News & Insights

Neighboring States Have Either Passed or Proposed Climate Superfund Laws - Is Pennsylvania Next?

Following Vermont and New York’s enactment of a Climate Change Superfund Act, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts and California are proposing their
own superfund laws, which Marc Rollo, Charlie Dennen and Grace Baccare discuss in The Legal Intelligencer article, “Neighboring States Have Either Passed
or Proposed Climate Superfund Laws— Is Pennsylvania Next?”. These states are seeking to impose liability on certain responsible parties for da ...read more ...read more

New Jersey “Climate Superfund Act” Clears Senate Committee

On December 12, 2024, the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee advanced the “Climate Superfund Act,” a bill moving through the New
Jersey Legislature which, if enacted, would impose liability on certain fossil fuel companies for certain damages caused by climate change. The bill also
establishes a program within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) to collect and distribute compensatory payment ...read more ...read more

USEPA Announces Ban on TCE and PCE

On December 9, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced bans on two chemicals—trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene
(PCE)—pursuant to the latest risk management rules under the bipartisan 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) amendments. A link to USEPA’s
announcement of the ban can be found here. TCE and PCE are two of the initial chemicals USEPA evaluated under the 2016 TSCA amendments,  ...read more ...read more