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New MOU For EPA And DoD
Posted on 15 Feb 2012 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block EPA and DoD have entered into a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance the use of innovative technologies and their mutual interests in sustainability. This MOU is entered into between EPA through... Read More

Water Scarcity Challenges Headed To Supreme Court
Posted on 27 Feb 2012 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block Three petitions have been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a review of a recent 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional water... Read More

Jenner & Block: Business Roundtable Report Calls For Improved Permitting Process
Posted on 30 Apr 2012 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block The Business Roundtable (BRT) issued a report this month, Permitting Jobs and Business Investment Streamlining the Federal Permitting Process , highlighting the adverse impacts to business of the often... Read More

UN Launches Climate Change Funding Website
Posted on 3 Dec 2010 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block The UN announced yesterday the launch of a website to help developing countries make sense of the multiple funds available to finance climate change-related needs. It estimates that developing countries... Read More

UN Climate Change Conference Opens in Cancun
Posted on 3 Dec 2010 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block An estimated 15,000 people, including officials and environmental leaders from 194 countries, will attend the UN's Climate Change Conference at the Moon Palace Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. The 12-day... Read More

Water Scarcity Challenges Headed To Supreme Court
Posted on 27 Feb 2012 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block Three petitions have been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a review of a recent 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional water... Read More

New MOU For EPA And DoD
Posted on 15 Feb 2012 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block EPA and DoD have entered into a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance the use of innovative technologies and their mutual interests in sustainability. This MOU is entered into between EPA through... Read More

Jenner & Block: Business Roundtable Report Calls For Improved Permitting Process
Posted on 30 Apr 2012 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block The Business Roundtable (BRT) issued a report this month, Permitting Jobs and Business Investment Streamlining the Federal Permitting Process , highlighting the adverse impacts to business of the often... Read More

UN Climate Change Leaders Seek Cooperation, Creativity And Compromise
Posted on 3 Dec 2010 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson , Partner, Jenner & Block Executive Director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, opened the conference saying "You are gathered in Cancun to weave together the elements of a... Read More

More Insight On EPA’s Regulation Of Hexavalent Chromium And Perchlorate
Posted on 15 Feb 2011 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson , Partner, Jenner &Block In testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson confirmed that EPA likely will regulate hexavalent chromium in tap water but only after completing... Read More