Making Challenges to an Impaired Waters Listing Stick

This article is reprinted with the permission of Law360, where it originally appeared on July 30, 2014, under the title “Arguing Injury Can Prevent Harm From EPA Water Listing.” The listing of a water body as impaired under the Clean … Continue reading

Consent decrees take center stage in two high profile environmental cases

Consent decrees are settlement agreements among litigating parties that are sanctioned by and entered as orders of the court.  By any measure, last week was an important week for consent decrees in environmental litigation.  On Monday, over the objections of several intervening … Continue reading