New York Renewable Energy Siting, An Interview with Julie Tighe President of NYLCV | Empire Environmental Mini-Series (Pt 3)
Release Date: 10/20/2020
Empire Environmental - Review of New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program to Reduce emissions and Achieve Climate Goals
E2 Law Podcast
GT attorneys Steven Russo, Zackary Knaub, and Jane McLaughlin discuss New York State’s cap-and-invest program to limit greenhouse gas emissions and share revenue with New Yorkers from disadvantaged communities to help cover utility bills, transportation costs, and decarbonization. The program is expected to help New York meet the requirements of the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of cutting greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 and at least 85% by 2050, both below 1990 levels. Large-scale greenhouse gas emitters and distributors of heating...
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Empire Environmental – New York State Climate Action Council Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions
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In this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s E2 Podcast, , co-chair of the firm’s Environmental Practice and Chair of its New York Environmental Practice, is joined by , Shareholder, and , Of Counsel, in Greenberg Traurig’s Government Law & Policy Practice to discuss the New York State Climate Action Council’s adoption of the final scoping plan, which will serve as a roadmap to achieve the climate change mandates set forth in New York’s landmark climate law – the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).
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‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2B
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In Part 2B of Greenberg Traurig Environmental Shareholder David Mandelbaum’s conversation with William Hengemihle of FTI Consulting on Superfund allocation disputes under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the federal program for cleaning up sites contaminated by historic operations, they discuss fault and when it may trump cost causation, “transactional fairness,” use of contracts experts, cooperation, and recalcitrance.
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Fairness in Superfund Allocation Part 2a
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Greenberg Traurig Environmental Shareholder David Mandelbaum is joined by William Hengemihle of FTI Consulting for a second conversation on Superfund allocation disputes under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the federal program for cleaning up sites contaminated by historic operations. In Part 2A, David and Bill discuss building a suggested allocation methodology, and advocating the choice among alternative methodologies for the same case.
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“Fairness” in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 1
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Greenberg Traurig Environmental Shareholder David Mandelbaum is joined by William Hengemihle of FTI Consulting for a discussion of how Superfund allocation problems are resolved and what is meant by “fairness” in them. The conversation is in the context of allocation disputes under the federal Superfund statute – the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).
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Environmental Justice Checklist for Businesses
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With President Joe Biden’s prioritization of Environmental Justice issues, Greenberg Traurig Shareholders Maribel Nicholson-Choice and Libby Stennes discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s historical and current definition of Environmental Justice, steps for corporations to protect their brands, and how to effectively work with communities and stakeholders.
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The Government’s Role in Hydrogen Development – Part 2
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This episode is part two of a two-part series that focuses on the US and European federal and state governmental roles in hydrogen development with Greenberg Traurig attorneys, Marijn Bodelier of Amsterdam, Martin Borning of Berlin, Pietro Caliceti of Milan, and the firm’s Energy Practice Co-chair Bill Garner. Special guests include Heike Bernhardt of the German engineering firm of DEEP.KBB of Hanover, Frederik de Vries from Dutch consulting firm, Rebel Group, of Rotterdam, and Katrina Fritz, the Executive Director of the California Stationary Fuel Collaborative in the United...
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The Government’s Role in Hydrogen Development – Part 1
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This episode is part one of a two-part series that focuses on the US and European federal and state governmental roles in hydrogen development with Greenberg Traurig attorneys, Marijn Bodelier of Amsterdam, Martin Borning of Berlin, Pietro Caliceti of Milan, and the firm’s Energy Practice Co-chair Bill Garner. Special guests include Heike Bernhardt of the German engineering firm of DEEP.KBB of Hanover, Frederik de Vries from Dutch consulting firm, Rebel Group, of Rotterdam, and Katrina Fritz, the Executive Director of the California Stationary Fuel Collaborative in the United...
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NY's new constitutional amendment on environmental law
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The first episode in Greenberg Traurig’s 2022 Evolving Environmental Law Series, addresses t. The Amendment was recently enacted and will go into effect in January of 2022. It is a very short provision, but has the potential, as we're going to discuss, to provide a fair amount of uncertainty and questions about what it exactly is going to mean for New Yorkers.
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What the Largest Litigation Cases and Law Decisions of 2020 Mean to the Practitioner
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Tune in for analysis from Greenberg Traurig shareholders and on some of the most significant environmental enforcement, litigation, and agency decisions and actions in 2020. They review the EPA’s National Compliance Initiatives and outline key takeaways from notable civil and criminal cases and settlements involving the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. They also break down two notable environmental Supreme Court rulings and what those decisions mean...
info_outlineHost Steve Russo interviews Julie Tighe, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters, about the latest legislation for renewable energy siting in New York. The two discuss Article 10, New York’s new energy siting law passed in 2011, and the new Accelerated Renewable Energy and Community Benefits Act, proposed in early 2020 by Governor Cuomo to address the issues of Article 10 and to help meet the State’s ambitious climate goals. This is the latest episode of Empire Environmental, a mini-series of Legal Environmental Insights.