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"News and updates on environmental and legal issues related to Sive Paget & Riesel’s practice."

Author: Ashley S. Miller practices at Sive, Paget & Riesel in New York City.

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Recent Posts from SPR Environmental Law Blog

EPA Publishes Final Rule on Greenhouse Gas Reporting
EPA’s Final Rule on the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases was published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2009. (74 Fed. Reg. 56260.) The rule, which becomes effective on December 29, 2009, requires certain…
Court of Appeals Confirms Right of Standing In Environmental Cases Where Petitioners Establish Repeated Recreational Use Of A Natural Resource Greater Than The Public At Large
On October 27, 2009, the New York State Court of Appeals held that individuals who can prove that they use and enjoy a natural resource frequently for repeated recreational use, more so than the public…
Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Climate Change Lawsuit Alleging Damages From Hurricane Katrina
On October 16, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that residents and owners of property along the Mississippi Gulf coast had standing to assert public and private nuisance, trespass, and negligence claims against several…
Daniel Riesel Inducted into American College of Environmental Lawyers
Daniel Riesel was recently inducted into the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL), a professional association of distinguished private and public sector lawyers who practice in the field of environmental law. Membership is by invitation…
Kerry-Boxer Climate Change Bill Introduced in Senate As EPA Prepares to Regulate Stationary Sources
On September 30, Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) introduced their long-anticipated global warming bill, a counterpart to legislation passed by the House of Representatives last June. As the starting point for the…
Natural Gas Drilling in New York: DEC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Public Comment Period Opens
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (”DEC”) has released its draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (”SGEIS”) for natural gas drilling activities in the Marcellus Shale formation. The draft SGEIS supplements the existing…
New York City Local Brownfield Program Call for Comments on Draft Regulations, Informational Meetings and Public Hearing
On Wednesday, September 29, 2009, New York City’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) held an informational conference call on the first set of draft regulations under the NYC Local Brownfield Cleanup Program (LBCP) and NYC…
Newtown Creek Proposed for Superfund List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (”EPA”) is proposing to add New York City’s Newtown Creek to its National Priorities List (”NPL”) of sites with known or threatened releases of hazardous substances throughout the United States…
2nd Circuit Rules That Courts Are Open For Climate Change Lawsuits Against Power Companies
In a strongly worded and well-reasoned opinion by two Republican appointees, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that federal courts have both the power and the obligation to hear lawsuits alleging that climate…
Historic Climate Summit Seeks To Re-energize Emission Reduction Talks
Some 100 heads of state will meet today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss climate change issues. The Summit on Climate Change, which is being called the “highest level summit meeting…