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Federal Environmental Law at this Moment: Earth Day 2024
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Tuesday, 23 April 2024 10:14
EPA in April listed two ubiquitous “forever” PFAS chemicals -PFOA and PFOS- as hazardous substances under Superfund (CERCLA), triggering reporting, testing, cleanup, and monitoring responsibilities for arrangers, transporters, treaters, disposers and other Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs), including manufacturers, users, and property owners under Superfund’s strict, joint and several, and retroactive liability.
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Massachusetts Environmental Law at this Moment: Earth Day 2024
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Monday, 22 April 2024 15:26
On the state level, the new Massachusetts Climate Law, An Act Creating a Next-generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy, set ambitious statewide limits on emissions to achieve net zero by 2050. With interim emissions reduction goals, this new statute should revitalize the need for quick climate solutions and collaborative processes across all sectors.
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Massachusetts’ 2024 Environmental Justice (EJ) Strategy
Written by Adam Scheckman
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Wednesday, 03 April 2024 10:33
On February 15, 2024, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) published Massachusetts’ first-ever “Environmental Justice Strategy” (EJ Strategy).1 This EJ Strategy comes as a result of the Commonwealth’s 2021 Environmental Justice Policy, which directed all EEA agencies to develop their own environmental justice (EJ) strategies.2
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McGregor Recognized as a Massachusetts "Go-to-Lawyer" on Environmental and Energy Law
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Friday, 19 January 2024 11:53
Annually the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly publication, the legal newspaper of record for practicing attorneys, selects leading lawyers to recognize in an important field of law. For 2023 the subject was Environmental/Energy and our firm founder and senior partner Gregor I. McGregor was so honored.
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Classic McGregor PowerPoint on "Massachusetts Environmental Law From A-Z" Updated and Now Available
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Tuesday, 08 August 2023 11:36
Firm Senior Partner Gregor I. McGregor has updated his popular PowerPoint covering environmental law from "A to Z." This means it surveys Massachusetts state and local environmental laws, regulations, bylaws and ordinances, as well as related federal laws and legal doctrines, from Air Pollution to Zoning and everything in between!
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Public Lands Preservation Act Codifies EOEEA Policy and Article 97 “No Net Loss”
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Friday, 31 March 2023 12:45
Article 97 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, approved by the voters in 1972, established a right to a clean environment including its natural, scenic, historical, and aesthetic qualities for the citizens of the Commonwealth.
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McGregor to Co-Chair 24th Annual Environmental Law Conference for Massachusetts Attorneys
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Friday, 03 March 2023 16:58
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) again will host its annual conference on Environmental, Land Use & Energy Law, once again co-chaired by the principal of our firm, Gregor I. McGregor, Esq. This is the 24th year of this gathering of the leading specialists in this field of law.
McGregor Presents "Environmental Law 2019-2020: Legal Developments in Wetlands and Water Law For Conservation Commissions"
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2021 13:51
The Firm’s newest PowerPoint updating wetlands and water law for those who are involved with applications, plans, permits and enforcement by Conservation Commissions is available to readers of this site. Gregor McGregor presented it to the Massachusetts Society of Municipal Conservation Professionals in a luncheon webcast January 27, 2021.
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Attorney Gregor McGregor to Co-Chair the 21st Annual Environmental Law Conference for Massachusetts Attorneys
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Thursday, 09 January 2020 11:50
Attorney Gregor I. McGregor will again will Co-chair the MCLE annual conference on Environmental Law, set for February 6, 2020, with a simulcast that same day and then a recorded podcast February 20. Mr. McGregor and his Co-chair Pamela Harvey, Esq. have led this seminal event for over two decades.
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Gregor McGregor Co-Chair of Jan 2019 National Environmental Law Seminar at Snowmass, Colorado
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Friday, 23 November 2018 16:10
Gregor I. McGregor of McGregor & Legere, PC will once again co-chair the 2019 Environmental, Land Use and Energy Law Seminar taking place at Snowmass, CO on January 2-6, 2019 at the National CLE & Ski Conference.
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19th Annual Environmental, Land Use & Energy Law Conference at MCLE in Boston
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq.
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Tuesday, 07 November 2017 15:59
Gregor I. McGregor of McGregor & Legere, PC and Pamela D. Harvey will Co-chair the 2018 environmentallaw conference for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) on February 8. The place isMCLE's Conference Center at 10 Winter Place in Boston near Downtown Crossing and the Common.
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Calculate When Your Permits Expire If Issued Before or During the Covid Emergency: 462 Extra Days?
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What the Lifting of the COVID-19 State of Emergency in Massachusetts Will Mean for Boards and Commissions
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Legislature Revises Local and Regional Permitting Deadlines as COVID-19 Pandemic Continues
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MassDEP and EPA Guidance on Waste Site Cleanups and Compliance during COVID-19 Emergency: Some Flexibility but Important Deadlines and On-Site Obligations Still Apply
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