by Brigit Rollins | Sep 1, 2022 | Animal Feeding Operations, Brigit Rollins, Conservation Programs, Environmental Law, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
First authorized in the 1996 Farm Bill, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (“EQIP”) is a voluntary conservation program that offers financial and technical support to producers who implement conservation practices on working agricultural lands. EQIP is...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 18, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Climate Change, Conservation Programs, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
On August 16, 2022, President Biden officially signed the $739 billion spending package known as the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) into law. One of the primary goals of the IRA is to address climate change, with a specific focus on cutting greenhouse gas emissions...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 4, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
An important component of many environmental statutes is the ability for private citizens to initiate lawsuits to enforce the statute. This type of lawsuit is referred to as a citizen suit. In general, there are two main types of citizen suit. The first type of allows...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 21, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Fish and Wildlife Service, Pesticides
The first half of 2022 has seen a lot of development in the area of environmental law. From lawsuits to regulatory changes, the following is a non-exhaustive overview of recent events in the environmental law realm. Glyphosate Litigation Litigation brought by...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 7, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Pesticides, Plaintiffs & Pesticides
Up to now, each article in this series exploring the legal claims commonly raised by plaintiffs in pesticide injury cases has focused on one single claim. Negligence, design defect, and failure to warn are all legal arguments raised in nearly every pesticide injury...
