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In Coming Utility MACT, EPA Has Clean Air Act Authority to Make Big Strides in Protecting Americans from Mercury Pollution
Published on 2011-03-11 14:26:27
By Wednesday of next week, EPA is due to publish its long-anticipated rule controlling mercury emissions from coal-fired utilities. This is how we ought to judge the rule: does it follow the mandate of the Clean Air Act (CAA)? For too long, utili > read more
Environmental Regulation, Jobs, and Human Health: Industry Estimates on Boiler Rule Flunk Economics 101
Published on 2010-11-03 12:17:22
Economics professors at two major universities just issued their reviews of industry-funded assessments of the costs of EPA’s proposed boiler rule (via NRDC). The professors’ conclusions: “the methodology is fundamentally flawed;” “the res > read more
Boiler MACT Rule Would Have Enormous Health Benefits from Air Pollutant Reductions — And That’s Not Even Accounting for the Reduced Mercury Emissions
Published on 2010-10-12 20:19:16
EPA’s proposal to curb emissions from the second largest source of mercury in the United States – industrial boilers and process heaters – has come under fire in recent weeks. Those industries that would be subject to the “boiler rule” h > read more
Egg Industry’s Effort to Push Salmonella Problem as Consumers’ Fault A Worrying Example of “Risk Avoidance” Policy Approaches to Health and Safety Regulation
Published on 2010-09-01 21:09:35
According to the egg industry, the thousands of people sickened by eggs contaminated with Salmonella enteritidis have only themselves to blame.As USA Today reported: “Consumers that were sickened reportedly all ate eggs that were not prop > read more
EPA’s New Guidance on Considering Environmental Justice in Rulemaking a Welcome First Step
Published on 2010-07-27 21:14:02
The EPA released a guidance document on Monday that promises to integrate environmental justice considerations into the fabric of its rulemaking efforts. Titled the Interim Guidance on Considering Environmental Justice During the Development of an A > read more
EPA Chides Polluters for Downplaying Risk From Portland Harbor Superfund Site; Still, Must Honor Fishing Tribes’ Rights
Published on 2010-02-11 12:23:40
In a welcome move, EPA recently took polluters to task for their attempt to downplay the risks to human health and the environment from the Portland Harbor superfund site along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon (h/t Oregonian for noting the EP > read more
The New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations, Women of Color and Where We Get Our Research
Published on 2009-11-18 12:55:47
The new rules on breast cancer screening put out by the United States Preventive Taskforce caught my attention as I was driving home Monday because I should have had my mammogram screening eight months ago. I have been purposely avoiding it. So the n > read more
Reducing Mercury Emissions From Coal-Fired Power Plants: Yes We Can (And Could Have, Years Ago)
Published on 2009-10-26 18:39:01
Three recent developments in the saga of efforts to regulate mercury emissions from coal-fired utilities are significant. Early last week, Michigan became the twenty-third state to require coal-fired utilities within its jurisdiction to reduce their > read more
EPA Touts Remedy That Leaves Fish Off LA Coast Contaminated with DDT and PCBs for Years
Published on 2009-10-16 13:24:40
With some fanfare, the EPA announced last week that it has selected a cleanup strategy for the Palos Verdes Shelf (PVS) Superfund Site off the coast of southern California – an area that has been termed “ the world’s largest DDT dump.” The EP > read more
International Justice Update
Published on 2009-10-14 11:41:57
With this posting I hope to start a periodic series reflecting on developments in the area of international justice, particularly as it relates to Africa. As some of you may know, I am currently living in Nairobi, and thus am immersing myself into > read more
Enslaved by a Metaphor
Published on 2009-09-28 14:14:04
by Perry S. Bechky, Visiting Assistant Professor at Seattle University School of Law Last month, in Movsesian v. Victoria Versicherung AG, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit struck down a California law that “extends the statute of limitations un > read more