Biobased and Renewable Products Update October 3, 2019 Federal DOE Announces Funding For Bioenergy R&D Projects On October 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that 35 projects have been selected to receive funding for bioenergy research and development (R&D). Totaling $73 million in funding provided by DOE’s […]
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October 1, 2019; CLEVELAND, OH – The Environmental Law Network (ELN) is pleased to announce that twenty-one of ELN’s member law firms were recognized as The Best Lawyers in America and U.S. News Best Law Firms. Lawyers named to The Best Lawyers in America© publication were recognized by their peers in […]
DC Circuit: No PSD “Grandfathering” September 30, 2019 | Eric L. Hiser On August 23, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) issued a decision in Murray Energy Corp. v. EPA, in which various states, industry and environmental groups had challenged EPA’s 2015 ozone […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update September 26, 2019 Federal DOE And NOAA Announce Prize Competition With NOAA On September 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a $3 million prize competition to power ocean observing platforms with marine renewable […]
September 25, 2019 New California Law: Workers’ Presumed Status as Employees versus Independent Contractors Last week Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 5 (AB-5). AB-5 presumes that any person who performs work for a hirer is an employee and not an independent contractor. The presumption created by AB-5 has existed […]