Environmental
For more than 25 years, clients have turned to Sidley’s Environmental group for innovative and practical solutions to their most pressing environmental issues. Composed of more than 40 lawyers working out of the U.S. and Brussels, and in concert with lawyers in all of Sidley’s offices worldwide, the Environmental group is distinguished by:
Knowledge and Insight
Our lawyers advise Boards of Directors and CEOs, participate in major international and domestic environmental policy initiatives and have held a number of senior governmental positions. From this first-hand experience comes an understanding of decision-making in private, public and international organizations that is vital to resolving complex and controversial matters, especially when the outcome depends on being able to identify, communicate and solve key issues quickly and accurately.
Our lawyers include:
A former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)
A former Chief of the Environmental Enforcement Section of USDOJ
A former Chief of the Appellate Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of USDOJ
Lawyers who formerly worked at USEPA headquarters and USDOJ’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division
Former state Assistant Attorneys General
EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Greenhouse Gases: Aircraft Industry Digest
EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Greenhouse Gases: Digest of Issues Pertaining to Market Based Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Controls
EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Greenhouse Gases: Digest of Issues Pertaining to Passenger Vehicles and Light Duty Trucks
EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Greenhouse Gases: Digest of Issues Pertaining to Stationary Sources
EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Greenhouse Gases: Digest of Marine Industry Issues
EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Greenhouse Gases: Digest of Nonroad Industry Issues
EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Greenhouse Gases: Digest of Railroad Industry Issues
EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Greenhouse Gases: Heavy Duty Truck and Engine Digest
Environmental Appeals Board Remands Deseret Power Electric Cooperative PSD Permit; Leaves Issues of CO2 Permitting Requirements Unresolved
November 17, 2008
CARB Issues Final Draft Plan to Reduce GHG Emissions
October 28, 2008
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Sidley Ranked Across a Broad Cross-Section of Industries in the 2008 BTI Industry Power Rankings
October 20, 2008
Roger Martella, former General Counsel to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rejoins Sidley Austin LLP
September 10, 2008
Climate Change and Litigation in the U.S.
2008/2009
EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Proposal: A Blueprint for Federal Regulation
October 24, 2008
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Sidley Ranked Across a Broad Cross-Section of Industries in the 2008
BTI Industry Power Rankings
Roger Martella, former General Counsel to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rejoins Sidley
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