Perspectives on Environmental

Illinois Chamber’s Environmental Affairs Committee Quarterly Meeting

CBA/YLS Environmental Law Committee

Illinois lawyers in all practice areas can benefit from a basic understanding of federal and state environmental laws to help identify environmental obligations and address the concerns of the clients they serve.

The scope of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) is in flux yet again. Recently, in Pasqua Yaqui Tribe v. EPA, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona vacated and remanded a Trump-era regulation that defined the scope of many CWA programs.

On November 16, Illinois enacted the Reimagining Electric Vehicles Act (REV Act) which states that its purposes include “reduc[ing] carbon emissions, creat[ing] new good-paying jobs, and generat[ing] long-term economic investment in the Illinois business economy.”

On November 2, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule involving three separate actions aimed at establishing a comprehensive and more stringent regulatory regime to reduce emissions from oil and gas operations across the United States (the Proposed Rules).

Schiff Hardin LLP has received 39 top-tier rankings in the 2022 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms,” nationally recognizing the firm’s premier practices.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently made several announcements regarding its goals for investigating, regulating, and remediating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), a group of chemicals used in a variety of consumer and industrial products since the early 1940s.

Bloomberg Environment

Legal ESG Summit

“Climate change is an emerging threat to the financial stability of the United States.”

Reuters

OurEnergyPolicy’s Energy Leaders Webinar Series

Environmental justice remains a top concern for the Biden Administration.

The scope of the federal government’s enforcement power under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) has been an ever-evolving source of litigation and confusion for industries across the country.

Law360

Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that 51 attorneys have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2022.

On August 10, 2021, the Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that included many pieces of President Biden’s plan, but also contained numerous revisions, reflective of the compromises necessary to pass this ambitious legislation in the Senate.

Courts exist to adjudicate claimed harms. However, not every court can hear every claim.

Bloomberg Law

Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Francis Lyons has been invited to become a Fellow with the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL), a professional association of peer-recognized, distinguished lawyers in the field of environmental law.

We often think that environmental regulation comes top-down from Congress and Washington bureaucrats.

AAPCA 2021 Virtual Spring Meeting

Of course elections matter, and executive branch changes may bring real and meaningful policy change.

Bloomberg Environment