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On June 27, 2016 U.S. EPA finalized a regulation under the Clean Water Act that prohibits the discharge of wastewater from...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
On May 31, 2016, The U.S. Supreme Court held that Clean Water Act jurisdictional determinations by the Army Corps of Engineers...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
On the same day that U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the New Source Performance Standards for the oil and gas industry (click ...
Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment,
On May 12, 2016, U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas source...
Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment,
This entry is a follow-up to our blog post on February 23, 2016 regarding the Sixth Circuit's decision that it has jurisdiction...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
On February 22, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that it - not the federal district courts across the...
Tags: WOTUS, Energy, Environment
On February 9, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency stay barring the implementation of U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan....
Tags: Energy, Environment
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) provided notice today that it has finalized its 4(d) Rule for the Northern Long...
Tags: USFWS, Northern Long-Eared Bat, Energy, Environment
On November 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision in the case Little et al. v. Louisville...
Tags: Preemption, Emissions, Clean Air Act, Environment
On October 22, 2015, U.S. EPA issued a formal response to a Petition, submitted by a group of environmental organizations in...
Tags: Natural Gas, Toxic Release Inventory, Energy, Environment,
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