Thermal Discharges/Steam-Electric Power Plant: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to NPDES Permit
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in an August 3rd Opinion a Petition for Review challenging certain conditions of a coal-fired, steam-electric power plant Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
Asbestos Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Owner/Operator of Blytheville Demolition Activity Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mississippi County Hospital System (“Mississippi System”) entered into a June 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology…
Medium- & Heavy-Duty Vehicles/Market Structure, Environmental Impact, and EV Readiness: Environmental Defense Fund Report
The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) released a report titled: Medium- & Heavy-duty Vehicles Market Structure, Environmental Impact, and EV Readiness (“Report”) The Report was prepared for EDF by Ana Lowell and Jan Culkin of M.J. Bradley & Associates. The Report analyzes the United States’…
Animal Agriculture Arkansas Statute Addressing Unauthorized Property Access: Federal Appeals Court Addresses Standing Issue
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) addressed in an August 9th Opinion an issue arising out of a judicial challenge to an Arkansas statute addressing the unauthorized access to commercial property. See Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. Prayer Creek Farm…
The United States Power Grid: Advocacy Group Asks Whether 2035 Carbon Free Deadline is Possible
America’s Power recently released a nearly six-minute video to highlight what it argues are the challenges associated with President Biden’s plan to decarbonize the electric grid by 2035. The video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZ9l5KO97M In the announcement accompanying the…