minimizing the public health impacts, I thought it worth noting…
New EU-US Data Privacy Framework Promises Greater Ease for Cross-Border Transfers, but Uncertainty Remains
Ed. Note: Thank you to Summer Associate Nicole Onderdonk for her significant contributions to this post.
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF, or “Privacy Framework”), which…
Seven Major U.S. Tech Organizations Voluntarily Commit to A.I. Safeguards
Ed Note: Thank you to Summer Associate Nicole Onderdonk for her significant contributions to this post.
On July 21, 2023, the White House announced that seven leading A.I. organizations (Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI) agreed on and…
Maine Gov. Mills Signs Bill to Procure 3 GW of Offshore Wind by 2040
By Joshua Rosen
Early this afternoon, Governor Janet Mills signed into law LD 1895, legislation directing the state to procure up to 3 GW of offshore wind by 2040. The final version of the procurement bill emerged after several weeks of negotiations…
Biden Administration Publishes the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan
By Colin Zick
On July 13, 2023, the Biden Administration released its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP) with the goal of providng transparency and coordination for its existing goals. The NCSIP details more than 65 Federal initiatives (some completed, some ongoing, others…
CCC Hosts Virtual Listening Session on Social Consumption Licensing
Key Takeaways:
- On July 18, 2023, the Cannabis Control Commission hosted the second in a series of three public listening sessions on social consumption licenses in Massachusetts.
- Public commenters spoke in support of accelerating the licensure of social consumption establishments and
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