New Jersey Environmental Lawyers Discuss EPA’s Proposed Regulations of Methane Emissions

by lauren | Sep 15, 2015

As part of the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced proposed standards to reduce the emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the oil and gas industry. The proposed standards seek to...

Pennsylvania Environmental Lawyers Review DELCORA Sewer Discharge Settlement Agreement with EPA

by lauren | Sep 7, 2015

Pennsylvania Water Utility Agrees to Reduce Sewage Discharges The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have confirmed they have reached a settlement with a Pennsylvania water utility called the Delaware County Regional Water...

Philadelphia Environmental Lawyers: Pennsylvania on the Path to Compliance with EPA's Proposed Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction Plan

by cfrisco | Aug 25, 2015

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) proposed requirements for regulating CO2 emissions, known as the “Clean Power Plan,” will present challenges businesses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  If Pennsylvania does not meet the standards of EPA’s new plan,...

Philadelphia Environmental Lawyers: Pennsylvania on the Path to Compliance with EPA’s Proposed Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction Plan

by lauren | Aug 25, 2015

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) proposed requirements for regulating CO2 emissions, known as the “Clean Power Plan,” will present challenges businesses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  If Pennsylvania does not meet the standards of EPA’s new plan,...

New Jersey Environmental Lawyers Explain the EPA’s Clean Power Plan

by regina | Aug 17, 2015

On August 3, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the Clean Power Plan, through which the EPA, for the first time, seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power utilities, and which presents challenges to the states and the...

New Jersey Environmental Lawyers Explain EPA Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Ruling

by cfrisco | Aug 10, 2015

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers seven states in the Western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii, recently ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had until June 30, 2015 to decide whether to cancel the registration for the...