Clean Energy Tax Incentives/Inflation Reduction Act: Environmental Organizations Submit Comments to the Internal Revenue Service
November 10, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Natural Resources Defense Council and 25 other environmental and climate advocacy organizations (collectively, “NRDC”) submitted November 4th comments to the United States Department of Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) providing feedback on the implementation of the Inflation…
Alleged Impairment of Water Rights/Wetland Conservation Sites: Federal District Court Addresses Application of Sovereign Immunity to Natural Resource Conservation Service Oversight Activity
A United States District Court (Eastern District, Washington) (“Court”) addressed in an October 11th Order in the context of a Motion to Dismiss whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity applied to an oversight activity undertaken by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources…
Average United States Solar/Wind/Natural Gas Generator Construction Costs: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) published a November 3rd report titled: Average U.S. Construction Costs Drop for Solar, Rise for Wind and Natural Gas Generators (“Report”) The EIA Report concluded that construction costs for the following types of energy generators…
Arkansas State Marketing Board for Recyclables and Compliance Advisory Panel: November 17, 2022 Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas State Marketing Board for Recyclables and Compliance Advisory Panel (“Board”) is scheduled to hold its fourth quarterly meeting on November 17th. The meeting will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. It will be held at the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment (“ E&E”) Headquarters…
Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Federal District Court Addresses Alleged Violation by Wetland Biofilter Stormwater Treatment System
A United States District Court (W.D. Washington) (“Court”) addressed in an October 31st Order a Clean Water Act citizen suit action seeking an injunction to remedy alleged illegal discharge of pollutants into a lake and its abutting wetlands. See Bang v. Lacamas Shores Homeowners Association, 2022…