Law And The Environment

Commentary and insights on the complex and evolving legal, policy, and scientific issues relating to law and the environment.

Author: Scott Deatherage is head of the Climate Change and Renewable Energy Practice at Thompson & Knight in Dallas. He also authors The New Carbon Cycle.

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Recent Posts from Law and the Environment

Deatherage Named as the “Dallas Best Lawyers Environmental Lawyer of the Year” for 2010
I was recognized by the Best Lawyers in America and thought I would share this with the followers of this blog, and let you know that I am honored as there are so many excellent…
EPA Issues Final Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Reporting Rule
On September 22, 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting rule that will require as many as 10,000 facilities in the United States to measure their…
Natural Gas Not Getting It's Due in Congress Energy/Climate Debate
A New York Time's article entitled "Natural Gas Hits a Roadblock in New Energy Bill" discusses how natural gas producers have been outflanked by coal producers and coal-fired utilities in obtaining special treatment and incentives…
ERCOT Releases a Study on Price Effects from Cap and Trade
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has issued a study of the potential impact on electricity prices in Texas if a cap-and-trade system were imposed through federal legislation. The study assumes that a price for…
EPA Issues Finding That Lays Foundation for Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Federal Clean Air Act
In a long expected finding, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a regulatory decision that lays the foundation for EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The decision…
Texas Warming Up to Carbon Capture and Storage
Although Texas is probably at the polar opposite from California in recognizing and passing state legislation to address climate change, the State is very much behind promoting carbon capture and storage (or sequestration) (CCS). Texas…
TCEQ Remediation Division Announces Assignments in All Sections
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Remediation Division has issued its assignments of all those staff members to one of the new sections recently established by Section headBrent Wade. The team leaders and each…
EPA Sends Endangerment Finding Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions to White House
The US Environmental Protection Agency has forwarded an "endangerment finding" under the Clean Air Act that would lay the foundation for EPA greenhouse gas emission regulations under the Act. Under the Massachusetts v. EPA case…