Environmental Law News /practices-industries/practice/environmental-law Environmental Law News en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 11:56:06 GMT Vapor Intrusion - Recent Updates in New England and Elsewhere http://www.mintz.com/news-events/events/view/event/itemid/1263 Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Article:1263 Nanotechnology: What Is It? How Is It Being Used? http://www.mintz.com/news-events/events/view/event/itemid/1256 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Article:1256 Tenants Off The Hook: EPA's New Policy Under CERCLA. http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1863&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Article:1526 Getting Corporate Real Estate Sustainability Done http://www.mintz.com/news-events/events/view/event/itemid/1139 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Article:1139 Mintz Levin Named 2012 Environmental Law Firm of the Year by Acquisition International http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/1508 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Article:1508 A New Fate for Holiday Leftovers? New Solid Waste Rules in Effect http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1805&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1805 Mintz Levin Recognized as Top Tier Firm in U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Annual Rankings http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/1387 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1387 Renovation of Housing Containing Lead Paint: A Regulatory Update http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1902&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment discusses the history of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)  efforts to regulate work that disturbs lead-based paint in pre-1978 housing. Ms. Sulla analyzes the EPA’s ongoing struggle to satisfy the conflicting interests of both health and environmental advocacy groups and industry organizations. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1302 New Opportunities for Renewable Energy Projects http://www.mintz.com/news-events/events/view/event/itemid/964 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:964 Sixty Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2013 Edition http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/1262 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1262 Romney Plan Puts States at Helm of Oil, Gas Development http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1653&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1288 No More Opting Out of Rule for Renovation of Buildings Containing Lead Paint http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=24&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:24 Mintz Levin Represents Lowell General Hospital in Merger with Saints Medical Center http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/438 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:438 The Rising Risks of Chlorinated Solvent Contamination http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1422&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1106 Forty-One Mintz Levin Attorneys Featured in Chambers USA 2012 Guide http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/526 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:526 Risks Increasing for Properties with Chlorinated Solvent Contamination http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=29&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:29 EPA’s Air Toxics Rules for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers http://www.mintz.com Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1154 Nanomaterials: A Regulatory Update http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1457&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1157 Mintz Levin Attorney Tyrone P. Thomas to Present at American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Millennium Leadership Initiative Institute http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/548 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:548 Green Building Newsletter http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=154&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:154 EPA Overreaching http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1500&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1202 Sackett v. EPA: Property Owners May Challenge EPA Orders http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=84&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:84 High Court Ruling Weakens Favored EPA Enforcement Tool http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1333&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:774 Setting Straight the EPA on the Cost of Removing PCBs http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1492&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:1194 EPA Seeks Comment on Minor Reinterpretation of Rules on PCBs in Building Materials http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=97&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:97 The Emission of Greenhouse Gases Was Not an Occurrence http://www.mintz.com discuss the ruling in AES Corp. v. Steadfast Insurance Co., 2011 WL 4139736 (Va. Sup. Ct. Sept. 16, 2011) and its implications for future climate-change-type claims. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:469 New Requirements on Construction Site Stormwater http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=99&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:99 Keystone Pipeline Alive Despite Permit Denial http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1342&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:786 Sackett v. EPA: United States Supreme Court Critical of EPA http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=122&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:122 Does the Constitution Mandate the Ability to Challenge an EPA Order Pre-Enforcement? http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=128&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:128 Environmental Cases to Watch in 2012 http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1351&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:814 Green Building Newsletter http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=224&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Article:224 Appropriations Bill Does Not Limit Clean Water Act Jurisdiction http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=234&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:234 MassDEP’s Proposed Approach to Anaerobic Digestion: Solution or Stomachache? http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=300&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:300 Acquisition International Names Mintz Levin US Environmental Law Firm of the Year for 2011 http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/808 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:808 Top Five Challenges Lenders Face in Environmental Due Diligence - and How You Can Help http://www.mintz.comhttp://www.elabs7.com/functions/message_view.html?mid=1390479&mlid=10412&siteid=29083&uid=818676041a Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:292 Mintz Levin Attorney Colin Van Dyke Appointed to Boston Bar Association Task Force on Environmental Sustainability http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/823 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:823 Mintz Levin Increases National and Regional Presence in U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Annual Rankings http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/835 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:835 EPA Revises Lead Paint Rules for Building Renovations http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=346&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:346 Green Building Newsletter http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=619&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:619 Forty-Three Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2012 Edition http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/1052 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:1052 A Word from the Legal Field http://www.mintz.com is quoted reminding environmental professionals that vapor intrusion can still be an issue, even for sites that have received an agency No Further Action (NFA) determination. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:281 Environmental Due Diligence and You: Creating and Updating an Environmental Risk Management Policy http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1376&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:868 Surviving the Enforcement First Culture http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1470&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:1173 Green Building Newsletter http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=621&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:621 Mintz Levin Attorney Marilyn Newman to Speak at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Stormwater & Wetlands http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/1055 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:1055 Green Building Newsletter http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=623&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:623 Thirty Four Mintz Levin Attorneys Featured in Chambers USA 2011 Guide http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/1024 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:1024 Vapor Intrusion Seeps Into Indoor Air Nationwide - and Into the Minds of Regulators, Attorneys, and the Public: Are You Prepared? http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1361&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:853 Green Building Newsletter http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=625&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Article:625 Massachusetts DEP Issues New Draft Vapor Intrusion Guidance for Public Comment http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=626&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:626 Vapor Intrusion and ASTM's Revised Vapor Encroachment Standard http://www.mintz.comhttp://eponline.com/articles/2010/12/06/vapor-intrusion-and-astms-revised-vapor-encroachment-standard.aspx Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:551 Supreme Court Will Decide Fate of Climate Change Nuisance Lawsuits http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=647&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:647 Final Claims Subrogation Could Leave BP Big Winner http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1357&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:849 Good’ energy projects will survive; ‘bad’ ones will not” http://www.mintz.com addresses how government agencies perceive various environmental projects and the effect that these perceptions have on whether or not a project will successfully move forward. Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:472 Green Building Newsletter http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=632&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:632 PCB-Containing Caulk: EPA Mixes Its Messages http://www.mintz.com is quoted discussing the implications of an EPA Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the content of PCBs in caulk. Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:511 Mintz Levin Receives High Rankings in First Annual U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/958 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:958 Thirty-Nine Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2011 Edition http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/952 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:952 EPA's New Rules for Renovation of Buildings Containing Lead Paint http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=778&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:778 Green Building Newsletter http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=636&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:636 Environmental Insurance – What You Need to Know in 2010 http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/1112 Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:1112 Mintz Levin Adds Six Attorneys to Chambers USA 2010 Guide http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/926 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Article:926 Ralph A. Child Named to American College of Environmental Lawyers http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/877 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Article:877 The Second Circuit Reinstates Global Warming Federal Nuisance Claims against Utilities: Connecticut, et al. v. American Electric Power Co., Inc., et al. http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=995&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Article:995 Thirty-One Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2010 Edition http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/843 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Article:843 Chambers USA Names 22 Mintz Levin Attorneys Leaders in Their Fields for 2009 http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/798 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Article:798 Q&A With Board Chairman Jeff Porter http://www.mintz.comhttp://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/massachusetts/facesofconservation/qa-with-jeff-porter.xml Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Article:286 Concern Over New State Stormwater Regs Worry Property Owners http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1427&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Article:1122 Twenty-Nine Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2009 Edition http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/750 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Article:750 Jeffrey R. Porter Appointed Chairman of The Nature Conservancy's Massachusetts Board of Trustees http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/747 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Article:747 Forty-Six Mintz Levin Attorneys Recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/745 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Article:745 New York Landlords Now Required to Notify Tenants of Indoor Air Quality, Groundwater and Soil Test Results http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1147&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Article:1147 Chambers USA Names 20 Mintz Levin Attorneys Leaders in their Fields for 2008 http://www.mintz.com/news-events/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/706 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Article:706 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1064&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Article:1064 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1082&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Article:1082 Addressing Vapor Intrusion http://www.mintz.com describes the new standard on vapor intrusion, published by ASTM International, and anticipates the impact it will have on commercial, industrial and residential real estate. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Article:497 Addressing Vapor Intrusion http://www.mintz.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=1046&PortalId=0&DownloadMethod=attachment Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Article:1046