On May 2, 2025, the White House issued its so-called "skinny budget" (essentially a summary version of the complete budget proposal, which will follow later) for fiscal year 2026. EPA funding was referenced in some detail in the skinny budget, with notable reductions...
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including glycol and polyglycol...
Since taking office In January 2025, the Trump Administration has been swift in its mission to rollback regulations across the federal government. These environmental rollbacks by the Trump EPA have been described by the agency itself as “the biggest deregulatory...
April 2025 has been a turbulent time for NEPA. It started with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) circulating a draft template federal agencies on April 8 to assist them in updating their procedures for implementing the National Environmental...
Right on the heels of Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement of the EPA’s plan of action to combat PFAS contamination under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a somewhat surprising...
Under the Biden Administration, the federal government published a detailed PFAS Strategic Roadmap document that enumerated specific action items that the EPA would address during Biden's presidency. Under the Trump administration, uncertainty has been the theme of...
John Gardella was interviewed by reporter Marina Schauffler of the Maine Morning Star for an article on Maine's efforts to tackle PFAS issues related to the use of AFFF by fire departments throughout the state. Attorney Gardella's insights related to the legal...
Businesses, large and small, can find themselves overwhelmed by litigation quickly, if and when they find themselves in the crosshairs of a developing litigation. For years, the best example of these crosshairs was those focused mainly on asbestos and those entities...
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including glycol and polyglycol...
Background Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including glycol and...