Pollution Exclusion/Permitted Emissions: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Coverage Question Related to Ethylene Oxide
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) addressed in a March 13th Opinion an insurance coverage question involving emissions of ethylene oxide. See GRIFFITH FOODS INTERNATIONAL INC., et al., v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, Nos…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: March Meeting Moved to April 1st
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
State of Clean Power in Q4 2025: Environmental Defense Funds/Atlas Public Policy Report
The Environmental Defense Fund and Atlas Public Policy (collectively, “EDF”) published a March 26th report titled: The State of Clean Power in Q4 2025 (“Report”). The Report lists as authors: Tom Taylor. Katherine Shok. The Report states that the United States saw a record amount of new clean…
Nationwide Permits/Clean Water Act: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Solicitation of Input on Potential Future Changes
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) published a March 16th Federal Register notice stating that it is seeking input on ways to increase the efficiency of the Clean Water Act nationwide permit (“NWP”) program. See 91 Fed. Reg. 1259. The Corps states it will consider such input in…
Gold Mining Operation/Clean Water Act: Earthworks Petition for Review Challenging Idaho Department of Environmental Quality NPDES Permit
Earthworks and three other environmental organizations filed a February 27th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (“IDEQ”) challenging what is denominated the Stibnite Gold Project (“Project”). The Petition addresses the Idaho Pollution Discharge…