Monumental SCOTUS Ruling Has Potential to Alter Legal and Regulatory Regimes in Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court clouded the jurisdiction of the entire eastern half of Oklahoma in McGirt v. Oklahoma, including the state’s power to enforce laws within the City of Tulsa, by holding that certain Native American lands established by Congress would remain subject to…
Greenhouse Gas/Carbon-Sequestration Markets: Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020
United States Senators Braun, Stabenow, Graham, and Whitehouse have introduced legislation titled: The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020 (“Act”) The Act has been described as a bipartisan effort to help develop viable greenhouse gas (“GHG”) and ecosystem markets. The Act establishes, through…
Survey of EPA On-Scene Coordinators and Managers Regarding COVID-19: US EPA Office of Inspector General Project Notification
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a June 15th Project Notification titled: Survey of EPA On-Scene Coordinators and Managers Regarding COVID-19 (“Notification”) The Notification is transmitted from Tina Lovingood, Director, OIG…
Semi-Annual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions: Projected U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Activities
The Trump Administration released the Spring edition of the semi-annual: Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (“Agenda”) Federal agencies twice a year produce in combination a comprehensive report describing regulations currently under development or recently completed. In…
Beaver Watershed Alliance: Four Lake Related/Water Quality Podcasts Announced
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced four upcoming podcasts. BWA states that four episodes will be published each week through July. The four podcast platforms listed include: Episode 1: Watershed Conservation with Clell Ford Episode 2: Arkansas Lakes with Reed Green Episode 3…