by Brigit Rollins | May 13, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”), pesticide manufacturers work with the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to register pesticides for legal use. A pesticide may only be legally used in the United States if it is registered...
by Brigit Rollins | May 6, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides
UPDATE: On August 18, 2021, EPA announced that it would be publishing a final rule in the Federal Register revoking all safety tolerances for chlorpyrifos. This regulation will take legal effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, and the tolerances are...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 29, 2021 | Aquaculture, Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Water Law
On April 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in State of Fla. v. State of Georgia, 141 S. Ct. 1175 (2021), concluding that Florida had failed to show that Georgia’s water use had caused the collapse of Florida’s oyster fisheries. Accordingly, the...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 22, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Carbon, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture
On April 20, 2021, the Senate unveiled the text of the proposed Growing Climate Solutions Act. The bill, which has been co-sponsored by 20 Democrats and 22 Republicans, is aimed at encouraging the development of voluntary carbon markets. Specifically, the bill would...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 15, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Research Fellows, Sustainable Agriculture
By: Jessie Gittemeier; Brigit Rollins The Paris Climate Agreement (Paris Agreement) is an international treaty to address climate change. It represents the agreement of 195 parties to take action to limit global temperature increase to below 1.5-2 degrees...
