Storm water claims may be an emerging small-scale form of litigation driven by climate change. In Pennsylvania, like many parts of the country, a changing climate has increased the frequency of heavy rains and the intensity of rainfall events.
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The European Union is considering implementation of a new carbon policy, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), that could profoundly impact the global import/export market. The CBAM, a carbon-pricing system for imports into the EU, is proposed to be applicable
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Jillian Kirn, a shareholder in the Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice in the Philadelphia office, was named Environmental Lawyer of the Year at the Euromoney Legal Media Group’s annual “Women in Business Law Awards Americas” on Sept. 29.
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Can banks and other project financiers live up to their promises on climate and human rights? Are Equator Principles delivering – or at risk of losing their relevance? Shareholder Jillian Kirn is quoted in this article on the Equator Principles
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is expanding its Environmental Practice in California to meet client demand with the addition of Shareholder Hazel Ocampo in the firm’s Orange County and Los Angeles offices.
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On Sept. 8, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM Notice”) addressing possible future regulation of pyrolysis and gasification units under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA).
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Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust v. National Grid USA, No. 20-1931-cv (2d Cir. Aug. 18, 2021), another appellate decision amplifying the confusion around private actions to reallocate costs
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Never has there been such global consensus on the requirement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There is rarely a single day without media reports of the current climate consequences being experienced due to global warming. To eliminate the UK’s
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On August 31, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the highest court in the Commonwealth) decided that the local conservation commission (and presumably the state) can sue a new owner of real estate to require restoration of wetlands filled by a
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Paul M. Seby, a shareholder in the Environmental and Energy & Natural Resources Practices, is quoted in an Aug. 24 Law360 article titled “Justices Must Restore Trump-Era GHG Rule, Supporters Say.” Click here to read the full article (subscription required).
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