Posts by Lauren Surillo

In January of 2021, shortly after his inauguration, President Biden issued Executive Order 13985, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, emphasizing Environmental Justice or “EJ,” and requesting “comprehensive attention” to EJ issues by various federal agencies. In response to this Executive Order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Department of Justice…

Client Alert: EPA’s Renewed Enforcement Focus on Lead-Based Paint               Within a week of taking office, President Biden established environmental justice as a priority for his administration.[1]  This momentum has continued with the Biden administration consistently pushing environmental justice at the center of the federal government’s work.  Part of the Biden administration’s environmental justice goal…

  PFAS Symposium   Tuesday, March 29, 2022  |  8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.   Georgia State University College of Law85 Park Place NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303      Register now ( PFAS Symposium (touchnet.com ) for a symposium on PFAS Dangers, Requirements, and Strategies, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29 at Georgia State University…