by Brigit Rollins | Mar 17, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Air Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
UPDATE: On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. U.S. Envt’l Protection Agency finding in favor of the plaintiff. According to the Court, EPA exceeded the authority granted to it by Congress under the CAA when it adopted the...
by Brigit Rollins | Mar 3, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Pesticides
In December 2021, two environmental groups, the Center for Food Safety and Pesticide Action Network North America, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) over what the groups refer to as a “regulatory loophole” in EPA’s administration of...
by Brigit Rollins | Feb 17, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
On February 9, 2022, a coalition of farm groups filed a lawsuit in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) decision to ban all uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops. Specifically, the farm groups are...
by Brigit Rollins | Feb 3, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, WOTUS Update
In January 2022, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would once again hear arguments in the long-running case of Sackett v. EPA. This will be the second time that the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Sackett case since it was first filed in...
by Brigit Rollins | Jan 20, 2022 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
On January 11, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that effective immediately it had changed its policy regarding Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) consultations for newly registered pesticide active ingredients. According to EPA, the new policy...
