Environment Why EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards matter—history and health James L. Simpson The health benefits of EPA’s MATS for coal-fired power plants should be substantial, but the regulation of mercury emissions has a long and litigious history.
Environment So the well won’t run dry: Artificial groundwater recharge in the West Nathan S. Bracken and Clayton H. Preece As aquifers in the West decline, artificial groundwater recharge will become an increasingly important means of supplementing groundwater supplies and storing water.
Environment The abandonment and restoration of Pennsylvania’s constitutional public trust John C. Dernbach Recent oil and gas cases have revived the Pennsylvania Constitution’s public trust provision.
Environment Can non-statutory federal climate litigation drive federal climate policy? David Markell As EPA steps back from greenhouse gas regulation, tort suits against emitters and regulators are beginning to fill the void.
Environment California regulation of agricultural runoff Isaac Cheng and Alicia Thesing Changes are afoot in regulating agricultural pollution, but for now California still lacks much-needed enforceable limits on excess fertilizer and pesticide use.
Environment In Brief John R. Jacus Two cases discuss Trump efforts to rescind or stay prior rules on fracking and methane gas emissions, CERCLA and RCRA liability decisions, and indispensable tribal parties.
Environment Views from the Chair--Cooperative federalism: What is it—now and in the future? John Milner Section chair John Milner discusses “cooperative federalism,” which will be addressed by the Section’s committees within the “content convergence and coordination” initiative.
