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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted most business and governmental matters in New York since early March, but in the midst of it, Governo...

On July 18, 2019, Governor Cuomo, along with former Vice President Al Gore in attendance, signed the Climate Leadership and Community Pro...

Over the last decade, development of shale gas through hydraulic fracturing has blossomed in Pennsylvania. The shale gas boom has led gas...

As we have reported on previously in this column, on February 28, 2017 President Trump issued an Executive Order directing US Environment...

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been in place for many years under the federal Clean Air Act regulating stationary air ...

On February 28, 2017 President Trump issued an Executive Order directing US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Corps of Engine...

On September 5, 2017, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) concluded an extensive regulatory revision proces...

Over the years the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regularly settled litigation brought by environmental interest groups a...

The Obama Administration adopted a Climate Action Plan in 2013, which addressed climate change issues. Pursuant to the Climate Action Pla...

On March 28, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order to dramatically shift course from the climate change focus of the Obama Admi...

Writing this column in December 2016, now a month past the surprising presidential election result, brings with it many uncertainties. Pr...

On August 1, the Governor’s Office announced that the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) approved New York’s most far reaching..

Crystalline silica is a mineral found in many building materials such as sand, stone, concrete, brick and mortar. Tiny particles of silica..

As we reported in the August column (The Daily Record, Aug. 3, 2015), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a rule that sets the..

The Brownfield Cleanup Program was enacted in 2003 to encourage private development of former brownfield parcels. The program was amended...

Following Election Day and the shift in Senate control, it may be worth a look ahead at environmental issues that are likely to be conf...

It has been almost two years since we reported on Marcellus Shale development in New York state. A once projected economic boom from natu...

The Brownfield Cleanup Program was enacted in 2003 to foster private development of former brownfield parcels. The program was amended in...

The New York Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) was enacted in 2003 and has provided significant legal and financial incentives for private...

The New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) was adopted in 1976 and requires that state and local agencies evaluate potent...