Off the Press

 

“Tightening the Reins on Administrative Agencies”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, August 5, 2024


 

“Tackling Plastics Pollution: We Can Do Better”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, June 7, 2024


 

“Sustainable Management of Water Resources”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, April 5, 2024


 

“Managing PFAS Chemicals: A Challenge for Courts and Agencies”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, January 26, 2024


 

“Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change During the NEPA Process”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, December 7, 2023


 

“The ‘Chevron’ Doctrine in Peril: A Closer Look at ‘Loper'”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, October 5, 2023


 

“Reforming Regulatory Review: Environmental Lawyers Take Note”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, August 3, 2023


 

“US Congress Reforms Environmental Permitting”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, June 8, 2023


 

“The Aftermath of the Chemical Spill in East Palestine”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, April 7, 2023


 

“Using Environmental Cumulative Impact Assessment to Protect Communities”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, January 26, 2023


 

“Confronting Global Warming in the US”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, December 8, 2022


 

“Climate Change Drives Water Law Innovation”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, October 6, 2022


 

“Coupling Inflation Reduction and Energy Transformation”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, August 5, 2022


 

“Controlling PFAS and Other Emerging Contaminants”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, June 10, 2022


 

“Securities and Exchange Commission Enters the Climate Debate”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, April 8, 2022


 

“Environmental Justice as a Catalyst for Superfund Reform”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, January 27, 2022


 

“Protecting Endangered Species: Plight of Right Whale Puts Spotlight on Issue”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, December 9, 2021


“The Biden Administration’s Climate Change and Environmental Justice Agenda”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, October 7, 2021


“Permits for Discharges of Pollutants to Groundwater”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, August 05, 2021


“Resolving Interstate Water Disputes: Litigation May Not Be the Answer”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, June 10, 2021


“A Setback for Climate Litigation”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, April 8, 2021


“President Biden’s First Day of Environmental Initiatives”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, January 28, 2021


“A New Climate Change Paradigm”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, December 10, 2020


“New Jersey Takes Action Toward Environmental Justice”
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, October 8, 2020


“Second Circuit Revisits Limitations Period for CERCLA Cost Recovery”
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, August 6, 2020


“D.C. Circuit Clarifies Clean Air Act Good Neighbor Provision Petition Criteria”
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, June 11, 2020


“The Coronavirus Pandemic and Environmental Compliance”
Kenneth Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, April 9, 2020


“The Potential of the PFAS Action Act of 2019”
Aaron Nelson published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, January 30, 2020


“3rd Circuit Affirms CERCLA Cost Recovery Contribution Claim Limitations Periods”
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, December 12, 2019


“Pa.’s Climate Change Initiative: Important Step in Collaborative Journey”
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, October 10, 2019


“CAFE Standards and Calif.—Agreement May Have Far-Reaching Effects”
Aaron Nelson published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, August 8, 2019


“Ninth Circuit Hears Oral Argument in Youth Climate Change Litigation”
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, June 14, 2019


“Green New Deal Shines Light on Environmental, Economic and Social Issues”
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer, April 11, 2019


“PADEP Adopts Revised Storage Tank Regulations”
February 1, 2019
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Management of Fill in Pa.: Environmental Considerations for Developers”
December 13, 2018
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Circuits Affirm State Role in Regulations Affecting Wholesale Electricity Markets”
October 12, 2018
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act Regulations”
August 10, 2018
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“EPA Seeking Comments on Cost-Benefit Analysis Regulations”
June 14, 2018
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Resolving Environmental Problems Through Collaborative Decision-Making”
April 12, 2018
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Supreme Court to Address FWS Designation of Critical Habitat Under the ESA”
February 1, 2018
Mark Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Clear, Science-Based Regulatory Standards for Emerging Contaminants Are Needed”
December 14, 2017
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Hurricane Harvey Raises Questions About Chemical Facility Safety”
October 12, 2017
Mark L. Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Future Efforts to Combat Climate Change”
August 11, 2017
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Coal Mining Bill Could Put Pa. Streams in Jeopardy”
June 16, 2017
Mark L. Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Suits To Compel EPA Action Likely To Increase”
April 14, 2017
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“EHB Denies Protective Order to Shell’s Pa. Chemicals Project”
February 1, 2017
Mark L. Greenfogel published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“EPA Promotes Partnerships to Improve Drinking Water Safety”
December 8, 2016
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Presidential Politics and the Environment”
October 14, 2016
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Lead in Drinking Water: Sharing Responsibility”
August 12, 2016
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Long-Awaited TSCA Reform Finally Nears the Finish Line”
June 10, 2016
Alison Lecker published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Justices Consider if Jurisdictional Determinations Are Appealable”
April 8, 2016
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Pennsylvania Adopts New Chesapeake Bay Restoration Strategy”
February 12, 2016
Alison Lecker published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Revisit Public Trust Doctrine”
December 11, 2015
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“The UN Adopts Historic Sustainable Development Goals'”
October 9, 2015
Alison Lecker published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Pope Francis Calls for Environmental Stewardship in Letter”
August 14, 2015
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“EPA Reviews Pa. Animal Agriculture Program for Bay TMDL Compliance”
June 12, 2015
Alison Lecker published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Reach of Citizen Suits Brought Under RCRA Uncertain”
April 10, 2015
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“FDA Proposes New Food Safety Regulations to Prevent Illness'”
February 13, 2015
Alison Lecker published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Revisions on Regulated Medical and Chemotherapeutic Waste”
December 12, 2014
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Seventh Circuit Case Examines the Ambiguities of CERCLA”
October 10, 2014
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“State weighs petition seeking new emissions rules”
August 12, 2014
Brian Glass was quoted in an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


“A Controversial Practice Finally Catches Up With the EPA”
August 8, 2014
Brian Glass published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ Smart Growth and Green Buildings Committee Newsletter
July 2014
Brian Glass published an article entitled “EPA Sets Back Two Major Initiatives to Improve Urban Stormwater Management.” Brian’s article begins on page 6.


“Arguing Injury Can Prevent Harm From EPA Water Listing.”
July 30, 2014
Brian Glass published an article in Law360


On July 9, 2014, Governor Corbett signed Senate Bill 1255 into law as Act 123 of 2014. Act 123 affirms the ability of stormwater authorities to charge stormwater rates based on property characteristics and to consider the installation and maintenance of best management practices in determining those rates.  Brian Glass helped draft the legislation, which gives stormwater authorities the ability to create incentives for their ratepayers to manage stormwater runoff from their private properties.


“Legislation Protecting the Habitat of Endangered Species”
June 13, 2014
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“EPA, Corps Propose Regulations Redefining ‘Waters of the U.S.”
April 11, 2014
Brian G. Glass published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Clarity on Which Waters Are Protected Needed to Aid in Enforcement, Stoner Says.”
April 9, 2014
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Water Law & Policy Monitor, 2014 WLPM (Apr. 9, 2014). Copyright 2014 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“Attorneys Say Sediment Ponds, Swales Might Be Classified as Federally Protected Waters.”
April2, 2014
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Water Law & Policy Monitor, 2014 WLPM (Apr. 2, 2014). Copyright 2014 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“Putting a Stormwater Authority to Work for You”
February 2014
Brian Glass published an article in the The Authority, a publication of the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association.


“Proposed Revisions to EPA Water Quality Standards Regulation”
February 14, 2014
Kenneth J. Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


Brian Glass will be presenting a Bloomberg BNA webinar entitled “Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?” on March 27, 2014. Register here.


“Does the Clean Water Act Provide Jurisdiction Over Groundwaters?”
January 15, 2014
Brian Glass published an article in the Bloomberg BNA Water Law & Policy Monitor

Reproduced with permission from Water Law & Policy Monitor, 2014 WLPM, 1/15/14, 01/15/2014. Copyright 2014 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


Brian Glass published a short piece entitled “Court Enters Windy City Combined Sewer Overflow Consent Decree Over Objections” on the website of the American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Water Quality and Wetlands Committee.


Ken Warren will be one of the speakers on the “Hot Topics in Water Quality” panel at the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources 43rd Spring Conference.  The conference will be held at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 20-22, 2014.  The “Hot Topics” panel is scheduled for March 21 from 8:30-10:00am.


American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ Water Quality and Wetlands Committee Newsletter
December 2013
Brian Glass published an article entitled “‘Discharges Composed Entirely of Storm Water’ Interpreted to Include Pollutants Incidental to Stormwater Runoff.” Brian’s article begins on page 3.


“Ruling May Spell Relief for Publicly Owned Treatment Works.”
December 13, 2013
Brian Glass published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


Brian Glass will be a panelist on the Water Update program at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Environmental Law Forum 2014. The Forum will be held at the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 10 & 11, 2014. The Water Update is scheduled for April 10 from 9:45 to 11:15am.


“Court Dismisses Challenge to Trading Option for States in Chesapeake Bay Plan.”
December 16, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article.

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 241 DEN A-16 (Dec. 16, 2013).  Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“Decision on Blending, Mixing Zones to Apply Case-by-Case Outside 8th Circuit, EPA Says.”
November 21, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 225 DEN A-17 (Nov. 21, 2013).  Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“EPA, Corps Propose to Assert Jurisdiction Over Tributaries Affecting Navigable Waters.”
November 18, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 217 DEN A-1 (Nov. 18, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“EPA Won’t Ask Supreme Court to Review Eighth Circuit Rejection of Mixing Zone Policy.”
October 22, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 204 DEN A-9 (Oct. 22, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“Chesapeake Bay TMDL Survives Legal Challenge.”
October 11, 2013
Brian Glass published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“EPA Study Could Be Used to Expand Reach of Law Over Water, Wetlands”
September 27, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 188 DEN BB-1 (Sept. 27, 2013).  Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“District Court Ruling Over Mine Discharges Could Narrow CWA Permit Shield”
August 12, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in an article in Inside EPA’s Water Policy Report.


“Resolving Air Pollution Disputes Among Neighboring States.”
August 9, 2013
Ken Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Case in Washington State Seen as Boosting Efforts to Use RCRA to Limit Farm Pollution.”
July 17, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 137 DEN A-3 (July 17, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“Eighth Circuit Denies EPA Rehearing In Lawsuit on Blending, Mixing Zones.”
July 11, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 133 DEN A-27 (July 11, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


On July 9, 2013, Governor Corbett signed Senate Bill 351 into law as Act 68 of 2013. Act 68 expressly authorizes local governments in Pennsylvania to form stormwater authorities. Stormwater authorities can be a valuable tool for local governments struggling to comply with federal and state requirements relating to stormwater. Brian Glass drafted and proposed the legislation in his previous place of employment.


On June 22, 2013, Kenneth Warren was elected to the Board of the nonprofit “Pinchot Institute for Conservation.”

The Institute recently celebrated 50 years of advancing conservation and sustainable natural resource management by developing innovative, practical, and broadly-supported solutions to conservation challenges and opportunities.

See www.pinchot.org.


“Water Agencies Signal Need to Incorporate Integrated Planning in Financial Assessment.”
June 21, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Environment Reporter, 44 ER 1843 (June 21, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“EPA Said to Breach Chesapeake Bay Accord by Failing to Offer Stormwater Rule.”
June 19, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article entitled

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 118 DEN A-5 (June 19, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com


“EPA Walks Back Numeric Limit for Stormwater Discharges.”
June 14, 2013
Brian Glass published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


“Chesapeake Bay Group Extends Deadline for EPA Stormwater Runoff Rule.”
June 11, 2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 112 DEN A-3 (June 11, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com.


“EPA, Attorneys Say Eighth Circuit Ruling Could Affect Legislative, Executive Exchanges.”
May 14,2013
Brian Glass was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article

Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, 93 DEN A-1 (May 14, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com.


Brian Glass will be presenting on the topic of “Stormwater in the Courts” at the next event of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Section of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA-PMAS). The event is scheduled for April 18, 2013, from 11:30am to 1:30pm at the One Parkway Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Additional details and online registration can be found here.


“Recycling Secondary Manufacturing Materials.”
April 12, 2013
Ken Warren published an article in The Legal Intelligencer


Brian Glass will be a panelist on the Water Update program at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Environmental Law Forum 2013. The Forum will be held at the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 10 & 11, 2013. The Water Update is scheduled for April 10 from 9:45 to 11:15am.