Category: News

Jul 13, 2020

Tenth Circuit Sides with Colorado Communities Struggling with Impacts of Climate Change – Update from Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell

In an important victory for Colorado communities grappling with impacts of climate change, the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 sided with plaintiffs the City of Boulder, Boulder County, and San Miguel County, and dismissed Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County v. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc.  Affirming a […]

Jul 7, 2020

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Affirms that De Facto Takings Must be Shown to Have Been Result of Deliberate and Purposeful Action – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

July 6, 2020 This Post was authored by Lisa Maeyer, a MGKF summer Litigation Blog On June 8, 2020, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court’s holding that flooding from sewage overflows not resulting from intentional activity on the part of a sanitary authority did not constitute a […]

Jul 6, 2020

Tenth Circuit vacates Hunter Energy – Update from Jorden Hiser & Joy

On July 2, 2020, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals rendered its decision in Sierra Club v. U.S. EPA, in which Sierra Club sought direct review of the Administrator’s decision in PacifiCorp Hunter Energy, previously discussed in NSR Law Blog.  In the Hunter Energy decision, EPA Administrator Pruitt had held that title V objections are not […]

Jul 2, 2020

Biobased and Renewable Products Update – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Biobased and Renewable Products Update July 2, 2020 FEDERAL DOE Announces RFI On Improving Battery Critical Materials Supply Chains On June 29, 2020, the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) published a request for information (RFI) on challenges and opportunities in […]

Jul 2, 2020

New Jersey Enacts Permit Extension Act of 2020 to Incorporate Changes Sought in Governor’s Conditional Veto – Update from Manko Gold Katcher & Fox

COVID-19 UPDATE July 1, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF NewsFlash NOTE: This update supersedes the MGKF NewsFlash from May 18th  Following up on the Governor’s recent Conditional Veto of Assembly Bill 3919, the New Jersey Legislature has passed, and on July 1, 2020, the Governor signed into law the Permit Extension […]