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- President Biden and Trump’s Offshore Drilling Debate: Expanding or Restricting U.S. Energy Resources?
- February 12th, 2025 — by Katie Shaw — Category: Offshore Energy
- The debate over offshore drilling in the U.S. has seen a dramatic shifts over the past decades, shaped by changing ideologies and economic priorities.
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- CERCLA's PFAS Designation: A Game-Changer for Environmental Liability
- January 27th, 2025 — Category: Water Quality
- The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) has entered a new era with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent designation of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” as hazardous substances. Announced on April 19, 2024, and entered into force on July 8, 2024, this designation represents a shift in the environmental law landscape.
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- Meet Our New Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow: Siena Fouse
- January 9th, 2025 — Category: Staff
- Meet our new Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow, Siena Fouse! We asked Siena several questions to get to know her better.
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- Don’t Cage Our Oceans: The Army Corps’ Nationwide Permit for Commercial Finfish Aquaculture Found to be Unlawful
- October 24th, 2024 — by Ashlyn Tracy — Category: Aquaculture
- In 2022, Don’t Cage Our Oceans and other nonprofit organizations groups (collectively “DCOO”) sued the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) for its issuance of Nationwide Permit 56 (“NWP 56”), which authorized the installation of finfish aquaculture structures within oceans around the country.
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- Environmental Groups Petition EPA to End North Carolina’s NPDES Program
- October 9th, 2024 — by Jon Scoggins — Category: Water Quality
- On August 28, 2024, Cape Fear River Watch, along with other non-profit public interest organizations, submitted a petition to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) under 40 C.F.R. § 123.64(b) (2024).
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