- Posts by Agnes Antonian
PartnerAs Chair of Connell Foley LLP's Environmental Law practice group, Agnes Antonian draws on her engineering background to address a broad range of complex environmental litigation and land use matters. Her environmental litigation ...
Registered companies must disclose 2024 climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports they file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Pursuant to final rules adopted by the SEC earlier this year, registrants will be required to disclose ...
By: Agnes Antonian, Christina Sartorio Ku, Meredith Rubin and Varronika Siryon
The U.S. Supreme Court late last month issued an opinion, Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, which broadens federal judges’ authority when interpreting the functions of the federal government. Just a few days ...
Agnes Antonian, Chair of Connell Foley LLP’s Environmental Law Group, and Anthony LoPresti, an associate with the group, have published an article in the May 2024 issue of Commerce magazine, a publication of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (the “CIANJ”).
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Recognizing electric vehicles’ (EVs’) potential to improve air quality across the state, New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (NJEDP) has implemented a program to incentivize EV use.
Dubbed “It Pays to Plug In,” the new program provides grants to offset the cost ...
On June 28, 2023, a proposed settlement for close to $393 million was announced between Solvay and the State of New Jersey as part of the State’s effort to remediate the PFAs, “forever chemical” contamination. PFAs have been found to impact groundwater, including drinking water, and ...
The United States Supreme Court has issued a ruling clarifying which wetlands can be regulated by the federal government under the Clean Water Act. In a 5-4 vote, SCOTUS ruled that wetlands can only be regulated under the Clean Water Act if they have a "continuous surface connection" to a larger, regulated body of water such as a river, lake, or ocean.
On August 26, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the treatment of two PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances under federal law, which would include the triggering of obligations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and ...
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law last week, has created two new mechanisms for monetizing new and existing energy tax credits, which may lead to significant cost savings and eliminate the need for complicated tax equity structures for renewable energy project owners.
First, in ...
President Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a major spending bill that attempts to tackle climate change, the cost of prescription drugs, and lower the national deficit. While the Act does not include any requirements to reduce emissions, it does provide for new oil and gas ...
On June 30, 2022, the United States Supreme Court held that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the authority to permit the promulgation of state regulations under the Clean Air Act that would result in or encourage “generation shifting” to clean energy. This ...