Environmental and Natural Resources

Who Owns Pore Space for Geologic Carbon Sequestration? Renewed Focus on Carbon Capture and Storage Likely to Bring Ownership Uncertainties on Western Split-Estate Lands Back into the Picture

by John W. Andrews The omnibus appropriations legislation passed by Congress in December 2020 contained notable bipartisan energy initiatives, including extension of tax incentives for renewable energy development, energy efficiency, and energy storage. In light of Congress’ strong interest in addressing climate change, the energy package also focused on the capture of carbon dioxide from […]

January 19, 2021 | 5 min read | Tagged: Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS, geologic sequestration, Safe Drinking Water Act, SHRA, Stock-Raising Homestead Act, Watt v. Western Nuclear Corp.

John W. Andrews Partner

EPA Catches Up On PFAS

by Michael C. Ford and Mitchell J. Klein If you haven’t heard of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), you likely will soon. Like DDT, PCBs, asbestos, and MTBE before it, PFAS are a class of chemicals that have been used in a wide variety of commercial and industrial products, only to have potential adverse environmental and […]

February 14, 2019 | 3 min read | Tagged: CERCLA, PFAS, Safe Drinking Water Act

Michael C. Ford Counsel

Mitchell J. Klein Of Counsel