February 28, 2022 Stephen D. Daly, Esq. MGKF Litigation Blog A successful defense of a mass environmental tort case frequently turns on class certification. In Holly Lloyd v. Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy, LLC, No. 20-4330, 2022 WL 407377 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 10, 2022), a federal district court denied a motion to […]
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Mar 1, 2022
USEPA and CEQ Announce Updates to Environmental Justice Screening Tools – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox
February 21, 2022 Todd D. Kantorczyk, Esq. MGKF Newsflash On Friday, February 18, both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced updates regarding their respective environmental justice (EJ) screening tools. According to EPA, the updates to their screening tool—which has been named […]
Mar 1, 2022
Canadian Government Introduces Bill Intended to Modernize CEPA – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced on February 9, 2022, that the government introduced in the Senate the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (Bill S-5), intended to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act (FDA). […]
Posted by Eric L. Hiser In this installment and the following one, we will examine the United States v. Ameren Missouri litigation over whether Ameren’s installation of replacement preheaters at its Rush Island power station Units 1 and 2 constituted a “major modification” requiring PSD review. It is unusual for […]
February 17, 2022 Spencer A. Hill, Jr. MGKF Litigation Blog On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the Southern District of Alabama’s dismissal of admiralty claims against the United States for oil-removal damages holding first that Oil Pollution Act of 1990’s (“OPA”), 33 U.S.C.S. § 2701 et. seq., does […]