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In the News · Source: Bloomberg Law

January 13, 2023
Doug Henderson explains why there will be tougher EPA scrutiny of environmental justice considerations in air permitting following the agency’s release of updated guidance in December

In the News · Source: EHS Daily Advisor

June 24, 2022
Erich Almonte, Michael Leslie, Granta Nakayama and Megan Nishikawa's client alert is referenced in a profile on advancing environmental justice

In the News · Source: Bloomberg Law

May 10, 2022
Greg Scott comments on a new Justice Department directive ordering each of the nation’s 93 U.S. attorneys to designate an environmental justice coordinator

In the News · Source: Inside EPA

March 9, 2022
Granta Nakayama and Ilana Saltzbart discuss the EPA and Colorado memorandum of understanding to collaborate on enforcement actions aimed at implementing environmental justice goals

In the News · Source: Inside EPA

September 16, 2021
K&S’s client alert on the EPA’s first-of-its-kind model environmental justice memorandum of understanding with California to bolster enforcement of regulations in disadvantaged communities is referenced

In the News · Source: Inside EPA

February 4, 2021
Brandt Leibe and Brian Stansbury discuss President Biden’s recent climate change executive order that includes a directive for EPA and the DOJ to significantly elevate environmental justice enforcement efforts

In the News · Source: Bloomberg Law

December 2, 2020
Marcella Burke and Grant Nakayama explain why politically appointed lawyers at the Environmental Protection Agency, Interior Department, and Justice Department will play pivotal parts in the Biden administration