Environmental Law News and Insights

Senior Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Jan. 9, 2020, released a comprehensive legislative framework to combat climate change targeting net-zero emissions by 2050. The latest in the series of sweeping climate proposals announced in the 116th Congress, this framework is the first to receive support from...

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1. Does your jurisdiction have an established upstream oil and gas industry? What are the current production levels and what are the oil and gas reserve levels? The U.S. has an established and rapidly growing commercial upstream oil and gas industry dating back to the mid-19th-century, with a recent oil...

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Some state officials are pressing the EPA to develop nonbinding health advisory levels for some PFASs in drinking water arguing that the toxicity values the EPA is currently developing are of little use to state regulators. Toxicity values, are a precursors to health advisories, and can't be used by states...

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