Highlights of The Year in Review 2023
This chapter provides highlights of the publication Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2023.
The Year in Review 2023
Substantive Committee Reports
Air Committee Report
Aidan Riley Burkholder Freeman, H Michael Keller, Jacqueline M. Rosen, Sean Kelley, John B Lyman, Todd Palmer, Jennifer Kate Rushlow, and Douglas R Williams
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of air, including air quality, the Clean Air Act, GHG emissions, and more.
May 15, 2024 39 min read
Biodiversity Committee Report
Sean Courtney Skaggs, Emily Mott, Kerensa Gimre, Nancy Cruz, and Jared Padway
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of biodiversity, including the Endangered Species Act, critical habitat, climate change, and more.
May 15, 2024 17 min read
Climate Change Committee Report
Andrew Albert Eberle, Melissa Brook Hagan, Sarah Ladin, Kristi Disney Bruckner, Leta Margaret Barry, Andrea Carro, Camila Bustos, Aaron Flyer, Michael B Gerrard, Drew Langan, Tyler Larsen, Katherine Mary McCormick, MAX R SARINSKY, Elizabeth Ramey, Paul T Rink, Emma Shumway, David C Smith, Maria Antonia B Tigre, Romany Webb, and Kathryn Zyla
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of climate change, including COP28, GHG emissions, clean energy, and more.
May 15, 2024 49 min read
Energy Committee Report
Ravay Smith, Taylor L Curtis, Aaron Levine, Melissa Douglas, and Elizabeth Bogle
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of energy, including renewable energy projects, energy justice, the transmission grid, and more.
May 15, 2024 26 min read
Enforcement and Litigation Committee Report
Joseph T Zaleski, Joel Thomas Boer, Riley Desper, John Devine, Leland P. Frost, Talia Gordner, Julian Harrell, Maia H. Jorgensen, Edward Karl Roggenkamp, Jared J Standish, Andrew Ross Stewart, Maddie Voigt, Inga Caldwell, Jennifer Faggion, Heather Lee Miller, and David B Weinstein
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of enforcement and litigation, including PFAS regulation, EPA’s enforcement priorities, offshore wind litigation, and more.
May 15, 2024 27 min read
Environmental, Social, Governance, and Sustainability Committee Report
Ashley Ball, David Restaino, Norman A Dupont, Thomas A Utzinger, Tiffany Huey, Jessica Tung, and Karly Beaumont
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of environmental, social, governance, and sustainability, including sustainability reporting standards, voluntary carbon mar…
May 15, 2024 8 min read
Food and Agriculture Committee Report
Brandon Wade Neuschafer and Nora J Faris
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of food and agriculture, including sustainability reporting standards, health and safety, PFAS, and more.
May 15, 2024 7 min read
Forest Resources Committee Report
Lindsey Huang, Kelly Soldati, Paige Whidbee, Sarah Elizabeth Melton, Kirstin Gruver, Robert Maynard, and Janet Howe
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of forest resources, including NEPA, carbon capture and storage, wildfire regulations, and more.
May 15, 2024 16 min read
Indigenous Law Committee Report
William Ralph Norman Jr, Michael D McMahan, Jonathan W Sutton, Michael Vincent Amato, Gwendolyn Bell, and Winyan James
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of indigenous law, including NEPA, water rights, mining, and more.
May 15, 2024 18 min read
In-House Counsel Committee Report
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of in-house counsel, including nuclear power plants, decaBDE, health and safety, and more.
May 15, 2024 5 min read
International Law Committee Report
Gabe Malouf, Nanci Orgill, Nisha Albert, Achinthi C Vithanage, Agnes E Enochs, Annalise Groves, Catherine M Janasie, James Negvesky, Jesse Colin Medlong, Jesse Valente, Jonathan Obiawuotu Nwagbaraocha, Kaia Turowski, Katherine Savage, Natale Fuller, Paige P Kendrick, Sera Simpson, Thulan Pham, and Verity Thomson
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of international law including net-zero, COP28, corporate sustainability, and more.
May 15, 2024 28 min read
Substantive Committee Reports
Mining Committee Report
Kayla Weiser-Burton, Samanta Burke, Janet Howe, Andrea J Driggs, and Laura K Granier
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of mining including NEPA, Tribes, minerals, and more
May 15, 2024 12 min read
Nuclear Law Committee Report
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of nuclear law, including the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, emergency preparedness, Commission decisions, and more.
May 15, 2024 14 min read
Oceans and Coasts Committee Report
Catherine M Janasie, Ashley Stilson, AnnaGrace Meeks, Jon Scoggins, Kaitlin Shaw, Madison Vice, and Matthew Noble Sheffield
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of oceans and coasts, including marine mammals, aquaculture, offshore wind, and more.
May 15, 2024 24 min read
Oil and Gas Committee Report
Keturah Brown, Rebecca Wright Pritchett, Deesha Shah, Bree Mucha, George Lyle, Thomas Allen Daily, John Joseph Harris, Ryan Mahoney, Brian Annes, Charles Christian Steincamp, Diana Elizabeth Stanley, April Rolen-Ogden, Michael H Ishee, John Michael Parker, Ann Cox Tripp, Andrew J Cloutier, Gregory D Russell, Ilya Batikov, Mark A Hylton, Joseph Allen Schremmer, Nicolle Snyder Bagnell, Gina Marie Kantos, Jolisa M Dobbs, Aaron C Powell, Anna Boyer, Kathryn Stewart, Jeffrey Scott Pope, and Kirk D Bowersox
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of oil and gas, including the Willow Project, greenhouse gas emissions, minerals, and more.
May 15, 2024 90 min read
Pesticides and Chemicals Committee Report
Leta Margaret Barry, Lawrence E Culleen, Lynn L. Bergeson, Lisa Burchi, Heather F Collins, Richard Engler, Carla N Hutton, Edith G Nagy, Javaneh Tarter, Julia Casciotti, Gregory Andrew Clark, James Gordon Votaw, Julia A Hatcher, Allison H In, Ashley Maiolatesi, De Vann Sago, Keith A Matthews, Hume Ross, Sarah Elizabeth Simonetti, and Sara Beth Watson
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of pesticides and chemicals, including TSCA, PFAS, FIFRA, and more.
May 15, 2024 23 min read
Project Development Committee Report
Megan B Freveletti, Kate Johnson, Rob Markus, Olivia Montgomery, Brittney Beetcher, and Zechariah McGugan
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of project development, including environmental justice, electric vehicles, clean energy, and more.
May 15, 2024 11 min read
Public Land and Resources Committee Report
Michael Brian O'Hora Jr. and Stanley N Harris
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of public land and resources, including BLM land use decisions, roads, the Quiet Title Act, and more.
May 15, 2024 15 min read
Science and Technology Committee Report
Norman A Dupont, Jay Thompson, Rica Enriquez, and John Wallace
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of science and technology, including the Science Advisory Board, artificial intelligence, environmental justice, and more.
May 15, 2024 9 min read
Superfund and Cost Recovery Committee Report
Amanda Neidert Kesler, Van Pursley Hilderbrand, and John M Barkett
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of superfund and cost recovery, including CERCLA, hazardous substances, natural resource damages, and more.
May 15, 2024 34 min read
Transactions and Brownfields Redevelopment Committee Report
John B Lyman, Kaitlyn Rhonehouse, and Grant E Nichols
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of transactions and brownfields redevelopment, including CERCLA, due diligence, PFAS, and more.
May 15, 2024 10 min read
Waste and Resource Recovery Committee Report
Chayla Witherspoon and Sotheby Shedeck
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of waste and resource recovery, including plastic pollution, strategies for a circular economy, recycling organics, and more…
May 15, 2024 14 min read
Water Quality and Wetlands Committee Report
Caleb James Bowers, Chayla Witherspoon, Hannes David Zetzsche, Matthew C Brewer, Megan Meadows, Nichole Fandino, Riley Desper, and Rob Abrams
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of water quality and wetlands, including water quality standards, WOTUS, NPDES, and more.
May 15, 2024 25 min read
Water Resources Committee Report
Lauren V Neuhaus, Janelle Sue Henderson Krattiger, Kelly Beskin, Heraclio Pimentel Jr, Karen A Peterson, Jennifer L Verleger, George Lyle, Bree Mucha, Michele L Van Quathem, Elizabeth P Ewens, Dulcinea Hanuschak, Lauren Lynam, Todd D Ommen, Garrick L Baxter, Lacey Bree Rammell-O'Brien, Stephanie A Kramer, Stephen R Brown, Hannes David Zetzsche, Alida C Mooney, Elizabeth Newlin Taylor, Laura A Schroeder, Kelsey J Seibel, Andrew S Miller, Jonathan R Schutz, Adam W Gravley, Jenna Rose Mandell-Rice, Andrea Nelson Grave, Logan O'Connell, Zachary Alberts, Daniel Guarracino, Christopher Dalbom, Christen Maccone, Justin M Townsend, and Jordan Patrick Cohen
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of water resources, including groundwater, water rights, hydroelectric power, and more.
May 15, 2024 53 min read
Council-Related Committee Reports
Constitutional Law Committee Report
Norman A Dupont, Jay A Tufano, Eric Christensen, and John C Cruden
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of constitutional law, including National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, Sackett v. EPA, Arizona v.
May 15, 2024 14 min read
Environmental Justice Committee Report
Julia Casciotti and James Robert May
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of environmental justice, including President Biden’s Executive Order 14096, EJ in environmental enforcement, EJ at the ABA,…
May 15, 2024 8 min read
Ethics and the Profession Committee Report
Victor Byers Flatt and Irma S Russell
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2023 in the area of ethics and the profession, including ABA ethics opinions, artificial intelligence, client disclosure, and more.
May 15, 2024 7 min read