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Environmental Justice: Miranda Henning to Present on Panel at ABA Conference

By Miranda Henning, BCES, Managing Principal, Business Director, Health and Ecology

The Biden Administration’s new emphasis on environmental justice is changing the status quo in the environmental arena. How will these fast-breaking policies impact environmental investigations and remediation, litigation, and enforcement? Join Miranda Henning on January 28, 2022, as she contributes to a virtual panel discussion titled “Environmental Justice Rises to the Forefront: Litigation, Regulatory, and Legislative Impacts.”

In addition to Ms. Henning, panelists include Matthew Tejada, Director of EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice, and Stacey Turner, Associate General Counsel at Southern Company. Michael R. Leslie of King & Spalding LLP will moderate the session. The Environmental Justice session is part of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees’ Joint Virtual Regional CLE Program to be held on January 27–28, 2022. Download the agenda for more information. Register at ambar.org/jointcle. CLE credit is available.

The panel will discuss how new policies, regulations, and enforcement initiatives focusing on environmental justice are impacting environmental investigations and remediation, citizen suits, toxic tort actions, and governmental enforcement, as well as the permitting of new and existing facilities and redevelopment of brownfield sites. Increasingly, state environmental agencies and attorneys general are getting in on the action, implementing new regulations, litigation, and enforcement actions emphasizing environmental justice. The panel will discuss these fast-breaking developments, explore the impact on new and existing sites, and unpack the litigation and regulatory ramifications of this new emphasis on environmental justice.

Learn More about Environmental Justice Actions by States

State-by-State Compendium on Environmental Justice

Integral has compiled a state-by-state environmental justice compendium to help clients navigate the network of approaches to environmental justice across the U.S. Information presented in the compendium is current as of October 2021. Because environmental justice initiatives are so dynamic, updates will be posted on Integral’s website on a regular basis.

Integral is proud to share this Compendium of State Regulatory Activities on Environmental Justice.

Download Compendium

For more information, contact Miranda Henning at mhenning@integral-corp.com.

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