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Former EPA Acting Deputy Administrator Joins Faegre Drinker
Faegre Drinker announced Tuesday that former EPA acting deputy administrator Doug Benevento joined the firm as counsel in Denver.
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Courts
Supreme Court Closes Term with Environmental Law Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court closed its 2020-2021 oral argument calendar by hearing three environmental disputes
Courts
10th Circuit Clears Path for Major Water Rule Rollback
Colorado is no longer protected from the Trump administration’s effort to constrict the reach of the nation’s principal water pollution law after the 10th...
Features
Biden Administration Expected to Bring Change to Environmental Policy
Joe Biden's EPA will face a daunting task in restoring the nation’s system of environmental regulation and confronting a climate crisis.
News
Gross Reservoir Expansion Proposal Presents Water Demand, Environmental Concerns
“In the West, when you touch water, you touch everything.” Legend has it that Wayne Aspinall, the congressman who represented Colorado’s Western Slope during...
History
Rocky Flats Becomes National Environmental Crisis
Following WWII, the U.S. selected Dow Chemical to break ground on a centrally located site in Arvada for parts production to support an increase...
Courts
Colorado Sues Federal Government over Clean Water Act Rule
Colorado on May 22 sued the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a new federal government rule the state...
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EPA’s COVID-19 Enforcement Policy ‘Not a License to Pollute’
The Environmental Protection Agency on March 26 announced a temporary policy of relaxed enforcement of some environmental legal obligations due to COVID-19.
The policy, which...