The Essential Environmental & Energy Blog

State of Michigan requests holders of National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permits to conduct "vulnerability analysis" to minimize impact on Great Lakes water levels.

Like other requirements, environmental regulations apply to medicinal and recreational cannabis businesses too.

Underground storage tank owners and operators can apply for funds to help pay cleanup costs for release of materials into environment.

The corporate liability shield may not protect individual shareholders, owners or executives in certain environmental exposure situations.

Detroit regional water system deal punctuates the need for regional cooperation and infrastructure investment, here and across the United States.

Michigan Court of Appeals upholds substantial civil penalty award against owner and operators of leaking underground storage tanks for failure to complete closure activities.

While the Supreme Court trimmed a little of EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources, it left in place EPA’s authority to do so.

Michigan bills allow reuse of byproducts from incinerated coal and municipal waste in landfills, fertilizer, building materials, among other uses

State statutes of repose can bar environmental tort claims from proceeding even if contamination goes undiscovered for decades.

While the federal Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Code allows for such well known measures as payment of creditors on a priority basis, it also addresses other obligations, including the payment of environmental costs incurred while the entity proceeds through bankruptcy.