by Brigit Rollins | Jul 1, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Water Law
On June 18, 2021, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a decision in a lawsuit concerning regulation of the Raccoon River. The lawsuit was initially filed in 2019 by environmental groups who alleged that the state of Iowa had violated its mandatory duty to protect the...
by Brigit Rollins | Jun 17, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently issued an order vacating an action from Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) allowing the use of the pesticide aldicarb on orange and grapefruit trees in Florida. Although aldicarb has not...
by Brigit Rollins | Jun 10, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Conservation Programs, Environmental Law, Natural Resources Conservation Service
A farmer in South Dakota has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) alleging that its wetland conservation program known colloquially as “Swampbuster” violates the United States Constitution. The lawsuit stems from a determination...
by Brigit Rollins | May 27, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, The Deal with Dicamba
On May 24, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report addressing EPA’s 2018 decision to conditionally register three dicamba products under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act...
by Brigit Rollins | May 20, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
On May 14, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, issued a decision upholding a $25 million award to a plaintiff who claimed that he contracted non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (“NHL”) after being exposed to Roundup, a glyphosate-based pesticide. In its...
