While the environmental justice movement has gained traction in the United States, the relationship between agri-food systems and environmental injustices in rural areas has yet to come into focus. This Article explores the relationship between U.S. agricultural exceptionalism and rural environmental justice through examining right-to-farm laws.
EPA announced its approval of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality's request to revise or modify certain of its Agency-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.
EPA announced its approval of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's request to revise or modify certain of its Agency-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.
EPA announced its approval of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's request to revise or modify certain of its Agency-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.
EPA announced its approval of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality's request to revise or modify certain of its Agency-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.
EPA announced a public meeting of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council to discuss Agency administration priorities, recommendations on the 2021 PFAS Strategic Roadmap, and recommendations on community air quality monitoring.
The federal agencies issued their semiannual regulatory agendas to update the public about regulations currently under development, reviews of existing regulations with small business impacts, and regulations completed or canceled since the last agenda. EPA’s agenda can be found at 87 FR 48332.
CEQ seeks feedback on the vision, framework, and outcomes of the Environmental Justice Scorecard as mandated by Executive Order No. 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
This Article, adapted from Leo E. Strine Jr., Kirby M. Smith, and Reilly S. Steel, Caremark and ESG, Perfect Together: A Practical Approach to Implementing an Integrated, Efficient, and Effective Caremark and EESG, 106 Iowa L. Rev. 18853 (2021), and used with permission, proposes a way of thinking about "EESG" that promotes ethical, fair, and sustainable behavior without heaping additional work on already-stretched employees and directors.
This abstract is adapted from Victor B. Flatt, Holding Polluters Accountable in Times of Climate and COVID Risk: The Problems With “Emergency” Enforcement Waivers, 12 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 1 (2021), and used with permission.