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Environmental Law: Trump reverses past climate change policies with energy independence order
On March 28, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dramatically shift course from the climate change focus of the Obama administration. The order has several components which will affect United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) climate regulations along with energy production activities. A key aspect is the revocation of the Clean Power Plan […]
Commentary: How Gorsuch’s views could sway climate policy
The keystone of President Donald Trump’s executive order on the environment, signed Tuesday, is a directive to the Environmental Protection Agency to review and rescind the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which aimed to shift the country’s electricity generation from coal-fired plants to sources that emit less carbon. When the EPA acts, that will trigger […]
Environmental Law: Donald Trump and the Environmental Agenda
Writing this column in December 2016, now a month past the surprising presidential election result, brings with it many uncertainties. Predicting environmental policy in new administrations is challenging under normal election conditions, but with a businessman about to assume the presidential office in January, the level of uncertainty is at an all-time high. However, based […]
Company admits violating Clean Air Act
Tier NY LLC, a Niagara Falls corporation, has pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott to negligent endangerment under the Clean Air Act. The charge is punishable by a fine of $200,000 and a possible term of probation of up to five years. The company, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, […]
Last Kensington Towers defendant convicted
Theodore Lehmann, 67, of Tonawanda, a former state Department of Labor inspector, has pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara to violating the Clean Air Act. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, a fine of $100,000 or both. U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul said the conviction of […]
Greenhouse gas regs could go up in smoke
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is urging the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the Environmental Protection Agency’s statutory mandate to regulate motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions triggers a requirement that the agency also regulate emissions from stationary buildings in order to combat the “urgent” problem of climate change. “It is the […]
AG leads multi-state action to sue EPA
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, leading a coalition of seven states, has notified the federal Environmental Protection Agency he intends to sue it for violating the Clean Air Act by failing to address methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry. The EPA has determined that methane is a powerful climate change pollutant emitted […]
Developer charged with violating Clean Air Act
A Livingston County man faces up to five years in prison and a $2,500 fine if convicted of violating the federal Clean Air Act. Anastasios “Taso” Kolokouris, 28, of Avon, was arrested Tuesday morning. He is accused of violating work practice standards involving asbestos removal and disturbance at a warehouse he owns at 920 Exchange […]
Clean Air Act violated
Daniel Black, 57, of Bemus Point, Chautauqua County, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara to 12 months in prison. Black, who was convicted of failure to conduct an inspection ...
AG moves to sue major Pa. power plant
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is taking action to sue a major Pennsylvania electric power plant over multiple violations of the federal Clean Air Act at the facility.
Contractor to appeal asbestos case
Chili contractor Keith Gordon-Smith plans to appeal several convictions in connection with a federal case involving Clean Air Act violations in asbestos removal at Genesee Hospital. A jury Friday found Gordon-Smith and his company, Gordon-Smith Contracting, guilty of several counts involving the improper ...
State leads coalition on global warming
New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced a 13-state coalition has filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to defend a new regulation limiting greenhouse gases.
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Breach of contract: Hausrath Landscape Maintenance Inc. v. Caravan Facilities Management LLC
- Second Circuit – New York Child Victim’s Act: Kane v. Mount Pleasant CSD; Coe v. Eastport Union Free School
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Appointing law clerk: Opinion 22-149
- Fourth Department – Bill of particulars: Harris v. Rome Memorial Hospital, et al.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Accusations against co-judge: Opinion 22-148
- Fourth Department – Medicaid: Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Home v. NYS Dept. of Health
- Fourth Department – Criminal possession of a firearm: People v. Wilson
- Fourth Department – Promoting prostitution: People v. Watts
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Fourth Department – Show-up identification: People v. Waggoner
- Fourth Department – Association: Victory Village Tenants Assoc. v. Evergreen Communities, et al.
- Second Circuit – In personam jurisdiction: Kaplan v. Bank Saderat PLC
Law News
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
- Rochester man sues Geneseo police, alleging false arrest, assault
- The Daily Record’s Power List for Intellectual Property 2023
- NY ethics panel says judges can join NRA
- Harter Secrest & Emery LLP names partner-in-charge of Buffalo office
- Banned professor sues SUNY Fredonia leaders
- Hochul signs law requiring unemployment insurance information from employers
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